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ANGOLA

Ntinu Nimi a Lukeni.............................fl. c. 1400 ?

Joao Nzinga Nkunu..............................1482-1506

Afonzo I Mvemba-Nzinga.........................1506-c. 1543

Pedro I Nkanga Mvemba.......................c. 1543-1545

Francisco...........................................1545

Iago...........................................1545-1561

Afonzo II...........................................1561

Bernardo I.....................................1561-1567/8

Enrique......................................1567/8-1568

To Portugal....................................1575-1641

Alvares...................................1568-1587

Alvares II Mpanzu a Nimi..................1587-1614

Bernardo II...............................1614-1615

Alvares III...............................1615-1622

Pedro II..................................1622-1624

Garcia I Afonzo...........................1624-1626 d. 1626

Ambrosio..................................1626-1631

Alvares III...............................1631-1636

Alvares V......................................1636

Alvares VI Afonzo.........................1636-1641

To the Netherlands.............................1641-1665 opposed by...

Garcia II Afonzo..........................1641-1661

Antonio...................................1661-1665

Most to Portugal...............................1648-1975

NIMI na MPANGU Alvares VII...............................1665-1666

Alvares VIII...................................1666

Afonzo III................................1666-1667

Pedro III.................................1667-1683 opposed by...

NTINU a NIMI Raphael...................................1669-1674 and... KINIMI a MBEMBA Alvares IX................................1669- ? and... NTINU a NIMI Daniel ne Miyala Mpangu...................1674-1678 Joao II ne Nsuki a Ntamba.................1683-1717 opposed by... NSANU MBEMBA Pedro IV..................................1709-1718 Pedro V...................................1718- ? ? Enrique III Alphonse Nlengi...............1793-1802 Alvaro XI Afonzo Kafvasa.......................1802 Garcia V Afonzo Ne Nkanga a Nvembi........1802-1830 ? Andrew II Afonzo Andrew III Afonzo Ndondele Beya............ ? -1842 Enrique IV Afonzo Lunga...................1842-1858 Alvaro XII Afonzo.........................1858-1859 Pedro V Afonzo............................1859-1891 Alvaro XIII Afonzo Mfutila................1891-1896 vacant Pedro VI Afonzo Mvemba....................1912-1915 with... Manoel III Afonzo Kiditu..................1912-1915 Alvaro XIV Afonzo Nzinga..................1915-1923 Pedro VII Afonzo..........................1923-1955 Antonio III Afonzo........................1955-1957 Pedro VIII Afonzo Mansala.................1957-1962 Isabella Maria da Gama (fem.)..............1962-1975 ANGOLA Portuguese colonies on the coast from 1575. The interior penetrated and annexed during the second half of the 19th century. To Portugal....................................1575-1641 Donatorio Paulo Dias de Novais......................1575-1589

Portugal in personal union with Spain, 1580-1640 Governors Luis Serrão...............................1589-1591 André Ferreira Pereira....................1591-1592 Francisco de Almeida......................1592-1593 Jeronimo de Almeida.......................1593-1594 João Furtado de Mendonça..................1594-1602 João Rodrigues de Coutinho................1602-1603 Manuel Curveira Pereira...................1603-1606 Paio de Araujo de Azevedo.................1606-1607

Manuel Pereira Forjaz.....................1607-1611 Benito Banha Cardoso......................1611-1615 Manuel Curveira Pereira (restored)........1615-1617 Luis Mendes de Vasconcelos................1617-1621 João Correira de Sousa....................1621-1623 Pedro de Sousa Coelho..........................1623 Simão de Mascarenhas......................1623-1624 Fernão de Sousa...........................1624-1630 Manuel Ferreira de Coutinho...............1630-1635 Francisco de Vasconcelos da Cunha.........1635-1639 Pedro Cesar de Meneses (interior only 1641-5; see DWA)...1639-1645 Personal union between Portugal and Spain ceases 1640, Portugal fully independent henceforth.

Francisco de Souto-Maior (interior only; see DWA)..1645-1646 Junta Council (interior only; see DWA) 1646-1648 Salvador de Sá e Benavides................1648-1651 Rodrigo Henriques.........................1652-1653 Bartolomeu de Vasconcelos da Cunha, acting 1653-1654 Luis Chicorro.............................1654-1658 João Viera................................1658-1661 André de Negreiros........................1661-1666 Tristão da Cunha..........................1666-1667 Junta Councils 1667-1669 Francisco de Távora.......................1669-1676 Pires de Sousa e Meneses..................1676-1680 João da Silva e Sousa.....................1680-1684 Luis de Silva.............................1684-1688 João de Lencastre.........................1688-1691 Gonçalo de Meneses........................1691-1694 Henrique de Magalhães.....................1694-1697 Luis de Meneses...........................1697-1701 Bernardino Távares........................1701-1703 Junta Council 1703-1705 Lourenço de Almada........................1705-1709 Antonio de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro de Ribafria...1709-1713 João Manuel de Noronha....................1713-1717 Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão..........1717-1722 Antonio de Carvalho.......................1722-1725 José Carvalho da Costa, acting 1725-1726 Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque..............1726-1732 Rodrigo Cesar de Meneses..................1732-1738 João de Magalhães.........................1738-1748 Fonseca Coutinho, acting 1748-1749 Antonio de Almeida Soares e Portugal......1749-1753 Antonio Alvares da Cunha..................1753-1758 Antonio de Vasconcelos....................1758-1764 Francisco Inocencio de Sousa Coutinho.....1764-1772 Antonio de Lencastre......................1772-1779 João de Câmara............................1779-1782 Junta Council 1782-1784 José de Almeida e Vasconcelos Soveral Carvalho e Albergaria...1784-1790 Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos...........1790-1797 Miguel Antonio de Melo....................1797-1802 Fernando de Noronha.......................1802-1806 Antonio de Saldanha da Gama...............1807-1810 José de Oliveira Barbosa..................1810-1816

Luis da Mota Feo e Torres.................1816-1819 Manuel de Albuquerque.....................1819-1821 Joaquim de Lima...........................1821-1822 Junta Council 1822-1823 Cristóvão Dias.................................1823 Nicolau Branco............................1823-1829 (Barão de Santa Comba)....................1829-1834 Junta Council 1834-1836 Domingos de Oliveira Daun......................1836 Governors-General Manuel Vidal..............................1837-1839 Antonio de Noronha.............................1839 Manuel Malheira, acting 1839-1842 José Leite................................1842-1843 Lourenço Possolo..........................1844-1845 Pedro da Cunha............................1845-1848 Adrião Pinto..............................1848-1851 Antonio de Sousa..........................1851-1853 (Visconde de Pinheiro)....................1853-1854 José do Amaral............................1854-1860 Carlos Franco.............................1860-1861 Sebastião de Calheiros e Meneses..........1861-1862 José Baptista de Andrade..................1862-1865 Francisco Cardoso.........................1865-1868 José do Amaral (restored).................1869-1870 José da Ponte e Horta.....................1870-1873 José Baptista de Andrade (restored).......1873-1876 Caetano de Almeida e Albuquerque..........1876-1878 Vasco de Carvalho e Meneses...............1878-1880 Antonio Dantas............................1880-1882 Francisco Ferreira de Amaral..............1882-1886 Guilherme Capelo..........................1886-1892 Jaime Godins, acting 1892-1893 Álvaro Ferreira...........................1893-1896 Guilherme Capelo (restored)...............1896-1897 Antonio Curto.............................1897-1900 Francisco Moncada.........................1900-1903 Eduardo da Costa..........................1903-1904 Custodio de Borja..............................1904 Antonio Curto (restored), acting 1904-1906 Eduardo da Costa (restored)...............1906-1907 Henrique Couceiro.........................1907-1909 Alvaro Ferreira, acting 1909

Jose Roçadas..............................1909-1910 Caetano Conçalves, acting 1910-1911 Manuel Coelho.............................1911-1912 Jose Norton de Matos......................1912-1915 Antonio de Eça............................1915-1916 Pedro do Amorim...........................1916-1917 Jaime de Castro Morais....................1917-1918 Filomeno Cabral...........................1918-1919 Mimosa Guera, acting 1919-1920 Visconde de Pedrales......................1920-1921 Jose Norton de Matos (restored)...........1921-1924 Antero de Carvalho........................1924-1925 Francisco Chaves..........................1925-1926 Antonio Ferreira..........................1926-1928 Antonio Mota..............................1928-1929 Filomeno Cabral (restored)................1929-1930 Jose Sousa Faro...........................1930-1931 Eduardo Viana.............................1931-1934 Julio Garces Lencastre....................1934-1935 Antonio Lopes Mateus......................1935-1939 Manoel da Cunha de Costa Marques Mano.....1939-1941 Abel de Abreu Souto-Maior.................1941-1942 Alvaro de Freitas Morna...................1942-1943 Manuel Pereira Figueira........................1943

Vasco Lopes Alves.........................1943-1947 Fernando Falcão Pacheco Mena....................1947 Jose Agapito de Silva Carvalho............1947-1955 Manuel de Gusmão Mascarenhas Gaivão, acting 1955-1956 Horacio Sa Viana Rebelo...................1956-1960 Alvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares.........1960-1961 Venancio Augusto Deslandes................1961-1962 Jaime Marquês.............................1962-1966 Camilo Augusto de Miranda Rebocho Vaz.....1966-1972 Fernando Santos e Castro..................1972-1974 Joaquim Pinheiro, acting May-June 1974 Jaime Marquês (restored).............June-July 1974

Antonio Alva Rosa Coutinho, acting 1974-1975 Antonio Silva Cardoso..................Jan-Aug 1975 Ernesto Ferreira de Macedo, interim Aug 1975 Leonel Alexandre Gomes Cardoso.........Aug-Nov 1975

Republic.......................................1975- The government which took control after the withdrawal of Portuguese authority was an avowedly Marxist regime, which had the effect of plunging the nation into chronic civil war, as Western backed forces contested the government. This war continued until April of 2002. Dutch West Africa The Netherlands managed to seize control of Portuguese coastal possessions in Angola during the 1640's, driving the Portuguese administration into the interior. To the Netherlands.............................1641-1648 Pieter Moorthamer.........................1641-1642 Cornelis Ouman............................1642-1648

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC A land-locked region north of the Congo Basin, and south of Chad. See also Bangassu, Dar al-Kuti, Rafai, and Zemio. The greater portion to the Azande nation..18th century-c. 1890 To France, as the Colony of Ubangi-Shari.......c. 1890-1960 Central African Republic..........................1960-1976 Central African Empire Bokassa...........................................1976-1979 Central African Republic (again)..................1979-

CONGO (Brazzaville; French Congo) A state in equatorial Africa, lying on the west bank of the Congo River.

French Protectorate...............................1883-1886 To France.........................................1886-1911 Much of this region to Germany....................1911-1916 To France.........................................1916-1960

Republic..........................................1960- French Equatorial Africa A federation of French colonies in central Africa, this vast region was originally governed from Libreville, in what is now Gabon, until 1910 - at that time the capital was transferred to Brazzaville, in French Congo, where it remained until the end of the conglomerate. Originally composed of French Congo and Gabon, the federation became French Congo and Dependencies 1891-1910, when it's name reverted back to French Equatorial Africa. The region that now comprises the Central African Republic was added in 1894, and the Saharan region of Chad was included in 1920. To France.........................................1886-1911 Commissioners-General Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza...................1886-1897 Henri de la Mothe............................1897-1898

Martial Merlin, acting 1898-9 (in Fr. West Afr. 1907-8, 1919-23)

Henri de la Mothe (restored).................1899-1900 Jean-Baptiste Lemaire, acting Apr-Dec 1900 Louis Grodet.................................1900-1903 Émile Gentil, acting Mar-Oct 1903 Louis Grodet (restored)......................1903-1904 Émile Gentil (restored)......................1904-1908 Governors-General Martial Merlin (restored)....................1908-1909 Charles Rognon, acting 1909-10 Adolphe Cureau, acting May-July 1910 Martial Merlin (re-restored).............July-Nov 1910 Charles Rognon (restored), acting 1910-1 Charles Vergnes, acting Mar-May 1911 Martial Merlin (re-re-restored)..............1911-1912 Charles Vergnes, acting 1912-3 Georges Poulet, acting Mar-Nov 1913 Frédéric Estèbe, acting 1913-4 Martial Merlin (re-re-re-restored)...........1914-1917 Gabriel Angoulvant (Fr. West Afr. 1918-9)....1917-1919 Frédéric Estèbe (restored), acting June-July 1919 Gabriel Angoulvant (restored)................1919-1920 Maurice Lapalud, acting May-Sept 1920 Jean Augagneur...............................1920-1921 Matteo Alfassa, acting 1921-2 Jean Augagneur (restored)....................1922-1923 Robert de Guise, acting 1923-4 Matteo Alfassa (restored), acting July-Oct 1924 Raphaël Antonetti............................1924-1925 Matteo Alfassa (re-restored), acting May-Dec 1925 Raphaël Antonetti (restored).................1925-1929 Matteo Alfassi (re-re-restored), acting 1929-30 Raphaël Antonetti (re-restored)..............1930-1931 Matteo Alfassi (re-re-re-restored), acting Apr-Nov 1931 Raphaël Antonetti (re-re-restored)...........1931-1932 Matteo Alfassi (re-re-re-re-restored), acting 1932-3 Raphaël Antonetti (re-re-re-restored)........1933-1934 Georges Renard...............................1934-1935 Marcel Marchessou, acting 1935-6 Dieudonné Reste..............................1936-1938 Léon Solomiac, acting 1938-9 Dieudonné Reste (restored)................Feb-Apr 1939 Léon Solomiac, acting Apr-Sept 1939 Pierre François Boissons (in Fr. W. Afr. 1938-9, 40-3)...1939-1940 Louis Husson.............................July-Aug 1940 René de Larminat.............................1940-1941 Félix Éboué..................................1941-1944 Charles Bayardelle (acting Feb-Oct '44)......1944-1945 Henri Sautot, acting Mar-June 1945 Charles Bayardelle (restored)................1945-1946 Jean-Louis Soucadaux, acting 1946-7 Laurent Péchoux, June-Aug 1947 Charles Luizet...........................Aug-Sept 1947 Jean-Louis Soucadaux (r., acting Sept-Nov '47)...1947-1948 Bernard Cornut-Gentille (in Fr. W. Afr. 1952-6)..1948-1951 Paul Chauvet (in Fr. W. Afr. 1951-2).........1951-1958 High Commissioners Pierre Messmer (in Fr. W. Afr. 1958-9)...Jan-July 1958 Yvon Bourges.............................July-Nov 1958

CONGO (Zaire, Kinshasa; Belgian Congo) An enormous state, one of the largest in the world in terms of area, extending over much of equatorial Africa in the Congo Basin. See also, Lunda. SW. Congo to the Kingdom of Congo (see Angola)....1482-1665 CONGO FREE STATE A personal possession of Leopold (King of Belgium), carved out of the central African interior by Leopold's agent, the American explorer Stanley. WETTIN Leopold...........................................1884-1908 d. 1909 Administrator-General Francis de Winton............................1884-1887 Governors-General Camille Janssen..............................1887-1888 Hermann Ledeganck, acting 1888-9 Camille Janssen (restored)...................1889-1891 Governors Henri-Ernest Gondry.......................Apr-May 1891 Camille-Aimé Coquilhat.......................1891-1892 Joseph Wahis.................................1892-1896 Francis Dhanis...............................1896-1900 Joseph Wahis (restored)......................1900-1912

To Belgium........................................1908-1960 Félix Fuchs..................................1912-1916 Joseph Henry.................................1916-1921 Maurice Lippens..............................1921-1923

Joseph Rutten................................1923-1927 Auguste Tilkens..............................1927-1934 Pierre Ryckmans..............................1934-1946 Eugène Jungers...............................1947-1951 Léon Pétillon................................1951-1958 Henri Cornelis...............................1958-1960

Republic of the Congo.............................1960-1971 Republic of Zaire.................................1971-1997 2nd Republic of the Congo.........................1997-

BURUNDI In the interior, along the Great Rift Valley, between Congo and Tanzania. The region has been inhabited for centuries by two distinct tribal groups, the Tutsi (sometimes called Watusi), a Nilotic people who had formed an aristocratic warrior-caste in the region, and the Hutu, a Bantu people who were primarily agrarian peasantry. Se also, Rwanda. Ntare Rushatsi.............................c. 1675-c. 1705 Mwezi Ndagushimiye.........................c. 1705-c. 1735 Mutaga Senyamwiza..........................c. 1735-c. 1765 Mwambutsa Mbariza..........................c. 1765-c. 1795 Ntare Rugamba..............................c. 1795-1852 To Germany....................................1890-1916 Mwezi Kisabo.............................1852-1908 opposed by... Macoonco.................................1903-1905 and... Cyilima..................................1903-1906 Mutaga Mbikije...........................1908-1915 To Belgium....................................1916-1922 League of Nations Mandate (Belgian admin.)....1922-1946 United Nations Trust Terr. (Belgian Admin.)...1946-1962 Mwambutsa Bangilicenge...................1915-1966 Ntare Ndizeye......................................1966 Republic of Burundi...........................1966- Hutu Rebellion, 1972

ERITREA The southwestern littoral of the Red Sea, opposite Yemen. Ancient city-states, including Sembel, Mai Chiot, Ona Gudo, Mai Temenai, Weki Duba, and Mai Hutsa c. 800-350 BCE and... Kingdom of D'MT Names appear as such because written inscriptions do not include vowels. YG'D Dynasty W'rn Hywt......................................fl. c. 700 BCE Rd'm Shr'n Rbh Shr'n Lmn ?? To Axum.................................c. 500 BCE-700 CE To Beja tribes (central & northern Eritrea).c. 700-c. 1400 and... To Harar (in the south)....................c. 1200-c. 1400's and... To Sennar (in the west)..................c. 1300's-c. 1500's and... BAHR-NEGASH of Midir Bahr A Christian kingdom loosely alligned with Abyssinia. ?? Yeshaq........................................1557-1578 opposed by...

