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Realm · approximate borders · 1300–1813

Pate Sultanate

Swahili sultanate of the Nabhani on Pate island, which ruled the Lamu archipelago and nearby mainland at its height in the 17th–18th centuries. The Pate Chronicle dates the Nabhani to 1203; the chronology is traditional.

After Lamu's victory at Shela (1813) Oman dominated; the dynasty moved to Witu in 1858. Source: Wikipedia 'Pate Island'.

See Pate Sultanate on the map in 1300

On the map
1300–1813
Capital
Pate

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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