Massawa and environs to the Ottoman Empire....1557-1865 Musa...................................1680's-c.1710 ?? Ahmad.....................................fl. c. 1793 ? Na'ibs of Arkiko Though nominally vassals of the Ottoman Empire, the Na'ibs of Arkiko were de facto independent rulers of most of Eritrea from 1826-1848 Idris 'Uthman.............................fl. c. 1805 ? .......................................1826-1832 Turkci Bilmaz (in rebellion)..................1832-1833 Yahya..................................1830's-1844 Hasan....................................1844-1845 Muhammad.................................1845-1846 Isma'il Hakki Pasha......................1846-1848 Ottoman Walis of Massawa ? .......................................1848-1861 Muhammad Rasih Bey.......................1861-1863 d. 1883 To Egypt......................................1865-1890 Egyptian Walis of Massawa Hasan Bey Rifat..........................1866-1867 Abd el-kader.............................1867-c. 1870 Aladdin Pasha Siddiq..................c. 1870-1871 d. 1882 Johann Alber Werner (Munzinger Pasha)....1871-1874 d. 1875 Arakil Bey Nubar.........................1874-1875 ? .......................................1875-c. 1880 Hursid Bey Pertev.....................c. 1880-1882 Muhammad Muhtar Pasha....................1883-1884 d. 1897 Mason Bey.....................................1884 Izzet Bey................................1884-1885 To Italy....................................1880's-1941 To Great Britain..............................1941-1952 To Ethiopia...................................1952-1993 State of Eritrea..............................1993-

ETHIOPIA The land of Ethiopia is a vast and mountainous region in northeastern Africa, with the arid plains of the Sudan to the west and the equally difficult terrain of the Harar to the east. Humans have dwelt here longer than almost any other place on Earth - remains of proto-hominids have been discovered in southern Ethiopia that date back millions of years. The history of this region is long, complex, and poorly understood. Early Ethiopian chronology presents major problems; the sources conflict to a very large degree, and cannot with much clarity be made to fit with archeological or numismatic evidence. The written evidence is full of legendary material that provides a lively but somewhat unlikely account of matters. What follows is the traditional list from the Book of Kings. Some of the difficulties with it can be expressed by noting that the founder, Menelik I (originally named David), is said to have been a son of King Solomon of Israel by the Queen of Sheba. But Solomon lived in the first half of the 10th century BCE, so something is clearly amiss. Under the circumstances, I feel compelled to provide samples of various approaches to this list, since they cannot be reconciled with each other to any great degree; so this list is followed by two other interpretations... KINGDOM of AXUM: traditional list SOLOMONID Menelik I......................................204-179 Handadyo.......................................179-178 Auda Amat......................................178-167 Auseyo.........................................167-164 Tzaue..........................................164-133 Gasyo..............................................133 Mawat..........................................133-125 Bahas..........................................125-116 Qawda..........................................116-114 Qanaz..........................................114-104 Haduna.........................................104-95 Wazba...........................................95-94 Hadir...........................................94-92 Kalas...........................................92-85 Satyo...........................................85-68 Filya...........................................68-42 Aglebu..........................................42-39 Ausena..........................................39-38 Beriwas.........................................38-9 Mahsi............................................9-8 Besebazen....................................8 BCE-8 CE Sartu............................................8-35 Laas............................................35-45 Masenh..........................................45-52 Setwa...........................................52-61 Adgala..........................................61-71 Agba............................................71-73 Masis...........................................73-77 Hakla...........................................77-90 Demahe..........................................90-100 Autet..........................................100-102 Ella Auda......................................102-132 Zagan..........................................132-136 with... Rema...........................................132-136 Gafale.........................................136-137 Bese Zarq......................................137-141 Ella Azguagua (usurper)........................141-218 Ela Herka......................................218-239 Bese Tzawetza..................................239-240 Wakana.............................................240 Hadaus.............................................240 Ella Sagal.....................................240-242 Ella Asfeha I..................................242-256 Ella Tzegab....................................256-279 Ella Samara....................................279-282 Ella Aiba......................................282-298 Ella Eskendi...................................298-334 Ella Tzaham I..................................334-343 Ella San.......................................343-356 Ella Aiga......................................356-374 Ella Amida I...................................374-404 Ella Wosen.....................................404-414 Ella Ahyawa....................................414-417 Ella Abreha I..................................417-430 Ella Azbeha I..................................430-444 Tesmul Ukal Ahmad..............................444-471 Ella Abreha II.................................471-480 Ella Asfeha II.................................480-485 Ella Sahle I...................................485-499 Ella Adhana....................................499-513 Ella Rete......................................513-514 Ella Asfeha III................................514-519 Ella Azbeha II.................................519-536 Ella Amida II..................................536-542 Ella Abreha II.....................................542 Ella Sahle II......................................542 Ella Gabaz I...................................542-554 Ella Sehul.....................................554-555 Ella Azbeha III................................555-557 Ella Tzaham II.................................557-572 Ella Gabaz II..................................572-593 Ella Agaba (Levi)..............................593-595 Ella Amida III.................................595-606 Jacob I........................................606-636 with... David..........................................606-636 Armah I........................................636-650 Zitana.........................................650-662 Jakob II.......................................662-671 Caleb (Constantine I)..........................671-700 Beta Israel........................................700 Gabra Maskal I.................................700-714 Constantine II.................................714- ? Wosen Asgad Feresanai Aderazar Ekla Wadim Germa Safar Gergaz Degna Michael Baherikela Hezba Seyon Asguamgum Letem Talatem Odagosh Aizur Dedem Almaz Wadedem Demawedim Asfara Rema Armah II Degnajan I Gedajan Judith Degnajan II Del Na’od...................................... ? -c. 915 Here is a second version of the Kings of Axum. There is a considerable amount of concordance between this and the first list above, at least in terms of names and order of succession. The dating, however, is very different, in general pegging reigns up to 140 years earlier in the middle section. KINGDOM of AXUM: variant traditional list SOLOMONID Aphilas Bisi-Dimele.........................c. 250-c. 300 ? Ezana..........................................325-356 with... Shazana........................................328-356 Ella Abreha....................................356-370 with... Ella Asfeha....................................356-370 Arfed..........................................370-374 Adhana I.......................................374-379 Rete'a.........................................379-380 Asfeh..........................................380-381 Asbeha.........................................381-386 Ameda I........................................386-401 Abreha I...........................................401 Shahel I.......................................401-402 Gobaz I........................................402-404 Suhal..........................................404-408 Abreha II......................................408-418 Adhana II......................................418-424 Yo'ab..........................................424-434 Sahan..........................................434-436 Ameda II.......................................436-446 Shahel II......................................446-448 Sabah..........................................448-451 Sahem..........................................451-463 Gobaz II.......................................463-474 Agabe..........................................474-475 with... Levi...........................................474-475 Ella Amida.....................................475-486 Jacob I........................................486-489 with... David..........................................486-489 Armah..........................................489-504 Zitana.........................................504-505 Jacob II.......................................505-514 Caleb el-Eshaba................................514-542 Beta Israel....................................542-550 Gabra Masqal...................................550-564 Constantine....................................564-578 Wasan Sagad....................................578-591 Feresanay......................................591-601 Adreaz.........................................601-623 Eklewudem......................................623-633 Germa Safar....................................633-648 Zergaz.........................................648-656 Michael........................................656-677 Baher Ikela....................................677-696 Hezba Seyon....................................696-720 Asagum.........................................720-725 Latem..........................................725-741 Tulatem........................................741-762 Adegos.........................................762-775 Ayzur..............................................775 Dedem Almaz....................................775-780 Wedemdem.......................................780-790 Demawedem......................................790-820 Rema Armah.....................................820-825 Degnajan.......................................825-845 Gedajan........................................845-846 Judith.........................................846-885 Degnajan II....................................885-905 Del Nead.......................................905-c. 950 Here is a third version of the Kings of Axum, probably the most factually accurate (albeit the one with the most tentative data and largest number of lacunae), culled mainly from numismatic and archeological evidence. Many of the names, particularly the earlier ones, appear as they do because the only record of them is in Ge'ez script, lacking vowel markings - these inscriptive forms are noted within [brackets]. This list ends with the withdrawal of royal authority from around Axum, into the hinterlands. KINGDOM of AXUM: best estimated list based on inscriptions and coinage. SOLOMONID Zoskales.......................................fl. c. 50 CE ?? Gadarat/Gedara [GDRT]..........................fl. c. 210 Adebah ['DBH]..................................fl. c. 230 Baygat [BYGT]..................................fl. 230's with ?... Garmat/Girma/Garima [GRMT].....................fl. 230's It is not clear who Baygat and Garmat were - each is recorded as "son of the Nagashi", and one can make a case for each succeeding either separately or jointly. The inscriptions are equivocal however, and could be interpreted as referring to military officers and not heirs to the Throne. Sembrouthes..............................fl. 240's-c. 270 with ?... Datawnas [DTWNS]...............................fl. 260's and ?... Zaqarnas [ZQRNS]...............................fl. 260's Endubis Bisi Dakhu..........................c. 270-c. 290 Aphilas Bisi Dimele Wazeba Bisi Zagalay [W'ZB B'SY ZGLY] Ousanas Bisi Gisene Ella Amida Ezana Bisi Halen............................c. 325-c. 356 Ouazebas.......................................fl. c. 400 Eon Bisi Anaph [EWN] Mehadeyis [MHDYS]..............................fl. c. 450 Ebana Nezul..........................................fl. c. 470 with... Nezana.........................................fl. c. 470 Ousas/Ousanas (Tazena ?).......................fl. c. 500 Caleb Bisi Lazen "Ella Atsbeha"................fl. c. 520 Wazena "Alla Amidas" Wa'zeb Bisi Hadefan [W'ZB B'S HDFN] "Ella Gabaz" Joel...........................................fl. c. 550 Hataz..........................................fl. c. 580 Israel.........................................fl. c. 590 Gersem.........................................fl. c. 600 Armah (Ella Sahem, Ashama ibn Abjar).......fl. 615-c. 630 Axum as the capital of this state abandoned by c. 630. The state continues in the mountains to the south. By the late 7th century the Kingdom of Axum had devolved into an interior state, and it's Kings had little real authority remaining as local states emerged around the periphery and Islamic grip on northeastern Africa tightened. A line of Axumite Kings continued until 937, and it was left to the Zagwe to begin the recovery of the Empire. EMPIRE of ETHIOPIA (Abyssinia) ZAGWE Mara Takla Haymanot............................916-919 Tatadim........................................919-959 Jan Seyum......................................959-999 Germa Seyum....................................999-1039 Yemrehana Krestos.............................1039-1079 Kedus Harbe...................................1079-1119 Gebra Maskal Lalibela.........................1119-1159 Na'akueto La'ab...............................1159-1207 Yetbarak......................................1207-1247 Mairari.......................................1247-1262 Harbai........................................1262-1270 SOLOMONID Tasfa Jesus...................................1270-1285 Solomon I.....................................1285-1294 Senfa Ared IV.................................1294-1295 Hezba Asgad...................................1295-1296 Qedma Asgad...................................1296-1297 Jin Asgad.....................................1297-1298 Saba Asgad....................................1298-1299 Wedem Arad....................................1299-1314 Amda Seyon....................................1314-1344 Newaya Krestos................................1344-1372 Newaya Maryam.................................1372-1382 David I.......................................1382-1411 Theodore......................................1411-1414 Isaac.........................................1414-1429 Andrew........................................1429-1430 Takla Maryam..................................1430-1433 Sarwe Jesus........................................1433 Amda Jesus....................................1433-1434 Constantine I.................................1434-1468 Baeda Maryam I................................1468-1478 Constantine II................................1478-1494 Amda Seyon II......................................1494 Na'od I.......................................1494-1508 David II......................................1508-1540 Claudius......................................1540-1560 Menas.........................................1560-1564 Sarsa Dengel..................................1564-1597 Jacob.........................................1597-1603 d. 1607 Za Dengel.....................................1603-1604 Jacob (restored)..............................1604-1607 Sissinios.....................................1607-1632 Basilides.....................................1632-1667 John I........................................1667-1682 Jesus I the Great.............................1682-1706 Tekla Haimanot I..............................1706-1708 Na'od II............................June 30-July 1 1708 d. 1722 Theophilus....................................1708-1711 Justus........................................1711-1716 David III.....................................1716-1721 Walda George.............................18-21 May 1721 Asma George...................................1721-1730 Jesus II......................................1730-1755 Joas I........................................1755-1769 John II....................................May-Oct 1769 Takla Haimanot II.............................1769-1777 Solomon II....................................1777-1779 Takla George I................................1779-1784 d. 1817 Jesus III.....................................1784-1788 opposed by... Ba'eda Maryam (II).................................1788 Takla George I (restored).....................1788-1789 d. 1817 Hezekiah......................................1789-1794 d. 1816 Takla George I (re-restored)..................1794-1795 d. 1817 Ba'eda Maryam II (III).............................1795 Takla George I (re-re-restored)...............1795-1796 d. 1817 Solomon III...................................1796-1797 d. 1799 Jonah.........................................1797-1798 d. 1832 Takla George I (re-re-re-restored)............1798-1799 d. 1817 Solomon III (restored).............................1799 Demetrius.....................................1799-1800 d. 1803 Takla George I (re-re-re-re-restored)..............1800 d. 1817 Demetrius (restored)..........................1800-1801 d. 1803 Egwala Seyon..................................1801-1818 Joas II.......................................1818-1821 Gigar.........................................1821-1826 d. 1831 Ba'eda Maryam III (IV).............................1826 Gigar (restored)..............................1826-1830 d. 1831 Jesus IV......................................1830-1832 Gabra Krestos......................................1832 d. 1832 Sahla Dengel.......................................1832 d. 18 ? Gabra Krestos (restored)...........................1832 Sahla Dengel (restored).......................1832-1840 d. 18 ? John III......................................1840-1841 d. 1868 > Sahla Dengel (re-restored)....................1841-1845 d. 18 ? John III (restored)................................1845 d. 1868 > Sahla Dengel (re-re-restored).................1845-1850 d. 18 ? John III (re-restored)........................1850-1851 d. 1868 > Sahla Dengel (re-re-re-restored)..............1851-1855 d. 18 ? : opposed by... Ali Alula.....................................1851-1853 and then... Webe Haile Mariam.............................1853-1855 Theodore II...................................1855-1868 Menelik II.........................................1868 d. 1913: opposing... ZAGWE George II.....................................1868-1871 TIGRE John IV.......................................1871-1889 SOLOMONID Menelik II....................................1889-1913 Etege T'aytu Bet'ul (fem.), regent 1910 Ras Tesemma, regent 1910-1911 Jesus V (regent 1912-3).......................1913-1916 d. 1935 Zauditu (fem.).................................1916-1930 Haile Selassie (regent 1916-30)...............1930-1935 d. 1980 To Italy......................................1935-1941 High Commissioner Emilio de Bono........................oct-nov 1935 Pietro Badoglio..........................1935-1936 Governor-General Rodolfo Graziani.........................1936-1937 Amadeo of Italy, Duca di Aosta...........1937-1941

Haile Selassie (restored).....................1941-1974 d. 1980 Amha Selassie (appointed, but does not serve, 1974-1975) d. 1997 First Republic................................1974-

RWANDA In the interior, along the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Tanzania, just southwest of Uganda. The region has been inhabited for centuries by two distinct tribal groups, the Tutsi (sometimes called Watusi), a Nilotic people who had formed an aristocratic warrior-caste in the region, and the Hutu, a Bantu people who were primarily agrarian peasantry. See also, Burundi. ABANYIGINYA Ndahiro I Ruyange..........................c. 1350-c. 1386 Ndoba......................................c. 1386-c. 1410 Samembe....................................c. 1410-c. 1434 Nsoro Samukondo............................c. 1434-c. 1438 Ruganza I Bwimba...........................c. 1438-c. 1482 Cyilima I Rugwe............................c. 1482-c. 1506 Kigeri I Mukobanya.........................c. 1506-c. 1528 Mibambwe I Mutabaazi.......................c. 1528-c. 1552 Yuhi I Gahima..............................c. 1552-c. 1576 Ndahiro II Cyamatare.......................c. 1576-c. 1600 Ruganza II Ndoori..........................c. 1600-c. 1624 Mutara I Semugeshi.........................c. 1624-c. 1648 Kigeri II Nyamuheshera.....................c. 1648-c. 1672 Mibambwe II Gisanura.......................c. 1672-c. 1696 Yuhi II Mazimpaka..........................c. 1696-c. 1720 Keremeera Rwaka............................c. 1720-c. 1744 Cyilima II Rujugira........................c. 1744-c. 1768 Kigeri III Ndabarasa.......................c. 1768-c. 1792 Mibambwe III Seentaabyo....................c. 1792-c. 1797 Yuhi III Gahindiro.........................c. 1797-c. 1830 Mutara II Rwoogera.........................c. 1830-1853 Claimed by Germany from 1890 Kigeri IV Rwabugiri...........................1853-1895 Mibambwe IV Rutulindwa........................1895-1896 Germany in effective control...............c. 1896-1916 Yuhi IV Musinga..........................1896-1931 opposed by... Ndungutse................................1911-1912 To Belgium....................................1916-1922 League of Nations Mandate (Belgian admin.)....1922-1946 Mutara III Rudahigwa.....................1931-1959 United Nations Trust Terr. (Belgian Admin.)...1946-1961 Kigeri V Ndahundirwa.....................1959-1961 Hutu Rebellion, 1959 Republic of Rwanda............................1961- Tutsi Rebellion, 1963 Hutu Rebellion, 1994

SOMALIA The region around the Horn of Africa. Cushitic peoples from c. 1000 BCE. Arab presence on the northern coast from c. 800 CE on. They convert local Somali clans to Islam. Arab penetration of the east coast (Benadir) and the Somali interior from c. 1150 on.

The Benadir Coast For the Somali (Cinnamon) Coast in the north, see immediately below, Somaliland. Somali tribes in the north begin expanding south along the Benadir Coast from the 14th century on. To Italy.................................1889-1941 Benadir Coast Protectorate, 1889-1893 (Not administered) Filonardi Company, 1893-1896 Governor Vincenzo Filonardi.......................1893-1897 Colony of Southern Somaliland, 1896-1898 Royal Commissioner Ernesto Dulio.................................1897 Giorgio Sorrentino.......................1897-1898 Milanese Commercial Society Governor Ernesto Dulio (restored).................1898-1905 Colony of Italian Somaliland Commissioner-General Luigi Mercatelli.........................1905-1906 Vice Commissioner-General Alessandro Sapelli, acting 1906 Governor Giovanni Serrina-Ferroni, acting 1906-7 Royal Civil Commissioner 1907-8, then Governor Tomasso Carletti.........................1907-1908 Gino Macchioro, acting 1908-10 Giacomo di Martino.......................1910-1916 Giovanni Serrina-Ferroni (restored)......1916-1920 Carlo Ricci..............................1920-1923 Cesare de Val Cismon.....................1923-1928 Guido Corni..............................1928-1931 Maurizio Rava............................1931-1935 Rodolfo Graziani.........................1935-1936 Angelo de Rubeis, acting 22-24 may 1936 Ruggero Santi............................1936-1937 Francesco Saverio Caroselli..............1937-1940 Gustavo Pesenti......................june-dec 1940 Carlo de Simone..........................1940-1941 To Great Britain..............................1941-1949 Military Administration Governor Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith....................1941 William Eric Halstead Scupham............1941-1943 Dennis Henry Wickham.....................1943-1948 Eric Vully de Candole.........................1948 Geoffrey Massey Gamble...................1948-1949 To Italy, as a UN Mandate.....................1949-1960 Administrator Giovanni Fornari.........................1949-1953 Enrico Martino...........................1953-1955 Enrico Anzilotti.........................1955-1956 Mario di Stefani.........................1958-1960 Republic of Somalia...........................1960-1992 The Republic was dissolved in a bloodless coup in Oct. 1969 by Major-General Muhammad Siad Barre, who thereafter ruled Somalia in an autocratic fashion. Somalia began to fragment into clan territories at the end of the 1980's, and following Barre's own ouster in 1991, the region descended into anarchy or, more accurately, localized spheres of influence on the part of clan warlords. Northern Somalia broke away completely, forming an entirely independent state. In 1992, the UN declared the region to be without an effective government. Since approximately 2007, a national government has been in control of the capital at Mogadishu, and parts of southern Somalia, but it is very fragile and recognized nowhere beyond it's sphere of influence. See also: Punt, Juba, Mogadishu, Somaliland.

EGYPT (General Survey) FIRST DYNASTY (Memphis and Saqqara): The beginning of the Old Kingdom. The First Dynasty marks the (somewhat artificial) beginning of Egyptian dynastic history. Prior to this, Egypt was divided into dozens of regional kingdoms (these would for the most part form the basis for the nomes, or provinces, of Pharaonic Egypt). Little is known about most of these kings. These prehistoric states seem to have coalesced into two major regions, Upper Egypt (the south), and Lower Egypt (the delta). Menes or Hor-Aha, the first king of this dynasty, is supposed to have united Lower and Upper Egypt under his rule, though this is disputed by some scholars. Hor-Aha ("Menes" in older lists)...........c. 3050- ? Djer...............................................57 years ? Merneith (fem.) (Regent for Djet ?) Djet Den................................................14 to 20 years ? Anedjib............................................26 years ? Semerkhet..........................................9 to 18 years Qa'a.......................................2916 ? -2890 Sneferka ? No king list records Sneferka’s reign, but he is mentioned as king (with his name placed inside a serekh) on two extant inscriptions. He may have been a regional king or one who was ultimately forgotten due to the shortness of his reign. Alternatively, this may have been an alternate name for Qa’a or Semerkhet. SECOND DYNASTY (Memphis) This dynasty is even less well documented than the First, and its kings’ chronology is largely unknown. The below is largely a conjectural attempt to place them in a chronological context. It has been postulated that during the Second Dynasty, the "unified egypt" ruled by Ninetjer fell apart and Upper and Lower Egypt were once again under separate rulers. This is supported by the apparent conflict during this period between followers of the gods Horus and Seth, continued throughout the second dynasty, resulting in the split. Peribsen appears to have been the first to reunify the lands, but it was Khasekhemwy who once again ruled Egypt as its sole pharaoh. Hotepsekhemwy.................................2890- ? Nebra, or Raneb....................................39 years ? Nynetjer...........................................47 years ? Wnegsekhemwy........................................8 years ? Sendji Nubnefer Neterka Neferkara Neferkasokar Horus-Sekhemib (later, Seth-Peribsen)..............17 years ? There was some sort of upheaval in Egypt during this period, though the details are unknown. Sekhemib abandoned the Horus-name altogether and in place of it used a serekh (styled rectangle typically containing the Horus-name) topped with the symbol of the god Seth. His successor Khasekhemy or Khasekhehemui used a serekh topped by both the Horus and Seth symbols. Ultimately, this attempt at cultic fusion failed as by the beginning of the Third dynasty the serekh was again topped only with Horus. Khasekhem ? Khasekhehemwy.................................. ? -2686 Khasekhemwy (“the two powers arise”) is normally placed as the successor of Seth-Peribsen. Some Egyptologists, however, believe that another Pharaoh, Khasekhem (“the power arises”), ruled in between them. However, most scholars assert that Khasekhem and Khasekhemwy are, in fact, the same person. Khasekhem may have changed his name to Khasekehemwy after he reunited Upper and Lower Egypt following a civil war between the followers of the gods Horus and Seth. THIRD DYNASTY (Memphis) The Third Dynasty probably seized power from the old pharaohs, possibly on the death of Khasekhemwy. It is the first to reign over a unified Egypt with few apparent upheavals or interruptions. During this period the art of pyramid-building developed, first through “stacked mastabas” which led to Djoser’s Step Pyramid and other similar buildings. Sanakhte......................................2686-2668 Djoser........................................2668-2649 Sekhemkhet....................................2649-2643 Khaba.........................................2643-2637 Huni..........................................2637-2613 FOURTH DYNASTY: The Fourth Dynasty secured the throne peacefully and continued to rule over a united and prosperous Egypt. This was the age of the Great Pyramids- built by Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, as well as the probable time of construction for the Great Sphinx. Sneferu.......................................2613-2589 ? Khufu is spoken of in early sources as being "third" of his family to rule, although there is no known record of a Pharaoh between Sneferu and Khufu. The supposition is that there might have been a very short reign of some elder brother of Khufu, whose inscriptions, name, and monuments have perished for one reason or another. Khufu (Cheops)................................2589-2566 Kauab ? Kauab was the eldest son of Khufu who may have ruled for a very short time after his father’s death. If so, he was quickly overthrown by his half-brother Djedefre. Djedefre......................................2566-2558 Khafre (Chephren).............................2558-2532 Menkaure (Mycerinus)..........................2532-2504 Shepseskaf....................................2504-2500 Dedefptah.....................................2500-2498 FIFTH DYNASTY (Elephantine and Inef-Hedj) Unlike the previous dynasty, the Fifth (hailing from Elephantine in Upper Egypt) marks a complete break with the previous rulers. There does not appear to have been any family ties with the Fourth Dynasty (though some scholars believe that Queen Khentkawes, the wife of Userkaf, is identical with a daughter of Menkaure by the same name). During this period the solar cult of Ra became prominent. Userkaf.......................................2498-2491 ? Sahure........................................2487-2477 Neferirkare Kakai.............................2477-2467 Netjerweseru..................................2467-2460 Neferefre Isi.................................2460-2453 Nyuserre Ini..................................2453-2422 Menkauhor Kaiu................................2422-2414 Djedkare Isesi................................2414-2375 Unas..........................................2375-2345 SIXTH DYNASTY (Memphis, Saqqara, and Abu Sir) During this dynasty Egypt began a slow decline into what would become known as the First Intermediate period. There were a few strong rulers, such as Teti and Pepi II, but they were ultimately unable to stop the disintegration of the kingdom. The Sixth is, however, one of the better documented of the early Egyptian dynasties, and the pharaohs of this dynasty left numerous inscriptions and monuments which survive to this day. Teti..........................................2345-2333 Userkare......................................2333-2332 Pepi I Meryre (Phiops I)......................2332-2283 Nemtyemsaf....................................2283-2278 Pepi II Neferkare (Phiops II).................2278-2185 Mentiemsaf Merenre............................2185-2184 Nietkrety (Nitocris) (fem.)................2 to 12 years Nitocris is the earliest of three women in Egyptian history who are clearly identified as pharaoh, the others being Hatshepsut and Cleopatra VII. Nitocris is not mentioned in any contemporary inscriptions but she is mentioned in the king lists of Turin, and by Herodotus and Manetho. It is believed that she came into power when her brother (and possibly husband) Mentiemsaf Merenre was murdered. The story is that she invited his murderers to a banquet and then flooded the sealed banquet room with the Nile. Then, to avoid the wrath of the other conspirators, she committed suicide (apparently by running into a room of burning embers and flinging herself into the flames). She is followed by a number of kings who are unattested to in contemporary inscriptions but are listed by Manetho or other later chroniclers. Neferka ? Nefer ? Aba ? SEVENTH DYNASTY The Seventh and Eighth dynasties ruled over most of Lower Egypt during a time of great economic and political upheaval, when many of the nomes rebelled and refused to recognize Pharaonic authority. Netrikare Menkare Neferkare II..................................2181- ? Neferkare III Nebi Djedure Shemai Neferkare IV Khendu Neferkamin Nykare Neferkare V Tereru Neferkahor..................................... ? -2173 EIGHTH DYNASTY (Memphis) Wadjkare Pepysonbe............................2173-2169 Neferkamin Anu................................2169-2167 Qakare Ibi....................................2167-2163 Neferkare VI..................................2163-2162 Neferkauhor Kapuibi...........................2162-2161 Neferirkare...................................2161-2160 NINTH DYNASTY (Heracleopolis) The Ninth Dynasty, centered on Middle and Lower Egypt, exercised only nominal authority over the rest of the country. Meryibre Khety (Achthoes I)...................2160- ? --- Neferkare VII Nebkaure (Acthoes II) Setut --- Mery--- Shed--- H--- --- --- --- User--- ....................................... ? -2130 Tenth Dynasty (Lower Egypt) Eleventh Dynasty (Upper Egypt) TWELFTH DYNASTY (Thebes) The Middle Kingdom emerges... The Twelfth Dynasty marked the golden age of the Middle Kingdom. Amenemhet was the vizier of the last king of the Eleventh Dynasty but the circumstances of his succession are unclear. A custom emerged during this Dynasty of each Pharaoh naming his successor while he was still alive, with the chosen heir ruling as co-regent during the latter days of his reign. Amenemhet I...................................1991-1962 with... Senusret I....................................1971-1926 with... Amenemhet II..................................1929-1895 with... Senusret II...................................1897-1878 Senusret III..................................1878-1841 with... Amenemhet III.................................1842-1797 with... Amenemhet IV..................................1798-1786 Sobeknefru, (fem.).............................1785-1782 THIRTEENTH DYNASTY(Thebes and Memphis): Most of the kings of the Thirteenth Dynasty were unrelated -- some may have even been officials of the lower class or foreigners who seized power. Several have Semitic names. Only Neferhotep I, his son Sithathor, and brother Sebekhotep IV were related. The chronologies are a mess -- dozens of kings are arranged in different orders by different interpretations of the documentation. Many of the pharaohs are unknown except for a listing in the Turin canon. Also complicating matters was that this is the period of the Hyksos takeover of Lower Egypt, a period from which few written records have survived. One of the common chronologies lists the kings as follows: Sobkhotep I...................................1786- ? (5+ yrs) Senbuef (Amenemhetsenebef).........................3+ years Khutawi..............................6 yrs. during 1770's ? Sehetepibre............................... c. 1770-1769 Iufni Ameny Intef IV (Amenemhet V)................... ? -1760 Amu Sihornerjheryotef Sewadjikare Nedjemibrel Renseneb...........................fl. 4 months in c. 1760 Hor............................................fl. c. 1760 Sobekhotep II (Amenemhet VI)...................fl. c. 1750 Kaij (Amenemhet VII) Ugaf...............................................2 years ? Senusret IV Khendjer.......................................fl. c. 1747 (4 years) "Khendjer" is, of all things, a Semitic name of Amorite origin, meaning “boar”. Nebnum..........................................c. 2 years Imira-Mesha Inyotef (IV) ---ibrfe Set Sobekemsaf I Sobekhotep III.................................fl. c. 1745 Neferhotep I..................................1741-1730 Sahathor Sobekhotep IV.................................1730-1720 Sobekhotep V Iaib..........................................1716-1706 ? Ay............................................1706-1683 ? Ini Sewadtjtu Sobekhotep VI Neferhotep II Sobekhotep VII Mentuemsaf Dedmesu I......................................fl. 1674 Dedmesu II Mentuhotep V Neferhotep III Ihemofret Sobekhotep VIII Senebmui Senaayeb Ibi (II ?) Hor (II ?) Sekhanre Merkheperre Merikare Fourteenth Dynasty (Xois) Fifteenth Dynasty (Hyksos) Sixteenth Dynasty (Pelusium) Seventeenth Dynasty (Upper Egypt) EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY (Thebes; later Heliopolis, Amarna and other capitals): With the defeat of the Hyksos by Ahmose the Eighteenth Dynasty somewhat artificially emerged from Ahmose’s family, the Seventeenth. Thebes now dominated all of Egypt, ushering in the New Kingdom. This dynasty saw the rule of Hatshepsut and the warrior-pharaoh Thutmose III, the brief establishment of a monotheistic religion under Akhnaten and the disproportionately famous "King Tut". Ahmose........................................1570-1546 with... Amenhotep I...................................1551-1524 Djehutymes I (Tuthmosis)......................1525-1518 Djehutymes II.................................1518-1504 Djehutymes III................................1503-1450 under his stepmother... Hatshepsut (fem.)..............................1498-1483 and then... Hatshepsut, who dressed herself in the Pharaoh’s regalia and has herself depicted on statuary as a man, ushered in a brief golden age of peace and prosperity. Her ships traveled to Phoenicia, Anatolia and the mysterious land of Punt (probably on the Horn of Africa). Her stepson/nephew Thutmose III abandoned her peaceful legacy, defaced her monuments, and carved out a Levantine empire with a series of brutal campaigns culminating in the Battle of Megiddo against a coalition of Canaanite kings in 1473 BCE. Amenhotep II..................................1453-1419 Djehutymes IV.................................1419-1386 Amenhotep III.................................1386-1349 with... Amenhotep IV Akhnaten.........................1350-1334 with... Akhnaten moved the capital to Amarna and established the monotheistic (or at least, dogmatically monolatrous) worship of the sun-god Aten. While tales of his persecution of other cults were probably exaggerated by his enemies (and, for the most part, fail to shock the conscience by the standards of that day), the various cults, particularly those of Amun, Ra, and Ptah, suffered an enormous blow to their political power (this may have been Akhnaten’s ultimate motivation). The Amarna Letters, Akhnaten’s diplomatic correspondence with Levantine, Anatolian and Mesopotamian rulers, shed an enormous amount of light on the geopolitical situation of his day; the events they chronicle mark a decline in Egyptian influence over the lands to her east. Smenkhkare....................................1336-1334 Some scholars have postulated that Smenkhkare was in fact Akhnaten’s wife Nefertiti (Nefernefruaten). Alternatively, he may have been a younger brother, son, or son-in-law of Akhnaten. Whoever he/she was, Smenkhkare moved the capital back to Thebes and abandoned the worship of Aten. The fate of the Aten-cultists is unknown; some theories state that they existed underground for centuries thereafter and even that they may have influenced the development of early Israelite monotheism. Tutankhamun...................................1334-1325 "King Tut" is possibly the best known of the Pharaohs today, despite his young age (he ascended to the throne at age 9), brief reign and lack of any accomplishments whatsoever, because his opulent tomb was discovered intact. He is usually listed as the son of Smekhkare but this is uncertain; he may have been Akhnaten’s son (which, if Smekhkare was in fact Nefertiti, is not mutually exclusive with the former possibility), a younger brother of Akhnaten, or a cousin. His name was originally “Tutankhaten” but with the reversion to the old gods his name was changed to invoke Amun instead of Aten. Tutankhamun may have been murdered by one or both of his two chief advisors, Ai and Horemheb, who both reigned after him as Pharaoh. Kheperkheprure Ai.............................1325-1321 Ai was probably the brother of Tiye, Amenhotep III’s queen and the mother of Akhnaten. Interestingly, some scholars believe that Ai and Tiye’s father Yuya, an advisor to both Amenhotep III and Akhnaten, was not Egyptian, but Semitic, and that “Yuya” may itself be an Egyptian version of the Semitic name “Yusef” or Joseph (yet another Biblical-Joseph-candidate). Yuya had the unique distinction of being given the title “Beloved Father of Pharaoh” by Amenhotep III, a title borne by no other individual in Egyptian history. Whether he murdered Tutankhamun and seized the throne or was simply the best-qualified after the boy-king’s death is unknown and hotly disputed. Horemheb......................................1321-1293 NINETEENTH DYNASTY: (Memphis) Together with the probably-related Twentieth Dynasty, the Nineteenth is also known as the “Ramesside Dynasty” after its founder (after whom a great many of the Pharaohs of these two dynasties were named). This was possibly the most powerful dynasty in Egyptian history. Their influence extended from the Ethiopian highlands to the Euphrates River and beyond. While they did not restrict any of the other cults, they themselves appear to have been quite fond of the god Set, whose cult had been neglected and sometimes reviled since the Old Kingdom (cf. the name “Seti). The Nineteenth Dynasty exerted enormous imperial influence over Levantine and Near Eastern affairs but came under increasing pressure by the growing power of the Hittites to the north. Paremessu Ramses I............................1293-1291 Paremessu was a military commander under Horemheb. Near the end of his reign, Horemheb adopted Paremessu as his designated heir, and the latter changed his name to the now-familiar “Ramses”. In addition to being commander and vizier, Ramses was also the High Priest of Amun. As king, he reopened neglected trade routes to the copper-producing regions of the Sinai and the Negev, asserted political control over the squabbling Canaanite principalities. Seti I........................................1291-1278 with... Though better known as the father of Ramses portrayed by Sir Cedric Hardwicke in The Ten Commandments, Seti’s reign was impressive in its own right. He engaged in large scale building projects throughout Egypt and adopted the epithet “Repeater of Births” to mark a new renaissance in Egyptian culture. Ramses II the Great...........................1279-1212 Ramses II is the pharaoh who is the best candidate for the opponent of Moses. While Ramesses’ great “victory” over the Hittites at Kadesh was highly exaggerated (the battle ended in a stalemate and peace treaty) the economic and political accomplishments of his extraordinarily long reign are hard to ignore. And ignore them was something Ramses did not do; he placed his name and visage on so many monuments that locals call him “the Coca-Cola Pharaoh” after that beverage’s ubiquitous logo. Ramses II is the king most often identified with the unnamed adversary of Moses in the Book of Exodus. Ramses had something on the order of 80 sons and an uncounted number of daughters during his nearly seven decades on the throne; by the time he died his heir Merneptah was on the later side of middle age but another probable son, Setnakht, was in his prime some twenty years after Ramses’ death. Merneptah.....................................1212-1202 Merneptah recorded a campaign against various Canaanite kings on his probably-exaggerated victory stele; the inscription, however, is invaluable to Biblical scholars because it records a battle against a tribe called “Israel”. Amenemses.....................................1202-1199 Seti II.......................................1199-1193 Merneptah Siptah..............................1193-1187 Twosret (fem.).................................1187-1185 with... Bay the Kingmaker (as regent), 1193-1180? opposed by… Bay was a scribe who became co-regent for Siptah with the latter’s stepmother Twosret. He called himself "The Kingmaker" and "The Self-Made", implying that he usurped the throne for himself after Twosret’s death. The sequence is not entirely clear. The first Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty, Setnakht ("[the god] Set is Victorious"), who was probably a younger son of Ramses II, refers to himself as "Driver-out of the usurper." TWENTIETH DYNASTY Setnakhte.....................................1185-1182 Ramses III....................................1182-1151 Ramses IV.....................................1151-1145 Ramses V......................................1145-1141 Ramses VI.....................................1141-1133 Ramses VII....................................1133-1126 with... Ramses VIII........................................1126 Ramses IX.....................................1126-1108 Ramses X......................................1108-1098 Ramses XI.....................................1098-1070 TWENTY-FIRST DYNASTY Located at Tanis, in the eastern Delta; theoretically Rulers of the entire nation, but as a practical matter in control of northern Egypt only. Note therefore, the High Priests of Amun, at Thebes. Nesbanebdjed I................................1069-1043 Amenemnisu....................................1043-1039 Pasebakhaenniut I.............................1039-991 with... Amenemope......................................993-984 Osorkon the Elder..............................984-978 Siamun.........................................978-959 Pasebakhaenniut II.............................959-945 TWENTY-SECOND (Libyan) DYNASTY Sheshonq I.....................................945-924 Osorkon I......................................924-889 with... Sheshonq II....................................fl. c. 890 Takelot I......................................889-874 opposed by... Harsiese (at Thebes)...........................870-860 opposed by... Osorkon II.....................................874-850 Takelot II.....................................850-825 Sheshonq III...................................825-773 Pami...........................................773-767 Sheshonk IV....................................767-730 Osorkon IV.....................................730-715 Twenty-Third Dynasty (Leontopolis) Twenty-Fourth Dynasty (Sais) TWENTY-FIFTH (Ethiopian, Cushite, or Nubian) DYNASTY: A final group, this dynasty succeeded in unifying Egypt once more. Driven out of Egypt by the next Dynasty, this group retired to Napata, in the Sudan, and retained a Kingdom there and (from 590 BCE) at Meroë until the 4th century CE. Piankhi.....................................c. 730-716 Shabaka........................................716-702 Shebitku.......................................702-690 Taharqa (at Thebes only from 671)..............690-664 opposing... Assyrian occupation of northern Egypt..........671-656 Tanutamun (at Napata)..........................664-656 d. 653 rivalled by... TWENTY-SIXTH (Saite) DYNASTY: (Athribis, later Sais): This dynasty marked the return of Egypt to native rule. However, some scholars believe that they were partially descended from the earlier Libyan dynasts. Psamtik I (Assyrian client at Athribis to 656).664-610 Necho II.......................................610-595 Necho’s rule marked the beginning of the final period of extended prosperity and independence for Pharaonic Egypt. It is he who is said to have commissioned a small fleet of Phoenician explorers to circumnavigate Africa, mentioned in Herodotus some 160 years later. Psamtik II.....................................595-589 Wahibre........................................589-570 Wahibre made war on Babylonia, supporting Levantine kings in their unsuccessful bid for independence. Many Jews fled the sack of Jerusalem to Egypt, settling as frontier guards in Elephantine. Wahibre later launched a campaign against the Greek city of Cyrene and its allies to the northwest of Egypt, dispatching his general Ahmose to lead his troops. Ahmose declared himself Pharaoh and led a coup against Apries, who fled to Babylon. Returning to Egypt with a Babylonian army, he was defeated by Ahmose’s forces (augmented with Greek mercenaries) and slain, but was then buried with honor at Sais. Ahmose proceeded to rule for over four decades and was the last strong native king of Egypt. Ahmose II......................................570-526 It is unknown whether Ahmose was related to the other pharaohs of this dynasty or how. Interestingly, he maintained very close relations with the Greeks of Naukratis and his wife, Laodice, was a Greek. Psamtik III....................................526-525 PERSIAN EMPIRE (Full Persian List) See also below, after Dynasty 30. Cambyses.......................................525-522 Darius I the Great.............................522-486 Xerxes I the Great.............................486-466 Artabanes......................................466-465 Artaxerxes I Longhand..........................465-424 Xerxes II..........................................424 Sogdianus..........................................424 Darius II......................................424-404 TWENTY-EIGHTH DYNASTY Amonirdisu.....................................404-399 TWENTY-NINTH DYNASTY (Memphis) This dynasty had close cultural and economic ties with Greece, particularly Sparta. The influx of Greek mercenaries, merchants, scholars and tourists probably contributed to the relatively smooth transition to Hellenistic rule several decades later. Nefaarud I.....................................399-393 Psammuthes.........................................393 Hakor (Achoris)................................393-380 Nefaarud II........................................380 THIRTIETH DYNASTY: The very last native dynasty. Nekhtnebef.....................................380-362 Djedhor........................................362-360 Nakhthoreb.....................................360-343 PERSIAN EMPIRE (Full Persian List) Artaxerxes III.................................343-338 NUBIAN REVOLT Khabbabash.....................................338-335 PERSIAN EMPIRE (Full Persian List) Darius III.....................................335-332 MACEDONIAN EMPIRE (Macedonian list) Alexander (III) the Great......................332-323 Philip Arrhidaeus..............................323-317 Alexander (IV).................................317-311 PTOLEMID DYNASTY Ptolemy I Soter................................305-282 with... Ptolemy II Philadelphos........................285-246 Ptolemy III Euergetes..........................246-222 Ptolemy IV Philopator..........................222-205 Ptolemy V Epiphanes............................205-180 Note that Upper Egypt was in rebellion during most of Ptolemy V's reign. Ptolemy VI Philometor..........................180-164 d. 145, with... Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (K. of Cyren. 163-145)..170-164 d. 116 SELEUCID EMPIRE Antiochus Epiphanes............................164-163 d. 163 PTOLEMID DYNASTY Ptolemy VI (restored)..........................163-145 Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator........................145 Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (restored)..............145-116 Ptolemy IX Soter...............................116-110 d. 80 Ptolemy X Alexander............................110-109 d. 88 Ptolemy IX Soter (restored)....................109-107 d. 80 Ptolemy X Alexander (restored).................107-88 Ptolemy IX Soter (re-restored)..................88-80 Ptolemy XI Alexander...............................80 Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos.......................80-58 d. 51 Berenice IV (fem.)...............................58-55 Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (restored)............55-51 with... Cleopatra VII (fem.).............................51-30 with... Ptolemy XIII....................................51-47 and then... Ptolemy XIV.....................................47-44 and then... Ptolemy XV Caesarion............................36-30 ROMAN EMPIRE: The individual Roman Emperors whose rule extended to Egypt. Occasionally you will encounter names tinted in terra cotta rather than blue; these represent dissident generals who attempted to seize the Empire, and whose base of operations was in Egypt. Julius Caesar...................................47-44 Augustus....................................30 BCE-14 CE Tiberius I......................................14-37 Gaius Caligula..................................37-41 Claudius I......................................41-54 Nero............................................54-68 Galba...........................................68-69 Otho...............................................69 Vitellius..........................................69 Vespasian.......................................69-79 Titus...........................................79-81 Domitian........................................81-96 Nerva...........................................96-98 Trajan..........................................98-117 Hadrian........................................117-138 Antoninus Pius.................................138-161 Marcus Aurelius................................161-180 Commodus.......................................180-192 Helvius Pertinax...............................192-193 Didius Julianus....................................193 Septimus Severus...............................193-211 Caracalla......................................211-217 with... Geta...........................................211-212 Macrinus.......................................217-218 Elagabalus.....................................218-222 Severus Alexander..............................222-235 Maximinus......................................235-238 Gordianus I........................................238 with... Gordianus II.......................................238 Pupienus...........................................238 with... Balbinus...........................................238 Gordianus III..................................238-244 Philip the arab................................244-249 Decius.........................................249-251 Gallus.........................................251-253 Valerian.......................................253-260 with... Gallienus......................................253-261 d. 268 Alexander Aemilianus...............................261 Gallienus (restored)...........................261-263 d. 268 Cornelius Celsus...................................263 Gallienus (re-restored)........................263-268 Claudius II Goth-slayer........................268-270 Firmius............................................270 Quintillus.........................................270 Aurelian.......................................270-273 d. 275 Domitianus.........................................273 Aurelian (restored)............................273-275 Florian........................................275-276 Probus.........................................276-280 d. 282 Saturninus.........................................280 Probus (restored)..............................280-282 Carus..........................................282-283 Numerian.......................................283-284 Diocletian.....................................284-305 Galerius.......................................305-311 with... Maximinus Daia.................................308-313 and... Licinius.......................................308-314 d. 324 Valens.............................................314 Licinius (restored)............................324-324 Constantine I the Great........................324-337 Constantius....................................337-361 Julian the Apostate............................361-363 Jovian.........................................363-364 Valens.........................................364-378 Theodosius I...................................378-395 For a general survey of the Roman Empire, click here. THE EASTERN ROMAN (or BYZANTINE) EMPIRE Arcadius.......................................395-408 Theodosius II..................................408-450 Marcian........................................450-457 Leo I..........................................457-474 Zeno...........................................474-491 Anastasius.....................................491-518 Justin I.......................................518-527 Justinian the Great............................527-565 Justin II......................................565-578 Tiberius II....................................578-582 Maurice........................................582-602 Phocas.........................................602-610 Heraclius......................................610-641 For a general survey of the Byzantine Empire, click here. For notes on ancient Egyptian religion, click here. For a listing of the Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria, click here.

THE CALIPHATE Here commences the long association of Egypt with the world of Islam. For a general survey of all the Caliphs, click here. To put this in a certain perspective, Pharaonic Egypt encompasses some 2575 years, or about 50% of Egyptian history. The Classical era, a time when Egypt was usually under foreign domination, lasted 1166 years, or close to 23%. Islamic Egypt has covered 1368 years as of this writing, somewhat over 26% of the total.

Omar I.........................................641-644 Uthman I.......................................644-656 Ali I..........................................656-661 UMMAYAD DYNASTY Muawiya I......................................661-680 Yazid I........................................680-683 Muawiya II.....................................683-684 Marwan I.......................................684-685 Abd Al Malik...................................685-705 al Walid I.....................................705-715 Sulaiman.......................................715-717 Omar II........................................717-720 Yazid II.......................................720-724 Hisham.........................................724-743 al Walid II....................................743-744 Yazid III..........................................744 Ibrahim............................................744 Marwan II......................................744-750 ABBASID DYNASTY Abul-Abbas.....................................750-754 Abu Djafar al-Mansur...........................754-775 Mohammed al-Mahdi..............................775-785 Musa al-Hadi...................................785-786 Harun al-Rashid................................786-809 Mohammed al-Amin...............................809-813 Abdullah al-Mamun..............................813-817 d. 833 al-Mubarrak....................................817-819 Abdullah al-Mamun (restored)...................819-833 al-Mutasim Billah..............................833-842 Harun al-Wathiq Billah.........................842-847 Djafar al-Mutawakkil...........................847-861 Mohammed al-Muntasr Billah.....................861-862 Ahmed al-Mustain Billah........................862-866 Mohammed al-Mutazz.............................866-868 d. 869 TULUNID DYNASTY: Ahmad Ibn-Tulun began as the Caliphate governor of Egypt, but swiftly increased his power to a more-or-less autonomous level, the first independent Egyptian rule in better than 900 years. His dynasty was short-lived, and conditions descended into chaos after 896, which allowed the Caliphate to return. The memory of his accomplishment lived on, however, and permitted the establishment of more permanent rulers only two generations later. Ahmad Ibn-Tulun................................868-884 Khumarawayh....................................884-896 Jaish..............................................896 Harun..........................................896-904 Shaiban........................................904-905 ABBASID DYNASTY 'Ali al-Muktafi Billah.........................905-908 Djafar al-Muqtadir Billah......................908-932 Muhammad al-Qahir Billah.......................932-934 Ahmed al-Radi Billah...........................934-935 d. 940 IKHSHIDID DYNASTY Muhammad.......................................935-946 Unujur.........................................946-960 Ali............................................961-966 Kafur..........................................966-968 Ahmad..........................................968-969 FATAMID DYNASTY The Fatamids, so named for their descent from Mohammed's daughter Fatima, assumed the authority and title of Caliph, in opposition to the Mesopotamian Caliphate at Baghdad. See Algeria for the founders. Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Muizz Li Din Allah..........969-975 Abu Mansur Nizar al-Aziz Billah................975-996 Abu 'Ali al-Mansur al-Hakim Bi Amr Allah.......996-1021 Abu'l Hasan 'Ali al-Zahir.....................1021-1036 Sitt al-Mulk bint Nizar (fem.), regent 1021-1023 Abu Tamil Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah...........1036-1094 opposed by... Abu Mansur Nizar al-Mustapha Li din Allah..........1094 d. 1097 The disciples of Nizar were the founders of the Assassins sect under the leadership of al-Hasan as-Sabbah. Abu'l Qasim Muhammad al-Mustali Billah........1094-1101 Abu 'Ali al-Mansur al-Amir Bi Ahkam Allah.....1101-1130 Abu'l Maimun 'Abdul Majid al-Hafiz Li Din Allah...1130-1149 Abul Mansur Isma'il al-Zafir Bi Amr Allah.....1149-1154 Abul Qasim 'Isa al-Faiz Bi Nasr Allah.........1154-1160 Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah al-Adid Li Din Allah...1160-1171 ZANGID Ghazi II Saif ud-Din (in Mosul 1169-1174).....1169-1171 d. 1176 AYYUBID DYNASTY al-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf (Saladin).........1169-1193 Governor in Egypt for the ephemeral Zangid hegemony established at the final collapse of Fatamid aspirations, Saladin quickly threw off nominal Mesopotamian rule to become the de jure as well as de facto ruler of the Nile. al-Aziz Imad ad-Din Abu'l Fath 'Uthman........1193-1198 al-Mansur Nasir ad-Din Muhammad...............1198-1199 al-Adil I Saif ad-Din Abu Bakr Ahmad..........1199-1218 al-Kamil Nasir ad-Din Abu'l Ma'ali Mohammed...1218-1238 al-Adil II Saif ad-Din Abu Bakr...............1238-1240 al-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub....................1240-1249 al-Mu'azzam Turan Shah........................1249-1250 al-Ashraf Muzaffar ad-Din Musa................1250-1253 BAHRI MAMLUQ Aibeg.........................................1253-1257 Ali III.......................................1257-1259 Qutuz.........................................1259-1260 Baibars I.....................................1260-1277 Baraka Khan...................................1277-1279 Salamish...........................................1279 Qalawun.......................................1279-1290 Khalil........................................1290-1293 Mohammad II...................................1293-1294 d. 1341 Kitbugha......................................1294-1296 Lajin.........................................1296-1299 Muhammad II (restored)........................1299-1309 d. 1341 Baibars II....................................1309-1310 Muhammad II (re-restored).....................1310-1341 Abu Bakr...........................................1341 Kujuk.........................................1341-1342 Ahmad III.....................................1342-1342/3 Ismail I....................................1342/3-1345/6 Shaban I....................................1345/6-1346/7 Hajji I.....................................1346/7-1347 al-Hasan......................................1347-1351 d. 1361 Salih.........................................1351-1354 al-Hasan (restored)...........................1354-1361 Muhammad III..................................1361-1362/3 Shaban II...................................1362/3-1376/7 'Ali IV.....................................1376/7-1381/2 Hajji II....................................1381/2-1382 d. 1390 Barquq........................................1382-1389 d. 1399 Hajji II (restored)...........................1389-1390 BURJI MAMLUQ Barquq (restored).............................1390-1399 al-Nasr Faraj.................................1399-1405 d. 1412 Abd al-Aziz........................................1405 al-Nasr Faraj (restored)......................1405-1412 al-Mustain II (Caliph 1406-1414)...................1412 d. 1430 Shaikh al-Mahmudi.............................1412-1421 al-Muzaffar Ahmad..................................1421 Tatar..............................................1421 Muhammad IV...................................1421-1422 Barsbai.......................................1422-1438 Yusuf..............................................1438 Jaqmaq........................................1438-1453 Uthman.............................................1453 Inal al-Alaf..................................1453-1461 Ahmad III..........................................1461 Khushqadam....................................1461-1467 Bilbai.............................................1467 Timurbugha....................................1467-1468 Qait Bai......................................1468-1496 Muhammad V....................................1496-1498 Qansuh........................................1498-1500 Janbalat......................................1500-1500/01 Tuman Bai..................................1500/01-1501 Qansuh Al-Gawri...............................1501-1516/17 al-Ashraf Tuman Bai........................1516/17-1516/17 OTTOMAN EMPIRE Selim I.......................................1517-1520 Suleiman I Law-giver..........................1520-1566 Selim II the Sot..............................1566-1574 Murad I.......................................1574-1595 Mohammed III..................................1595-1603 Ahmed I.......................................1603-1617 Mustafa I.....................................1617-1618 d. 1623 Othman II.....................................1618-1622 Mustafa I (restored)..........................1622-1623 Murad II......................................1623-1640 Ibrahim.......................................1640-1648 Mohammed IV...................................1648-1687 Suleiman II...................................1687-1691 Ahmed II......................................1691-1695 Mustafa II....................................1695-1703 Ahmed III.....................................1703-1730 Mahmud I......................................1730-1754 Othman III....................................1754-1757 Mustafa III...................................1757-1768 d. 1773 opposed by... Ali Bey al-Kabir (In Lower E. only 1768-9)....1768-1773 and by... Abu Yusuf Hunan (In Upper Egypt)..............1768-1769 Abdul Hamid I.................................1773-1789 Selim III.....................................1789-1798 d. 1807 To FRANCE Napoléon Bonaparte............................1798-1799 d. 1821 Jean-Baptiste Kléber..........................1799-1800 Jacques-François de Boussaye, Baron de Menou..1800-1801 d. 1810 OTTOMAN EMPIRE Selim III (restored)..........................1801-1805 d. 1807 For a full survey of the Ottoman Empire, click here. THE KHEDIVATE: Mohammed Ali and his descendants ruled Egypt more-or-less autonomously, although the land was still a part of the Ottoman Empire as a technicality until 1922. Mohamed 'Ali used the style of Khedive (Turk. "Viceroy"), albeit without official recognition - this was granted in 1867, and remained the title of authority for the Egyptian rulers until 1914, when the style of Sultan came to be used. In 1882, Great Britain established a protectorate over Egypt, which lasted until independence in 1922, at which point the Sultanate became a Kingdom Mohammed 'Ali (Wali governor).................1805-1848 d. 1849 Ibrahim.................................Sept.-Nov. 1848 Mohammed 'Ali (restored)......................1848-1849 Abbas Hilmi I.................................1849-1854 Sa'id.........................................1854-1863 Isma'il (Khedive, 1867).......................1863-1879 d. 1895 Tawfiq........................................1879-1892 Abbas Hilmi II................................1892-1914 d. 1944 Husein Kamil (Sultan).........................1914-1917 Fuad I (King, 1922)...........................1917-1936 Farouk........................................1936-1952 d. 1965 Muhammad 'Ali (regent), 1936-7 Fuad II.......................................1952-1953 d. ... Muhammad Abdul Moneim (regent), 1952-3 REPUBLIC OF EGYPT Muhammad Naguib...............................1953-1954 Gamal Abd-ul Nasser...........................1954-1970 Anhwar As-Sadat...............................1970-1981 Hosni Mubarrak................................1981-2011 Gen. Muhammad Hussein Tantawi.................2011-2012 Muhammad Morsi................................2012-

ALGERIA The western portion of North Africa, opposite France, together with a considerable extent of the Western Sahara. KINGDOM of NUMIDIA Western Numidia Zelalsen.......................................... ? Gayya.......................................c. 238-c. 220 Ozalces............................................c. 220 Capussa.....................................c. 220-c. 215 Lacumazes..........................................c. 215 Massinissa I.................................c.215-206 d. 148 Eastern Numidia Sifax....................................... < 215-202 Vermina........................................202-201 Archobarzane....................................... ? All Numidia Massinissa (restored, in all Numidia)..........202-148 Micipsa........................................148-118 with... Gulussa........................................148-145 and... Mastanabal.....................................148-145 Adherbal.......................................118-112 with... Hiempsal I.....................................118-112 and... Jugurtha.......................................118-106 Gauda..........................................106- < 88 Hiempsal II.................................. < 88-c. 84 d. 60 Iarb.........................................c. 84-c. 82 Massinissa II......................................c. 82 Hiempsal II (restored).......................c. 82-60 Juba I..........................................60-46 To the Roman Republic...........................46-c. 30 Publius Sittius............................46-44 Arabion....................................44-33 Juba II (in Mauretania 25 BCE-23 CE).........c. 30-25 d. 23 CE To the Roman Empire.........................25 BCE-395 CE opposed by... Taqpharinat..................................17 CE-24 To the Western Roman Empire....................395-429 KINGDOM of the VANDALS(see also, Spain) Gaiseric.......................................428-477 Huneric........................................477-484 Gunthamund.....................................484-496 Thrasamund.....................................496-523 Hilderic.......................................523-531 Gelimer........................................531-534 To the Byzantine Empire........................534-c. 675 But note also... Interior ruled by Berber warlords c. 490-540: Iaudas (in Mount Aurasium).....................fl. 530's opposed by... Ortaias (south of Aurasium)....................fl. 530's and... Antalas (around Byzacium)......................fl. 530's and... Massonas.......................................fl. 530's and... Mastinas.......................................fl. 530's To the Caliphate............................c. 675-786 IDRISID Established at Tlemcen (the Western Maghrib) by a brother of Idris I of Morocco. Sulayman ibn Abdallah al-Kamil.................786-813 Muhammad ibn Sulayman..........................813-828 Hamdun ibn Idris...............................828-850 Idris ibn Hamdun...............................850-c. 880 'Isa ibn Ibrahim............................c. 880-c. 900 Ahmad ibn 'Isa..............................c. 900-c. 903 Hasan ibn 'Isa..............................c. 903-931 FATAMID The Fatamids, so named for their descent from Mohammed's daughter Fatima, assumed the authority and title of Caliph, in opposition to the Mesopotamian Caliphate at Baghdad. See Egypt for the full sequence. Abu 'Abdallah as-Shi'i as-San'ani..............901-911 Abu Muhammad 'Obeidaalh al-Mahdi...............909-934 Abu'l Qasim Muhammad ('Abd-ar-Rahman) al-Qa'im Bi Amr Allah...934-946 Abu Tahir Isma'il al-Mansur....................946-953 Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mu'izz Li Din Allah.........953-975 Abu Mansur Nizar al-Aziz Billah................975-996 Abu 'Ali al-Mansur al-Hakim Bi Amr Allah.......996-1015 d. 1021 HAMMADID Based in the central Maghrib, capital at Qal'at Bani Hammad, near Msila. Hammad........................................1015-1028 Sharaf ad-Dawla al-Qa'id......................1028-1054 Muhsin........................................1054-1055 Buluggin......................................1055-1062 al-Nasr.......................................1062-1088 al-Mansur.....................................1088-1105 Badis..............................................1105 al-Aziz.......................................1105-1121/2 or 24/5 Yahya...............................1121/2 or 24/5-1152 d. 1162 To Morocco (Almohads).........................1152-1236 ZAYYANID Based at Tlemcen, in the western Maghrib. Abu Yahya Yaghmurasan.........................1236-1283 Abu Sa'id Uthman I............................1283-1304 Abu Zayyan I Muhammad.........................1304-1308 Abu Hammu Musa I..............................1308-1318 Abu Tashufin 'Abd al-Rahman I.................1318-1337 To Morocco....................................1337-1348 Abu Sa'id Uthman II...........................1348-1352 with... al-Zaim Abu Thabit I..........................1348-1352 To Morocco....................................1352-1359 Abu Hammu Musa II.............................1359-1360 d. 1389 Abu Zayyan Muhammad II ibn Uthman..................1360 d. 1387 Abu Hammu Musa II (restored)..................1360-1370 d. 1389 Abu Zayyan Muhammad II (restored).............1370-1372 d. 1387 Abu Hammu Musa II (re-restored)...............1372-1383 d. 1389 Abu Zayyan Muhammad II (re-restored)..........1383-1384 d. 1387 Abu Hammu Musa II (re-re-restored)............1384-1387 d. 1389 Abu Zayyan Muhammad II (re-re-restored)............1387 Abu Hammu Musa II (re-re-re-restored).........1387-1389 Abu Tashufin Abd al-Rahman II.................1389-1394 Abu Thabit Yusuf I.................................1394 Abu'l-Hajjaj Yusuf II.........................1394-1395 Abu Zayyan Muhammad III.......................1395-1400 Abu Muhammad Abdallah I.......................1400-1402 Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Wathiq............1402-1411 Abu Tashufin Abd al-Rahman III.....................1411 Sa'id Ibn Musa.....................................1411 Abu Malik Abd al-Wahid........................1411-1424 d. 1430 Abu Abdallah Muhammad V.......................1424-1428 d. 1430 Abu Malik Abd al-Wahid (restored).............1428-1430 Abu Abdallah Muhammad V (restored).................1430 Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad I al-Aqil...................1430-1462 Abu Abdallah Muhammad VI al-Mutawakkil........1462-1469 Abu Tashufin III...................................1469 Abu Abdallah Muhammad VII at-Thabiti..........1469-1504 To Spain......................................1512-1517 Abu Abdallah Muhammad VIII at-Thabiti....1504-1517 Abu Hammu Musa III............................1517-1528 Abu Muhammad Abdallah II......................1528-1540 Abu Abdallah Muhammad IX......................1540-1541 d. 1543 Ahmad II......................................1541-1543 d. 1550 Abu Abdallah Muhammad IX (restored)................1543 To Spain......................................1543-1544 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1544-1550 Ahmad II (restored)......................1544-1550 al-Hassan.....................................1550-1555 Tlemcen to the Ottoman Empire thereafter... Note also during this chaotic period the presence of the following Barbary corsairs who attempted to establish an independent Algiers state - battling Spaniard and Tlemcen Zayyanid alike. Ultimately they did not succeed, but their efforts did focus the center of affairs in the region upon the coastal city of Algiers rather than the western inland city of Tlemcen. Kings of Algiers Selim al-Toumi al-Tha'alibi..................... ? -1516 Baba Aruj......................................1516-1518 Khidr Khair ad-Din Barbarossa.......................1518 d. 1546 Abu al-Abbas Ahmed Belkadi.....................1518-1529 Khidr Khair ad-Din Barbarossa (restored).......1529-1546 After the death of his older brother Aruj at the hands of the Spanish, Barbarossa was forced to secure the assistance of the Ottomans. In return for homage, he was created Beylerbey, and worked in cooperation with the Turks thereafter. He was a legendary seaman in his day - the son of a Janissary by a Greek woman in Lesbos, he carried out unremitting warfare against Christians, especially Spanish, throughout his life. Made Kapudan Pasha in 1534 he, more than anyone else, made the Western Mediterranean the "Sea of Corsairs" in the 16th and 17th centuries. To the Ottoman Empire.........................1546-1830 Pashas of Algiers Hasan Pasha..............................1546-1552 Salah Raïs...............................1552-1556 Hasan Corso..............................1556-1557 Hasan Pasha (restored)...................1562-1567 el-Euldj 'Ali............................1568-1571 'Arab Ahmed..............................1571-1574 Ramdane Caïd.............................1574-1577 Hasan Veneziano..........................1577-1580 Djaffar Pacha............................1580-1582 Dali Ahmed...............................1589-1592 Kheder...................................1592-1595 Cha'abane Pasha..........................1595-1598 Kheder (restored)........................1598-1599 Mustapha Pasha...........................1599-1603 Dali Hassan...................................1603 Muhammad Koussa..........................1603-1605 Mustapha Koussa..........................1605-1607 Redhouane Bekerli........................1607-1610 Mustafa Koussa (restored)................1611-1613 Hussein Cheikh...........................1613-1617 Sliman Ketania...........................1617-1618 Hussein Cheikh (restored)................1618-1620 Kheder Pasha (re-restored)...............1620-1623 Khousrou Charef..........................1623-1626 Hussein Pasha............................1626-1633 Yusef Pasha..............................1634-1637 'Ali Pasha...............................1637-1639 Hussein Cheikh...........................1639-1640 Abu Djamal Youssef Pasha.................1640-1642 Muhammad Boursali Pasha..................1642-1645 Ahmed 'Ali Pasha.........................1645-1647 Yusef Pasha..............................1647-1650 Muhammad Pasha...........................1650-1656 Ibrahim Pasha............................1656-1659 Agas of Algiers Khelil Aga...............................1659-1660 Ramdane Aga..............................1660-1661 Cha'abane Aga............................1661-1665 'Ali Aga.................................1665-1671 MUHAMMADID Beys of Algiers Muhammad I...............................1671-1682 Hassan I.................................1682-1683 Husain I.................................1683-1689 Sha'ban..................................1689-1695 Ahmad I..................................1695-1698 Hasan II.................................1698-1700 Mustafa I................................1700-1705 Husain II Khoja..........................1705-1707 Muhammad II Bektash......................1707-1710 Ibrahim I.....................................1710 'Ali I...................................1710-1718 Muhammad III.............................1718-1724 Kurd 'Abdi...............................1724-1732 Ibrahim II...............................1732-1745 Kuchuk Ibrahim III.......................1745-1748 Muhammad IV..............................1748-1754 'Ali II..................................1754-1766 Muhammad V...............................1766-1791 Hassan III...............................1791-1798 Mustapha II..............................1798-1805 Ahmad II.................................1805-1808 'Ali III ar-Rasul........................1808-1809 'Ali IV..................................1809-1815 Muhammad VI...................................1815 'Umar....................................1815-1817 Ali V Khoja..............................1817-1818 Husain III...............................1818-1830 To France.....................................1830-1962 Military Commanders Louis, Comte de Chaisne de Bourmont..July-Aug 1830 Bertrand, Comte Clauzel..................1830-1831 Pierre, Baron Berthezène..............Mar-Dec 1831 René Savary, Duc de Rovigo...............1831-1833 Theophile, Baron Viorol..................1833-1834 Governors-General Jean-Baptiste, Comte Drouet d'Erlon......1834-1835 Bertrand, Comte Clauzel (restored).......1835-1837 Charles-Marie Denys, C. de Danrémont..Feb-Oct 1837 Sylvain Charles, Comte Valée.............1837-1840 Thomas Bougeaud de la Piconnerie.........1841-1847 Christophe de Lamoricière, acting for Bougeaud 1845-7 Marie-Alphonse Budeau, acting for Bougeaud July-Sept 1847 Henri Eugène Philippe Marie d'Bourbon-Orleans, Duc d'Aumale...1847-1848 Louis Eugène Cavaignac................Feb-Apr 1848 Nicolas Anne Théodule Changarnier....Apr-Sept 1848 Viala, Baron Charon......................1848-1850 Alphonse Henri, Comte d'Hautpoul.........1850-1851 Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier........May-Dec 1851 Jacques Louis César Alexandre, C. Randon.1851-1858 Ministers for Algeria & the Colonies Prince Napoléon Bonaparte................1858-1859 Prosper, Comte de Chasseloup-Laubat......1859-1860 Governor-General Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier (rest.)...1860-1864 Minister for Algeria & the Colonies

Edouard de Martimprey................May-Sept 1864 Governors-General Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, D. de Magenta...1864-1870 Louis, Baron Durrieu, acting July-Oct 1870 Jean Louis Marie Walsin-Esterhazy, acting Oct-Nov 1870 Extraordinary Commissioners Charles du Bouzet........................1870-1871 Alexis Lambert........................Feb-Mar 1871

Governors-General Louis Henri, Comte de Gueydon............1871-1873

Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy.............1873-1879 Albert Grévy, acting 1879-1881 Louis Tirman.............................1881-1891

Jules Cambon.............................1891-1897 Louis Lépine.............................1897-1898 Edouard-Julien Laferriére................1898-1900 Celestin Jonnart, acting 1900-1 Paul Revoil..............................1901-1903 Maurice Varnier, acting Apr-May 1903 Celestin Jonnart (restored), acting 1903-11 Charles Lutaud...........................1911-1918 Celestin Jonnart (re-restored), acting 1918-19 Jean-Baptiste Abel.......................1919-1921 Théodore Steeg...........................1921-1925 Henri Dubief..........................Apr-May 1925

Maurice Viollette........................1925-1927 Pierre Bordet............................1927-1930

Jules Gaston Henri Carde.................1930-1935 Georges Le Beau..........................1935-1940

Jean Charles Abrial......................1940-1941 Maxime Weygand, acting July-Sept 1941

Yves Chatel..............................1941-1943 Marcel Peyrouton.....................Jan-June 1943 Georges Catroux..........................1943-1944

Yves Chataigneau.........................1944-1948 Marcel Edmond Naegelen...................1948-1951

Roger Léonard............................1951-1955 Jacques Émile Soustelle..................1955-1956 Georges Catroux (restored)............Jan-Feb 1956 Residents-General Robert la Coste..........................1956-1958 André Mutter........................15-28 May 1958 Delegates-General Raoul Albin Louis Salan..............June-Dec 1958 Paul Albert Louis Delouvrier.............1958-1960 Jean Morin...............................1960-1962 High Commissioner Christian Fouchet....................Mar-July 1962 Republic......................................1962-

MALI An interior country with the upper reaches of the Volta River as a focus, there have been a number of empires to flourish here. Within this land is the fabled city of Timbuktu. OLD GHANA Note that the actual name of this state was Wagadu - "Ghana" simply means "King", but it has come to be how this nation is generally referred to. The modern Republic of Ghana is located on the coast of West Africa, and lists for it will be found there. Kaya Maja..........................................fl. c. 350 CE 21 Kings, names unknown, c. 350-c. 622 21 Kings, names unknown, c. 622-c. 750 Majan Dyabe Sisse..................................fl. c. 750 More Kings, # and names unknown, c. 750-c. 1040 Bassi..........................................c. 1040-1062 Tunka Menin.......................................1062-1068 ? Kambine Diaresso..................................1076-c. 1090 Suleiman.......................................c. 1090-c. 1100 Bannu Bubu.....................................c. 1100-c. 1120 Majan Wagadu...................................c. 1120-c. 1130 Gane...........................................c. 1130-c. 1140 Musa...........................................c. 1140-c. 1160 Birama.........................................c. 1160-c. 1180 Diara Kante....................................c. 1180-c. 1200 Sumanguru......................................c. 1200-1234 ? ................................................1234-1237 To Mali (Kangaba), 1237 Mandingo Kingdom of Kangaba Vassals of (Old) Ghana. Taraore...................................c. 1050-c. 1090 Baraonendana..............................c. 1090-c. 1150 Hamama....................................c. 1150-c. 1190 Di Jigi Bilali............................c. 1190-c. 1200 Keita Nari fa Majan.......................c. 1200-c. 1218 Danagaram Tumo............................c. 1218-1228 Soninke......................................1228-1230 EMPIRE of MALI Mari Jata I.......................................1230-1255 Uli...............................................1255-1270 Wati..............................................1270-1274 Khalifa................................................1274 Abu Bakr..........................................1274-1285 Sakura............................................1285-1300 Qu................................................1300-1305 Mohammed..........................................1305-1312 Musa I............................................1312-1337 Magha I...........................................1337-1341 Suleiman..........................................1341-1360 Qasa...................................................1360 Mari Jata II......................................1360-1374 Musa II...........................................1374-1387 Magha II..........................................1387-1388 Sandaki...........................................1388-1390 Mahmud............................................1390-c. 1400 ? Vacant.........................................c. 1400-c. 1440 To Songhai... EMPIRE of SONGHAI Zuwas of Gao Alayaman...........................................fl. c. 750 Zakoi Takoi (or, Takay) Akoi (or, Mata-Kay) Kû Alî-Fay Biyu-Kumoy Biyu Za-Kuroy Yama-Karaway Yama Yama-Danka-Kiba’u Kukuray Kinkin Kusoy Muslim Dam...................................fl. c. 1000 Han-Kuz-Wanku-Dam Biyu-Kî-Kîma Nintâsanay Biyu-Kayna-Kinba Kayna-Shanyunbu Tib Yama-Dâd Fâdazu 'Ali-Kuru Bîr-Fuluku Yasiboy Dûru Zenku-Bâru Bisi-Bâru Badâ Bisi Baro Ber......................................fl. c. 1150 ? To Mali........................................c. 1260-c. 1275 SUNNI 'Ali Kolon.........................................fl. c. 1275 Salman Nari Ibrahim Kabayao 'Uthman Gifo Kanafa................................fl. c. 1320 Bâr-Kayna-Ankabi Musa Bakr Zanku Bakr Dala-Buyunbu Mâr-Kiray Muhammad Da’u Muhammad Kukiya Muhammad Fari Karbifu Mar-Fay-Kuli-Jimu Mar-Arkana Mar Arandan Sulayman Dama Dandi............................c. 1410-c. 1440 Silman Dandi...................................c. 1440-1464 'Ali..............................................1464-1492 Abu-Bakr Baro.....................................1492-1493 ASKIYA Muhammad Touré the Great..........................1493-1528 Musa..............................................1528-1531 Muhammad Benkan...................................1531-1537 Isma'il...........................................1537-1539 Ishaq I...........................................1539-1549 Dawud.............................................1549-1582 al-Hajj...........................................1582-1586 Muhammad Bana.....................................1586-1588 Ishaq II..........................................1588-1591 For a continuation of this dynasty, see Dendi. To Morocco........................................1591-1670 Muhammad Gao.................................1591-1618 To Tuareg Nomads..................................1670-1854 TUKULOR EMPIRE Omar al-Hajj......................................1854-1864 Ahmadu............................................1864-1893 To France.........................................1894-1960 Republic of Mali..................................1960-

KANEM-BORNU An old realm lying north of Lake Chad, on the edge of the desert. Bornu To Zaghawa...................................until mid 9th century Rulers names unknown........................c. 850-c. 1260 To Kanem...................................c. 1260-c. 1400 Capital transferred to Bornu owing to turbulence in Kanem - from c. 1400 or a little earlier the state is known as the Empire of Bornu. Biri II.......................................1389-1421 Othman Kalinuama..............................1421-1422 Dunama IV.....................................1422-1424 Abdullah II...................................1424-1432 Ibrahim II....................................1432-1440 Kadai.........................................1440-1446 Dunama V......................................1446-1450 Mohammed II...................................1450-1451 Amarma........................................1451-1453 Mohammed III..................................1453-1458 Ghazi.........................................1458-1463 Othman III....................................1463-1473 Omar II.......................................1473-1474 Mohammed IV...................................1474-1479 'Ali Gazi.....................................1479-1507 Idris II Katakarmabe..........................1507-1529 Mohammed V....................................1529-1544 'Ali I........................................1544-1548 Dunama VI.....................................1548-1566 Abdullah III..................................1566-1573 Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama (fem.).............1573-1580 Idris III Alaoma..............................1580-1617 Mohammed VI Bukalmarami.......................1617-1632 Ibrahim III...................................1632-1639 Hadj Omar.....................................1639-1657 'Ali II.......................................1657-1694 Idris IV......................................1694-1711 Dunama VII....................................1711-1726 Hadj Hamdan...................................1726-1738 Mohammed VII..................................1738-1751 Dunama VIII Gana..............................1751-1753 'Ali III......................................1753-1793 Ahmad.........................................1793-1808 Dunama IX Lefiami.............................1808-1811 d. 1817 Mohammed VIII.................................1811-1814 Mohammed el Amin I............................1814-1835 Omar..........................................1835-1853 d. 1880 Abdul Rahman..................................1853-1854 Omar (restored)...............................1854-1880 Bukara Kura...................................1880-1884 Ibrahim.......................................1884-1885 Hashimi.......................................1885-1893 To Great Britain..............................1890-1893 Muhammad el Amin II...........................1893 Sanda Limananbe Wuduroma......................1893 ZOBEIR Rabah the Conqueror (Baguirmi & Dar al-Kuti)..1893-1900 al-KANEMI Fad el Allah.......................................1900 To France.....................................1900-1960 Republic of Chad..............................1960- Kanem To Zaghawa......................................to late 8th cent. Benu DUKU Known as SAIFAWA from Islamicization, 1098. Duku..........................................fl. c. 785 Saef Ibrahim I ibn Saef Duku ibn Ibrahim Funé ibn Duku.................................fl. c. 835 Aritso ibn Funé...............................fl. c. 893 Katuri ibn Aristo.............................fl. c. 942 Ayouma ibn Katouri............................fl. c. 961 Bulu ibn Ayouma...............................1019-1035 Arki ibn Bulu.................................1035-1078 Shua ibn Arki.................................1078-1082 Selma I abd el Djalil ibn Shua................1082-1086 Benu HUMÉ Humé..........................................1085-1097 Dunama I......................................1098-1150 Abdallah I ibn Biri...........................1150-1176 Bikoru........................................1176-1193 Abd al-Djel Selma.............................1193-1210 Dunama II Dibbalem............................1210-1224 Kade..........................................1224-1242 Kachim Biri...................................1242-1262 Djil...............................................1262 Dari..........................................1262-1281 Ibrahim I Nikale..............................1281-1301 Abdullah I....................................1301-1320 Selma.........................................1320-1323 Kure Gana.....................................1323-1325 Kure Kura.....................................1326-1327 Mohammed I....................................1327-1329 Idris I.......................................1329-1353 Daoud.........................................1353-1356 Othman I......................................1356-1369 Othman II.....................................1369-1371 Abu Bakr Lagatu...............................1371-1372 Idris Dunama III..............................1372-1380 Omar I........................................1380-1388 Sa'id..............................................1388 Kade Alunu....................................1388-1389 Capital transferred to Bornu owing to turbulence in Kanem - from c. 1400 or a little earlier the state is known as the Empire of Bornu - see above. In 1814 a branch of the dynasty returns to the old capital... Dunama IX Lefiami (restored)..................1814-1817 Ibrahim IV....................................1817-1846 'Ali IV Dalatumi...................................1846 To Bornu...

LIBYA Central North Africa, between Tunisia and Egypt. See also, Fezzan and Tripoli. DANAID Mythical ancestor-kings Danaos Belus Amraon Bocchus Ephaphus Lycus..........................................fl. c. 1200 Early Historical kings Merirey..............................fl. c. 1230's-1220's Merirey is spoken of as being the leader of the Labu, a coalition of folk associated with the Sea-Peoples. ? SHESHONQID (Meshwesh, or Ma) Buyuwawa...........................................c. 1200 Buyuwawa is spoken of as being the leader of a Sea-People called the Meshwesh. See the Sea Peoples for additional info on that tribe. Mawasun Neb-Neshi Pasouti Sheshonq.......................................fl. c. 1000 Nimlot.........................................fl. early 900's Sheshonq I (1st Pharaoh, 22nd Egyptian Dyn.)...945-924 Osorkon I (2nd Pharaoh, 22nd Dynasty)..........924-889 with... Sheshonq II (3rd Pharaoh)......................fl. c. 890 Takelot I (4th Pharaoh)........................889-874 Osorkon II (5th Pharaoh).......................874-850 Takelot I (6th Pharaoh)I.......................850-825 Sheshonq III (7th Pharaoh).....................825-773 Pami (8th Pharaoh).............................773-767 Sheshonk IV (9th Pharaoh)......................767-730 Osorkon IV (10th and final Pharaoh, 22nd Dyn.).730-715 Tarqu........................................early 600's Adicran.................................late 600's-early 500's ? Psammetichus I.............................earlier 400's Inaros.......................................463/2-454 Psammetichus II................................fl. 445/4 Psammetichus III...............................fl. 400 To Cyrene.......................................to 332 To Macedon.....................................332-323 To Egypt.......................................323-96 PTOLEMID Ptolemy Euergetes (Egy. 170-64,145-16; + Cyr.).163-145 d. 116 To Egypt.......................................145-96 To the Roman Republic...........................96-37/6 To Egypt......................................37/6-34 Cleopatra Selene (dau. Cleop. VII; also Cyr.)...34-30 To the Roman Republic...........................30-27 To the Roman Empire.........................27 BCE-395 CE To the Byzantine Empire........................395-670 To the Caliphate...............................670-909 To the Fatamids................................909-1159 To Morocco....................................1159-1235 To Egypt......................................1235-1517 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1517-1911 See Fezzan and Tripoli for local conditions. To Italy......................................1911-1943 Allied Military Occupation....................1943-1945 Anglo-French authority........................1945-1951 SANUSI Idris.........................................1951-1969 d. 1983 Republic......................................1969-

MOROCCO The name is a corruption of "Marrakech", a major city in the region and for a very long time the capital. KINGDOM of MAURETANIA Bocchus I......................................111-80 Bogud I.........................................80-50 with... Wolux...........................................80-75 and... Sos (in Western Mauretania).....................80-60 Bocchus II...................................c. 50-31 with... Bogud II (in Western Mauretania).............c. 50-38 To Roman Republic...............................31-27 To the Roman Empire.............................27-25 Juba II (in Numidia c. 30-25 BCE)...........25 BCE-23 CE with... Cleopatra Selene............................25 BCE-23 CE Ptolemy.........................................23-40 Edemonus........................................40-42 To the Roman Empire.............................42-395 To the Western Roman Empire....................395-428 To the Kingdom of the Vandals..................428-534 To the Byzantine Empire........................534-683 To the Caliphate...............................683-789 IDRISID Idris I........................................789-791 Idris II.......................................791-828 Mohammed al-Muntasir...........................828-836 'Ali I.........................................836-849 Yahya I........................................849-863 Yahya II.......................................863-866 'Ali II........................................866- ? Yahya III al-Miqdam............................ ? -905 Yahya IV.......................................905-920 To the Fatamid Caliphate.......................920-925 Hassan al-Hajjam...............................925-927 To the Fatamid Caliphate.......................927-937 al-Qasim Gannum................................937-948 Abu'l-'Aish Ahmad..............................948-954 Hassan II......................................954-974 To the Fatamid Caliphate.......................974-987 MAGHRAWA Ziri...........................................987-1001 al-Mu'izz.....................................1001-1026 Hamama........................................1026-1040 Dunas.........................................1040-1060 al-Futuh......................................1060-1063 Mu'ansar......................................1063-1068 Tammim........................................1068-1070 vacant........................................1070-1073 ALMORAVID Yusuf.........................................1073-1106 Ali...........................................1106-1142 Tashufin......................................1142-1146 Ibrahim............................................1146 Ishaq.........................................1146-1147 ALMOHAD (Return to Spain?: Albarracin, Algeciras, Almeria, Alpuente, Arcos, Badajoz, Cordoba,Gibralter, Granada, Jaen, Majorca, Malaga, Moron, Murcia, Seville, Valencia) Abd al-Mu'min.................................1147-1163 Abu Yaqub Yusuf I.............................1163-1184 Abu Yusuf al-Mansur Yaqub.....................1184-1199 Abu Abdallah al-Nasr Muhammad.................1199-1213 Abu Yaqub al-Mustansir Yusuf II...............1213-1224 Abu Muhammad al-Makhlu Abd al-Wahid I..............1224 Abu Muhammad al-Adil Abdallah.................1224-1227 Abu Zaqqariyah Yahya al-Mutasim...............1227-1235 opposed by... Abu'l-'Ulah al-Ma'mun Idris I.................1227-1232 and then... Abu Muhammad al-Rashid Abd al-Wahid II........1232-1242 Abu'l-Hasan al-Sa'id 'Ali.....................1242-1248 Abu Hafs al-Murtada 'Umar.....................1248-1266 Abu'l-'Ulah Abu Dabbus al-Wathiq Idris II.....1266-1269 MARINID Abu Yusuf Yaqub...............................1258-1286 Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Nasr.......................1286-1307 Abu Thabit 'Amir..............................1307-1308 Abu'l Rabi' Suleiman..........................1308-1310 Abu Sa'id Uthman..............................1310-1331 Abu'l Hassan 'Ali I...........................1331-1348 Abu 'Inan Faris...............................1348-1359 Mohammed II as-Sa'id...............................1359 Abu Salim 'Ali II.............................1359-1361 Abu-'Umar Tashufin.................................1361 Abdul-Halim...................................1361-1362 Abu Zayyan Muhammad III.......................1362-1366 Abu'l-Faris 'Abdul-'Aziz I....................1366-1372 Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad............................1372-1374 d. 1393 Musa..........................................1374-1384 Abu-Zayan Muhammad V..........................1384-1386 Muhammad VI...................................1386-1387 Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad (restored).................1387-1393 Abd'ul-Aziz II................................1397-1398 'Abdullah.....................................1398-1399 Abu-Sa'id 'Uthman III.........................1399-1420 Abu-Muhammad 'Abdul-Haqq II...................1420-1465 WATTASID Abu Zakariyya' Yahya, regent 1428-1448 'Ali, regent 1448-1458 Yahya II, regent 1458-1459 IDRISID Shorfa (at Fez)...............................1465-1471 WATTASID Abu 'Abdallah ash-Shaykh Muhammad I...........1472-1504 Abu 'Abdallah al-Burtuqali Muhammad II (Marrakesh)...1504-1526 opposed by... Abu'l Hasan 'Ali...................................1526 d. 1554 Ahmad al-Wattasi (In Fez).....................1526-1545 d. 1549 Nasr ad-Din Muhammad III al-Qasri (In Fez)....1545-1547 Ahmad al-Wattasi (restored) (In Fez)..........1547-1549 SA'DID Muhammad I al-Qa'im (In Sus)..................1511-1517 Ahmad al-A'raj (In Sus; Marrakesh from 1524)..1517-1540 Muhammad II al-Shaykh (Marrak.; Fez from 1549)1540-1557 opposed by... WATTASID Abu'l Hasan 'Ali (restored, in Fez)................1554 SA'DID Abdallah al-Ghalib............................1557-1574 Mohammed al-Mutawakkil........................1574-1576 Abd al-Malik I................................1576-1578 Ahmad II al-Mansur............................1578-1603 Zaydan an-Nasr................................1603-1628 with... Abd al-Malik II...............................1623-1631 al-Walid......................................1631-1636 Muhammad V al-Asghar..........................1636-1654 Ahmad III al-'Abbas...........................1654-1659 vacant ALAWI Muhammad I....................................1631-1635 Muhammad II...................................1635-1664 ar-Rashid.....................................1664-1672 Isma'il.......................................1672-1727 Ahmad II......................................1727-1728 d. 1729 Abd al-Malik.......................................1728 Ahmad II (restored)...........................1728-1729 Abdallah......................................1729-1734 d. 1757 'Ali II.......................................1734-1736 Abdallah (restored)................................1736 d. 1757 Muhammad II...................................1736-1738 al-Mustadi....................................1738-1740 d. 1759 Abdallah (re-restored)........................1740-1745 d. 1757 al-Mustadi (restored)..............................1745 d. 1759 Abdallah (re-re-restored).....................1745-1748 d. 1757 Muhammed III.......................................1748 d. 1790 Abdallah (re-re-re-restored)..................1748-1757 Muhammed III (restored).......................1757-1790 Hisham (in Marrakesh).........................1790-1795 d. 1799/1800: with... Yazid (in Fez)................................1790-1792 and then... Suleiman (in Fez 1792-5; all from 1795).......1792-1822 Abd al-Rahman.................................1822-1859 Mohammad IV...................................1859-1873 Hassan I......................................1873-1894 Muhammad (V).......................................1894 d. aft. 1909 Abd al-Aziz...................................1894-1908 Mulay Hafiz...................................1908-1912 To France.....................................1912-1956 Mulay Yusuf..............................1912-1927 Muhammad V...............................1927-1953 d. 1961 Muhammad "VI"............................1953-1955 d. 1976 Muhammad V (restored).........................1955-1961 Hassan II.....................................1961-1999 Muhammad VI...................................1999-

NUBIA (KUSH, modern SUDAN) The Central Nile region; that land, mostly in Sudan now, between Upper Egypt and the mountains of Ethiopia. There has been a civilization here for a very long time, although it has been overshadowed by its neighbours to either side, and much is hidden nowadays. To Egypt...................................c. 2300-c. 1800 BCE Ibi (briefly).................................2200's ? Pepi-nakht (briefly)......................fl. c. 2200 ?? The following three individuals are attested to by inscriptions in Nubia. The style of the inscriptions suggests that they claimed the title of Pharoah. It has variously been suggested that these were rebels or pretenders to the throne of Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty, governors of Nubia, or possibly even alter egos of one or more of the Mentuhoteps of that family. Inyotef "IV" Kakare...........................1983-1976 ? with... Iyibre-Khent Iibkhenetre....................1978/7-1974/3 and... Segerseni Mekhkare ?? To Egypt...................................c. 1520-1074 The Egyptian Viceroy of Nubia after the 18th dynasty bore the title "Sa Nesoe Kush" ("King's Son of Kush"). The office was not hereditary, which meant that the viceroy depended on the Pharaoh's goodwill much more than the governors based in Egypt, who were usually local hereditary nobility. Ahmose-Sitayet............................fl. 1520's Ahmose Turi (Tjuroy).....................1520-c. 1500 Seni....................................early 1400's possibly followed by... Inebni..................................early 1400's and then possibly... Amen-em-nekhu...........................early 1400's and ultimately... Nehi......................................fl. c. 1450 User-Satet................................mid 1400's Amenhotep.................................fl. c. 1400 Merymose................................early 1300's Thutmose..................................fl. c. 1350's

Amenhotep-Huy (I).........................fl. late 1300's Paser (I)..........................fl. 1320's-1310's Messuy ? Amenemopet................................fl. c. 1290 Iuni...................................1290's-1270's Hekhanakhte............................1270's-1250's Paser (II).............................1250's-1240's

Huy (II)...............................1240's-1230's Setau son of Siwadjet.....................fl. 1230's Mernodjem.................................fl. 1220's Anhotep Messuy (II).........................c. 1210's-c. 1200 Khaemtjitry...............................fl. 1200 Seti Father of Amenemhab..................fl. 1190's Hori (I) son of Kama................c. 1190's-1180's Hori (II) son of Hori...............c. 1180's-1150's Siese.....................................fl. 1140's

Penout ? Nahiho Wentawuat Tjeni Ramessebnakht.......................c. 1120's-1110's ? Panehasy (in rebellion early 1070's)...1080's-early 1070's Herihor (see also Thebes, Upper Egypt)...early 1070's-1074 Piankhi (High Priest of Amun at Thebes)..1074-1070 Piankhi led a rebellion, and became yjr 1st king of Napata (see just below) 1074-1050's vacant Later, the title was revived, though Egyptian control rarely extended much further south than Aswan... Neshkhons (fem.) (wife of Pinudjem II of Thebes)...fl. c. 970's Neshkhons was called "Superintendent of the Southern Foreign Lands and Viceroy of Kush". Her responsibilities as Viceroy in Nubia were probably no longer political or military but purely a sinecure, since Kush was no longer under Egyptian dominion. ?? --- (Unnamed High Priest of Khnum) Hatnakht..................................fl. c. 830 Pamiu.....................................fl. c. 790

Ankh-Osorkon..............................fl. c. 780's

Kingdom of Napata (Meroë) Piankhi I.....................................1074-c. 1050 Painuten I Masakharta Menkheperra.................................c.1030-c. 991 Nesubanebdjed...............................c. 991-c. 987 Painuten II..................................c.987-980 Sebi........................................c. 980-970 Pokeamon Asarkamon I Amenkhotep..................................c. 930-c. 880 Pamses......................................c. 880-c. 855 Aserkamon II................................c. 855-c. 815 Unknown.....................................c. 815- ? Shabaka I..........................................c. 795 Alara.......................................c. 795-760 Kashta......................................c. 760-747 Piankhi II (1st Pharaoh of 25th Dyn. Egypt)....747-716 Shabaka II (2nd Pharaoh, 25th Dynasty).........716-702 Shebitku (3rd Pharaoh).........................702-690 Taharqa (4th Pharaoh)..........................690-664 Tanutamun (5th and last Pharaoh, 25th Dynasty).664-653 with... Amenardis (fem.)................................664-653 Atlanersa......................................653-643 Senkamanisken..................................643-623 Anlamani.......................................623-593 Napata sacked by Egypt 590, capital transferred to Meroë. Kingdom of Meroë Aspelta........................................593-568 Amtalqa........................................568-555 Malenaqen......................................555-542 Analmaye.......................................542-538 Amaninatakilebte...............................538-519 Karkamani......................................519-510 Amaniastabarqa.................................510-487 Siaspiqa.......................................487-468 Nasakhma.......................................468-463 Malewiebamani..................................463-435 Talakhamani....................................435-431 Amanineteyerike................................431-405 Baskakeren.....................................405-404 Harsiotef......................................404-369 unknown king...................................369-350 Akhraten.......................................350-335 Nastasen.......................................335-310/5 Aktisanes....................................310/5-270 Also note a small group of names said to derive from Napata rather than Meroë, from 270 - a rival state? Aryamani...............................c. 270- ? Kash---merj Imen Barkal Irike-Piye-qo ? Sabrakamani ? Arkamani-qo Ergamenês..........................270-260 Amanislo.......................................260-250 Aman---tekha...................................250-235 Arnekhamani....................................235-218 Arqamani.......................................218-200 Tabriqo (Adikhalmani ?)........................200-190 ---iwal........................................190-185 unknown king...................................185-170 Shanakdakhete..................................170-150 unknown king...................................150-130 Naqyrinsan.....................................130-110 Tanyidamani....................................110-90 ---hale.........................................90-50 ---amani (fem.) Nawidemak Amanikhabale....................................50-40 Teriteqas (at Napata)...........................40-10 Amanirenas (fem.) (at Napata) Akinidad (at Napata) Attack on Aswan and Roman counterattack, sack of Napata, after 24 BCE Amanishakheto (fem.).............................10-1 BCE Natakamani...................................1 BCE-20 CE Amanitore (fem.) Arikhankharer Arikakahtani Shorkaror....................................c. 20-30 Pisakar......................................c. 30-40 Amanitaraqide................................c. 40-50 Amanitenmemide...............................c. 50-62 Amanikhatashan..................................62-85 Teritnide....................................c. 85-90 Teqerideamani I..............................c. 90-114 Tamelerdeamani.................................114-134 Adeqetali......................................134-140 Takideamani.................................c. 140-155 Tarekeniwal.................................c. 155-170 Amanikhalika................................c. 170-175 Aritenyesbokhe..............................c. 175-190 Amanikhareqerem.............................c. 190-200 Teritedakhatey..............................c. 200-215 Aryesbokhe.....................................215-225 Teritnede......................................225-246 Aretnide...........................................246 Teqerideamani II...............................246-266 ? Tamelerdeamani.................................266-283 Yesbokheamani..................................283-306 Lahideamani (fem.)..............................306-314 Maleqorobar....................................314-329 Akedaketival...................................329-340 unknown........................................340-355 ? No further information at this time. Meroë fragments under Ethiopian pressure in roughly this time period, the latter 4th century CE. The most successful successor states emerging from the rubble were Nobatia in the north and followed by Mukurra in the center (Nobatia was absorbed by Dongola in the 7th century, and the combined state was thereafter known as Mukurra), and Aloa to the south. Mukurra was sacked by Mamluq Egypt in 1293; a Muslim client regime was installed by 1315, but the region was soon annexed entirely by Egypt. Aloa endured until near the end of the 15th century, but it also succumbed to Arab invasion.

Kingdom of Nobatia Capital at Faras (Pachoris, Bukharas), c. 350-c. 600 ?? .........................................c. 355-c. 535 Silko...................................fl. c. 536-555 Eirpanome...................................c. 559-c. 590 Tokiltoeton....................................fl. 574 ?? Capital transferred to Dongola c. 600 Mukurra Capital at Dongola c. 600-c. 1365 ?? Qalidurut......................................651-652 Zachariah I................................fl. 645-655 ? Mercurius...................................c. 675-c. 710 ? Cyriacus....................................c. 722-c. 738 Zachariah II................................c. 738-c. 744 Then, either... Simon.......................................c. 744-c. 748 Abraham.....................................c. 748-c. 760 Mark...............................................c. 760 Cyriacus II.................................c. 760-c. 768 ? ..........................................c. 768-c. 790 or... Simon.......................................c. 744-c. 768 Mark........................................c. 768-c. 780 Abraham.....................................c. 780-c. 790 Followed in either case by... Michael.....................................c. 790-c. 810 John........................................c. 810-c. 822 Zachariah III Israel........................c. 822-c. 831 d. c. 854 Qanun the Usurper..................................c. 831 Zacharias III Israel (restored).............c. 831-c. 854 'Ali Baba...................................c. 854-c. 860 Israel......................................c. 860-c. 870 George I....................................c. 870-892 Asabysos.......................................892-c. 912 Stephen.....................................c. 912-c. 943 Kubri ibn Surun.............................c. 943-c. 958 Zachariah IV................................c. 958-c. 969 George II...................................c. 969-c. 980 Simeon......................................c. 980-c. 999 Raphael.....................................c. 999-c. 1030 George III.................................c. 1030-c. 1080 Solomon....................................c. 1080-c. 1089 Basil......................................c. 1089-c. 1130 George IV..................................c. 1130-c. 1158 Moses......................................c. 1158-c. 1174 To Egypt (the Ayyubids)....................c. 1174-c. 1210 Yahya......................................c. 1210-c. 1268 David I....................................c. 1268-c. 1274 David II...................................c. 1274-1276 Shakanda......................................1276-c. 1277 Meskedet...................................c. 1277-1279 Berek.........................................1279-1286 Shamumun......................................1286-1288 ? ............................................1288- ? Shamumun (restored) ? .................................................1290 Shamumun (re-restored)........................1290-1293 To Egypt (the Mamluqs)........................1293-1304 Anny ? Budeminah ? Amai..........................................1304-1305 Kudanbes......................................1305-1312 Kerembes......................................1312-c. 1312/5 d. 1323 To Egypt (the Mamluqs)......................1312/5-1323 Bershambo (Saif ad-Din'Abdallah).......1312/5-1320 Kanz al-Dawla............................1320-1323 Ibrahim............................3 days, in 1323 ? Kerembes (restored)................................1323 To Egypt (the Mamluqs) thereafter... Kanz al-Dawla (restored).................1323- ? Mahmud....................................fl. c. 1350 Aloa Capital at Soba (Suba), c. 600-1504. ?? Eusebius Gurdjuh............................c. 943-958 Stephen.....................................c. 958-969 To Mukurra.....................................969-1174 ?? Ador...............................................c. 1270 ?? Abdullah Jamma the Gatherer................c. 1480-1504 To Sennar after 1504 With the extinction of the last Nubian successor state at Soba, the Funj were able to build a stable state at Sennar. But before continuing on with that people, note also... Dotawo A kingdom in southern Nubia, it's capital was at Dau (Djabel-Adda). ?? .........................................c. 900-c. 1144 Moses George...................................fl. c. 1144 Basil..........................................fl. c. 1199 David..........................................fl. c. 1250 George Simon...................................fl. c. 1287 Saba-Nol.......................................fl. c. 1327 Siti...........................................fl. c. 1334 Nasr...........................................fl. c. 1397 Eltey..........................................fl. c. 1410 Siti...........................................fl. c. 1430 Qudlaniel......................................fl. c. 1460 Djoel..........................................fl. c. 1484 To Sennar after 1504 SENNAR The Funj people under Amara Dunkas were a southern tribe who migrated north into Mukurra and Aloa in order to escape depredations by Shilluk. The Funj defeated Abdallah and set up their own kingdom based at Sennar. The Funj religion had originally been a mix of Animism and Christianity. Islam also had an important influence, and in 1523 the Sennar monarchy officially converted to that religion, though many elements of the previous beliefs continued - including a tolerant attitude toward alcohol consumption, many explicitly Pagan rituals and festivals, and an attitude of regarding their sovereigns as being semi-divine. These cultural folkways were modified and eventually discarded owing to Islamic influence, but the process took centuries. Politically, Sennar expanded rapidly at the expense of neighboring states. Its power was extended over the Gezira, the Butana, the Bayuda, and southern Kordofan. FUNJ 'Amara Dunqas ibn Adlan.......................1503-1533/4 Nail........................................1533/4-1550/1 'Abdul Qadir I..............................1550/1-1557/8 'Amara Abu-Sakaykin.........................1557/8-1568 Dekin.........................................1568-1585/6 Dawra.......................................1585/6-1587/8 Tayyib I....................................1587/8-1591 Unsa I........................................1591-1603/4 'Abdul Qadir II.............................1603/4-1601 d. 1606 ABDALLAB The Abdallab were descendents of the old Aloa kingdom, in rebellion against the Sennar hegemony. Ajib the Great................................1601-1607 FUNJ 'Adlan I......................................1607-1611/2 Badi I Sid al-Qum...........................1611/2-1616/7 Rabat.......................................1616/7-1644/5 Badi II Abu-Daqan...........................1644/5-1681 Unsa II.......................................1681-1692 Badi III al-Ahmar.............................1692-1716 Unsa III......................................1716-1720 Nul...........................................1720-1724 Badi IV Abu-Shulukh...........................1724-1762 In 1762 Badi IV was deposed by Abu Likayik of the Red Hamaj, who installed another member of the royal family as his puppet, and ruled as regent. The Hamaj regency is detailed directly following this list, just below... Nasr.....................................1762-1769 Isma'il..................................1769-1776 'Adlan II................................1776-1789 opposed by... Awkal....................................1787-1788 and then... Tayyib II.....................................1788-1790 opposed by... Hassan Rabbihi................................1789-1790 and... Badi V.............................................1790 Nuwar.........................................1790-1791 Badi VI.......................................1791-1798 Ranfi.........................................1798-1804 Agban.........................................1804-1805 Badi VII......................................1805-1821 Hamaj Regents The Red Hamaj were a territorial clan based in northeastern Nubia. Abu Likayik...................................1769-1775/6 Badi walad Rajab............................1775/6-1780 Rajab.........................................1780-1786/7 Nasr........................................1786/7-1788 By the late 1780's, the Funj Sultanate was weakened by chronic internecine warfare, primarily between adherents of the Funj and the Hamaj. No one faction could wrest mastery over the entire state for long, and in 1821 an Egyptian army conquered much of Sudan virtually unopposed, ostensibly in the name of the Ottoman Empire but in reality for the Egyptian Khedive. To Egypt......................................1821-1881 Osman Bey................................1825-1826 Ali Hurshid Pasha........................1826-1839 Ahmad Abu Widan..........................1839-1844 Ahmad al-Menekli.........................1844-1845 Abdul Kadir Hilmi........................1845-1846 Halid Pasha..............................1846-1850 Abdul Latif Abdullah.....................1850-1851 Rustam...................................1851-1852 Ismail Abu Djabal........................1852-1853 Salim Pasha..............................1853-1854 Ali-pasha Sirri..........................1854-1855 Ali-pasha Djarkas........................1855-1857 Arakel-bey al-Armeni.....................1857-1859 Hasan-bey Salama Djarkas.................1859-1862 Muhhamad bey Razik.......................1862-1863 Musa Hamdi...............................1863-1865 Djafar Sadik.............................1865-1866 Djafar Mazhar............................1866-1871 Ahmad Mumtaz.............................1871-1873 Ismail Ayub..............................1873-1877 Al'ad-din Sidik..........................1877-1879 Muhhamad Rauf............................1877-1882 opposed by the Mahdi... Mahu-bey.................................1882-1883 opposed by the Mahdi... Charles George Gordon Pasha..............1883-1884 opposed by the Mahdi...

Domain of al-Mahdiyah At the end of 1880 an ascetic Muslim mystic proclaimed himself to be "al-Mahdi" - "the Rightly-Guided One", chosen by Allah to cleanse and purify what he regarded as an increasingly decadent Islam. He was able to seize control over much of the central Nile, and thereafter defeated several Egyptian and European forces sent to suppress his movement. Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi.......................1881-1885 'Abdallah al-Khalifa..........................1885-1898 Anglo-Egyptian Condominium of the Sudan.......1898-1956 Governors-general The Kings of Egypt specifically included "King of Sudan" and "Sovereign of Nubia" among their titles from 1922. Horatio Herbert, Baron Kitchener......Jan-Dec 1899 Sir Reginald Wingate.....................1899-1916 Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack.........1917-1924 Wasey Sterry, acting Nov 1924-Jan 1925 Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer..............1925-1926 Sir John Loader Maffey...................1926-1934 Sir George Stewart Symes.................1934-1940 Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston...........1940-1947 Sir Robert George Howe...................1947-1954 Sir Alexander Knox Helm..................1954-1955 Republic of Sudan.............................1956- Chronic civil war from 1981, pitting Moslem north versus Christian and Animist south. Also, a seperate but related civil war in the west (Darfur), from c. 1995.

TUNISIA The coast of central North Africa, where the sea suddenly turns south toward Libya. IARBID Ruled in eastern Libya, near Carthage Iarbos.........................................fl. c.800 BCE Carthage Elissa Deido (Dido) the Wanderer (fem.)......c. 814-c. 760 According to legend, Dido was the Tyrian princess who led colonists to North Africa, where they founded Kiriyat Hadasht, or "The New City" (from which the Latin Carthago derives). ?? MAGONID Hanno I.....................................c. 580-c. 556 Another family Malchus.....................................c. 556-c. 550 MAGONID Mago I......................................c. 550-c. 510 Hasdrubaal..................................c. 510-499 Hamilcar I.....................................499-480 In 480 BCE the king was forced to turn over most government function to the Council of Elders, a body composed of the nobility and aristocratic merchant clans, and the Tribunal of 109, but they allowed him to keep his title and kings continued to rule, at least in name, until 308. Hanno II the Navigator.........................480-440 with... Himilco I (in Sicily).......................c. 460-c. 410 Hannibal.......................................440-406 Himilco II.....................................406-396 Mago II Barceus................................396-383 Himilco III........................................383/2 Another Family Eshmuniaton..................................383/2-c. 382/0 opposed by... HANNONID Hanno II the Great.............................382-360 MAGONID Mago III.......................................360-344 d. 343 vacant HANNONID Hanno the Great................................340-339 Gisco..........................................339-330 Hamilcar II....................................330-309 Bomelqart......................................309-308 Bomilcar attempted to overthrow the Council of Elders but was unsuccessful. They had him crucified and terminated the monarchy altogether. Oligarchic Republic............................308-146 The republic was dominated by a series of powerful generals, including: Mago Barca Hamilcar, 295-250 with... Hannibal the Rhodian, 275-259 Hanno the Great, 250-241 Hamilcar Barca, 241-229 with... Hasdrubaal, 229-221 Hannibal Barca bar Hamilcar (the famous Hannibal), 221-195 d. 182 with... Contrary to popular belief, Hannibal (Hannu-baal)'s career did not end with the Roman victory at Zama. He escaped to Carthage, and after the conclusion of the peace treaty in 201 was even elected suffete (consul) in 196. He reformed the government in order to pay the heavy tribute imposed by Rome. Denounced to the Romans for allegedly intriguing against Rome, he fled (195) to Antiochus III of Syria. He took a small part in Antiochus' war with Rome, and after the Syrian defeat he fled again, this time to Bithynia. About to be delivered to the Romans, he poisoned himself. Mago Barca, 210's-206 and... Hasdrubaal Gisgo, 210's-206 Hasdrubaal Haedus (pro-Roman faction), 195-160 Carthalo the Boetarch (democratic faction), 160-152 Hasdrubaal, 152-148 Hasdrubaal the Boetarch, 148-146 To the Roman Republic..........................146-27 P. Cornelius Scipio Æmilianus Africanus.......146 ? Marcus Claudius...............................137 ? Marcus Porcius Cato...........................118 Marcus Livius Drusus......................116-112 Lucius Calpurnius Bestia......................111 Spurius Postumius Albinus.....................110 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus......109-108

Gaius Marius..............................107-105 ? Publius Sextilius.........................fl. c. 88 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius.........c. 87-84 Gaius Fabius Hadrianus.....................84-82 Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus...................81 Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus........................81 ? Lucius Licinius Lucullus Ponticus.............77 A. Manlius Torquatus....................c. 76-67 Lucius Sergius Catilina....................67-66 Quintus Pompeius Rufus.....................62-60 Titus Vettius Iudex Sabinus...................58 Quintus Valerius Orca.........................56 Publius Attius Varus.......................56-50 Caius Considius Longus.....................50-49 Publius Attius Varus (restored)............49-48 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Plus Scipio.....47-46 Caius Calvisius Sabinus....................45-44 Quintus Cornificius........................44-42 Titus Sextius.................................42 Caius Fuficius Fango.......................42-41 Titus Sextius (restored)...................41-40 Marcus Aemilius Lepidus....................40-36 Titus Statilius Taurus.....................35-34 Lucius Cornificius.........................c. 32 Lucius Autronius Paetus....................29-28 To the Roman Empire.........................27 BCE-395 CE ? Lucius Sempronius Atratinus................22-21 Lucius Cornelius Balbus Mixor..............21-20 Caius Sentius Saturninus Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus...................12 ? Publius QuintiLius Varus.......................7 Lucius Volusius Saturninus................c. 6-5 Quintus Fabius Maximus Africanus............c. 5 BCE Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso......................c. 1 CE Lucius Passienus Rufus.........................2 Lucius Cornelius Lentulus......................4 Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Cossus...............5 ? Lucius Nonius Asprenas.....................12-15 Lucius Ælius Lamia (cos 3 CE)..............15-16 Aulus Vibius Habitus.......................16-17 Marcus Furius Camillus (cos 8 CE)..........17-18 Lucius Apronius (suff. cos 8 CE)...........18-21 Quintus Junius Blaesus (suff. cos 10 CE)...21-23 Publius Cornelius Dolabella (cos 10 CE)....23-24 ? Caius Vibius Marsus........................26-29 Marcus Junius Silanus (cos 19).............29-35 Caius Rubellius Blandus....................35-36 Servius Cornelius Cethegus.................36-37 ? Lucius Calpurnius Piso.....................38-39 ? Lucius Salvius Otho........................40-41 Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus..............41-43 ? Servius Sulpicius Galba (Emp. 68-69).......44-46 Marcus Servilius Nonianus..................46-47 ? Lucius Tampius Flavianus...................51-52 Titus Statilius Taurus.....................52-53 Marcus Pompeius Silvanus Staberius Flavinus...53-56 Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Peticus........56-57 Marcus Pompeius Silvanus......................57 ?

Gnaeus Hosidius Geta.......................57-58 Quintus Curtius Rufus......................58-59 Aulus Vitellius............................60-61 Lucius Vitellius...........................61-62 Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus...62-63 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (Emp. 69-79).....64-68 Caius Vipsanius Apronianus....................68 Lucius Calpurnius Piso.....................69-70 Quintus Viblus Crispus Publius Galerius Trachalus Turpilianus Gnaeus Domitius Curvius Tullus.............c. 82 Cn. Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Lucanus...c. 85 Lucius Funisulanus Vettonianus.............c. 96 Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus............c. 97 Lucius Iavolenus Priscus...................c. 98 Marius Priscus.............................98-99 A. Caecilius Faustinus.................c. 115-117 Lucius Roscianus Aelianus Maecius Celer...117-118 ? Lucius Vitrasius Flamininus

Lucius Minicius Natalis.......................121 Gaius Atilius Lucius Cuspius Iulianus Rufinus Publius Valerius Priscus Publius Tullius Varro L. Minicius Natalis Quadronius Verus Iunior (rest. ?)...139-140 Titus Prifernius Paetus Rosianus Geminus..140-141 Sextus Julius Maior.......................141-142 Publius Tullius Varro.....................142-143 ? Ennius Proculus Aelius Bassianus (Antonin The Pius?) ... ??

C. Bruttius Praesens Lucius Minicius Natalis Quadronius Verus..153-c. 154 Marcellus..............................c. 154-c. 155 Severus................................c. 155-c. 157 Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus...c. 157-158 Claudius Maximus..........................158-160 Egrilius Plarianus........................160-161 Titus Prifernius Paetus Rosianus Geminus..161-162 Quintus Voconius Saxa Fides...............162-163 Sextus Cocceius Severianus Honorinus......163-164 Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus..164 Marcus Antonius Zeno......................164-165 Quintus Voconius Saxa Fidus.........later fl. 160's Marcus Sedatius Severianus Julius Rufinus..c. 168 Gaius Serius Augurinus....................169-170 Titus Sextius Lateranus.......................170 Gaius Aufidius Victorinus Quintus Servilius Pudens Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Publius Vigellius Raius Plarius Saturninus Atilius Braduanus Aucidius Tertullus........................180-181 Cincius Severus Publius Helvius Pertinax..................188-189 ? Didius Severus Julianus...................189-190 ? Lucius Vespronius Candidus

Publius Cornelius Anullinus...............193-194 Minucius Timinianus Oppianus...............c. 202 Hilarianus.................................c. 202 Rufinus...................................203-204 Gaius Julius Asper Marcus Ulpius Arabianus Marcus Claudius Macrinius Vindex Hermogenianus Marcus Valerius Bradua Mauricus Titus Flavius Decimus.........................209 Valerius Pudens...............................210 Scapula Tertullus.........................211-213 Appius Claudius Julianus Maximus...................................215-217 Lucius Marius Maximus Perpetuus Aurelianus Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus.........fl. 222/35 Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus..........fl. 222/35 Cassius Dio Cocceianus....................fl. 222/35 Gaius Octavius Appius Suetrius Sabinus....fl. 222/35 Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Capellianus...................................238 L. Caesonius Lucillus Macer Rufinianus...c. 238/9 Sabinianus....................................240 Marcus FuLvius Macrianus Aspasius Paternus.........................257-258 Galerius Maximus..........................258-259 Anonym.....................................c. 258/9 Lucius Messius.........................c. 259-261 Vibius Passienus...........................c. 265 Sextus Cocceius Anicius Faustus Paulinus Firmus.....................................c. 275

?? To the Western Roman Empire....................395-428 To the Kingdom of the Vandals..................428-534 To the Byzantine Empire........................534-670 Byzantine Governors of Africa Following the reconquest of North Africa by the Byzantines in the mid 500's, the area was organized into an exarchate, or autonomous military region, along the same lines as the Exarchate of Ravenna in Italy. These exarchates in turn lent the model for Emperor Heraclius' reorganization of the entire Empire into themes or military districts. Archelaus.............................apr-may 534 Military Tribune Belisaurius..........................may-sept 534 Salomon...................................534-536 Prefect (from 535) Symacchus............................december 536 Military Tribune Germanus..................................536-539 Prefect Salomon (restored)........................539-643 Areobindus................................544-545 Guntherius....................................545 Anathasius................................545-546 Military Tribune Artabanus.....................................546 John Troglita.............................546-552 Prefect Paul......................................552-555 Boethius..................................555-558 John Troglita (restored)..................558-562 Military Tribune John Rogathinus...........................562-563 Prefect Areobindus....................................563 Military Tribune Marcianus.................................563-565 Prefect Thomas........................................565 Lucius Mappius............................565-569 Military Tribune Theodore..................................569-570 Theoctistus...............................570-571 Amabilis..................................571-574 ? Prefect Thomas........................................578 Military Tribune Gennadius.....................................578 Vitalius..................................578-582 Prefect Theodore..................................582-590 John......................................590-591 Gennadius.................................591-594 Exarch Pantaleon.................................594-598 Gennadius (restored)......................598-600 Prefect Innocentius...............................600-602 Exarch Heraclius Crispus.........................602-611 ? Caesarius.................................614-617 ? Heraclius Crispus was the father of the Heraclius who overthrew Phocas and became Byzantine Emperor in 610. Nicetas...................................619-627 Prefect Gregory the Patrician.....................627-633 Exarch Peter.....................................633-641 Gregory the Patrician (restored)...............641-648 Gregory revolted against Constans II and established an independent state around Carthage in 641. Eight years later the region fell to the Arabs. The interior remained in the hands of the Berbers however, and they would not be subdued for another two generations... To the Caliphate...............................647-649 To the Byzantine Empire........................649-667 To the Caliphate...............................667-697 To the Byzantine Empire........................697-703 Governor John......................................697-703 In the hinterland, the Berbers put up their own resistance to both the Byzantines and the Arabs... BERBER Khusalah.......................................670-698 in opp. to the Caliphate... Kahinah (fem.)..................................698-703 continued opposition... The Arab governors... To the Caliphate...............................647-800 Walis of Ifriqiyya and the Maghreb Muawiya ibn Hudaij al-Saquni..............665-670 Oqba ibn Nafi'i al-Fihri..................670-675 Abu-l Mohadjir Dinar al-Makhzumi..........675-681 Oqba ibn Nafi'i (restored)................681-682 Zoheir ibn Kais al-Balawi.................682-688 Hasan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani...........688-698 Musa ibn Nusair al-Lakhmi.................698-715 Muhammad ibn Yezid........................715-718 Isma'il ibn Abdallah......................718-719 Yezid ibn Dinar...........................719-720 Muhammad ibn Aws al-Ansari....................720 Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi.................720-728 Obeïda ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Salami........728-732 Ubeidallah ibn al-Habhab al-Maousili......734-741 Kulthum ibn Iyadh al-Kushayri.............741-742 Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi..............742-745 OQBID dynasty Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib...................745-755 Ilyas ibn Habib...........................755-755 Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman...................755-757 'Asim ibn Jamil al-Warfajumi..............757-758 Abd al-Malik ibn Abi-l-Dja'd..................758 Abu-l-Khattab Abd al-A'la ibn Assamh al-Ma'afiri...758-761 Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i........761-765 Isa ibn Yusef al-Khurassani...................765 al-Aghlab ibn Salim at-Tamimi.............765-766 al-Hasan ibn Harb al-Kindi................766-767 al-Aghlab ibn Salim at-Tamini (restored)..767-768 MUHALLID dynasty A great family of governors from the Arab tribe of Azd in the Umayyad and Abbassid eras all over the Islamic world. 'Umar ibn Hafs............................768-771 Yezid ibn Hatim...........................771-787 Daoud ibn Yezid...............................787 Raouh ibn Hatim...........................787-791 Nasr ibn Habib............................791-793 al-Fadhl ibn Raouh........................793-795 Herthema ibn A'yun........................795-797 Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-'Aqqi.............797-799 Temmam ibn Tamim at-Tamimi................799-800 Muhammad ibn Muqatil (restored)...............800 AGHLABID Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab........................800-812 Abul 'Abbas Abdallah I ibn Ibrahim.............812-817 Abu Muhammad Ziyadat-Allah I ibn Ibrahim.......817-838 Abu 'Iqal al-Aghlab ibn Ibrahim................838-841 Abul 'Abbas Muhammad I ibn al-Aghlab...........841-856 Abu Ibrahim Ahmad ibn Muhammad.................856-863 Abu Muhammad Ziyadat-Allah II ibn Muhammad.....863-864 Abu Abdallah Muhammad II ibn Ahmad.............864-875 Abu Is'haq Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad................875-902 Abul 'Abbas Abdallah II ibn Ibrahim............902-903 Abu Mudhar Ziyadat-Allah III ibn Abdallah......903-909

FATAMID al-Mahdi.......................................909-934 al-Qa'im.......................................934-946 al-Mansur......................................946-953 al-Mu'izz Il Din Allah.........................953-975 al-Aziz Billah.................................975-996 al-Hakim Bi Amr Allah..........................996-1021 al-Zahir......................................1021-1036 al-Mustansir..................................1036-1048 d. 1094 ZIRID Fatamid governors (based at Kairouan) until 1048, independent thereafter. See also the City of Tunis, just above, in this era. Ziri ibn Manad.........................c. 950-972 Yusuf Buluggin ibn Ziri...................972-984 al-Mansur ibn Yusuf.......................984-996 Nasr ad-Dawla Badis ibn al-Mansur.........996-1016 Sharaf ad-Dawla al-Mu'izz ibn Badis...........1016-1062 Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz...........................1062-1108 Yahya ibn Tamim...............................1108-1116 'Ali ibn Yahya................................1116-1121 al-Hasan ibn 'Ali........................1121-1163 d. 1168 Tributary to Norman Sicily from 1148, Almohad governor from 1160. To Sicily.....................................1148-1160 To Morocco....................................1160-1236 HAFSID 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Hafs...................1207-1222 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-Wahid.........1222-1222 ALMOHAD Idris ibn Yusuf..........................1222-1223 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Idris.................1223-1224 HAFSID 'Abdallah ibn ibn 'Abdul Wahid...........1224-1228 Yahya I ibn 'Abdul Wahid......................1228-1249 Muhammad I....................................1249-1276 Yahya II......................................1276-1279 Ibrahim I.....................................1279-1282 Abu Faris..........................................1282 Ahmad I.......................................1282-1284 'Umar I.......................................1284-1294 Yahya III.....................................1294-1301 with... Muhammad II...................................1294-1309 Abu Bakr I..............................17 days in 1309 Khalid I......................................1309-1311 Zakariyah I...................................1311-1317 Muhammad III..................................1317-1318 Abu Bakr II...................................1318-1346 'Umar II......................................1346-1348 To Morocco....................................1348-1350 Ahmad II...........................................1350 Ibrahim II....................................1350-1356 d. 1369 To Morocco.........................................1356 Ibrahim II (restored).........................1356-1369 Khalid II.....................................1369-1370 Ahmad III.....................................1370-1393 Abd al-Aziz...................................1393-1434 Muhammad IV...................................1434-1435 'Uthman.......................................1435-1488 Yahya III.....................................1488-1489 Abd al-Mu'min.................................1489-1490 Zakariyah II..................................1490-1493 Muhammad V....................................1493-1526 al-Hassan.....................................1526-1534 d. 1543 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1534-1535 To Sicily (Spain).............................1535-1539 al-Hassan (restored)..........................1539-1543 Ahmad IV......................................1543-1570 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1570-1573 To Sicily (Spain).............................1573-1574 Muhammad VI..............................1573-1574 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1574-1881 Walis (Viceroys) of Tunis Haidar Pasha.............................1574-1575 Rejeb Pasha..............................1575- ? Haidar Pasha (restored) Ramdhan Pasha............................. ? -1579 Ja'afar Pasha............................1579-1581 Mustapha Pasha...........................1581-1585 Hasan Pasha..............................1585-1587 Muhammad Pasha...........................1587-1590 Ja'afar Pasha............................1590-1591 Hussein Pasha............................1591-1594 Ahmed Pasha..............................1594-1596 Mustapha Pasha............................fl. c. 1604 Sulaiman Pasha............................fl. c. 1609 Abu Bakr Pasha Fadhli Pasha................................. < 1611 The Walis authority decayed considerably, and effective control of the region passed to a line of Deys of Tunis 1591-1640. They shared power with Beys circa 1631-1705. Deys of Tunis Ibrahim Rhodesli.........................1591-1593 Musa.....................................1593-1594 Karh Othman..............................1594-1610 Yusuf....................................1610-1637 Asta Mourad..............................1637-1640 Ahmed (or Ali Khoudja)...................1640-1647 Hadj Muhammad Lez........................1647-1653 Hadj Mustapha Lez........................1653-1665 Mustapha Karh Kouch......................1665-1666 Hadj Muhammad Oughlou....................1666-1670 Cha'aban Khoudja.........................1670-1672 Muhammad Mintcheli.......................1672-1673 Hadj Ali Lez..................................1673 Mammi Jemel..............................1673-1677 Muhammad Tabak...........................1677-1682 Ahmed Chilbi.............................1682-1686 Hadj Mohammed Biktech....................1686-1688 Ali Raïes................................1688-1694 Ibrahim Khoudja...............................1694 Mahmud Khoudja...........................1694-1694 Muhammad Tatar...........................1694-1695 Ya'akoub......................................1695 Muhammad Khoudja.........................1695-1699 Deli Muhammad............................1699-1701 Karh Mustapha............................1701-1702 Ibrahim ash-Sharif.......................1702-1705 In 1628 a new clan assumed Beylarid authority, and proved powerful enough that they were able to strike a new balance of power with the Deys (listed just above). MURADID Beys of Tunis Murad I..................................1628-1631 Muhammad I Pasha.........................1631-1662 Murad II.................................1662-1675 Muhammad II...................................1675 d. 1695 'Ali I........................................1675 d. 1688 Muhammad III..................................1675 Muhammad II (restored)...................1675-1676 d. 1695 'Ali I (restored)........................1676-1688 with ? ... Muhammad El-Hafsi........................1680- ? Muhammad II (re-restored)................1688-1695 Ramadan..................................1695-1698 Murad III................................1698-1702 Ibrahim ash-Sharif ad-Dey................1702-1705 'Umar Pasha...................................1705 HUSAINID Husain I Bey.............................1705-1735 d. 1740/6: with ? ... The following group of names I cannot reconcile with other sources, although they are spoken of as Beys of Tunis. Perhaps Muradid opponents of the Husainids? Muhammad El-Anz Pasha...............1705-1712 Kaboujji Pasha......................1712-1714 'Ali Pasha..........................1714-1718 Mustapha Pasha......................1718-1725 'Ali I...................................1735-1756 Muhammad I ar-Rashid.....................1756-1759 Assumption of the Turkish title of Pasha, 1759-1881 'Ali II..................................1759-1782 Hammuda..................................1782-1814 'Uthman.......................................1814 Mahmud...................................1814-1824 Husain II................................1824-1835 Mustapha.................................1835-1837 Ahmad I..................................1837-1855 Muhammad II..............................1855-1859 From the early 18th century, Tunis had become increasingly autonomous from Istanbul, and by the late 18th-early 19th century, was effectively independent. The rulers of Tunis ceased tribute payments in 1871, thereby establishing an independent (albeit not formally recognized) state. France established a protectorate over the region 10 years later. Muhammad III as-Sadiq.........................1859-1882 To France.....................................1881-March 1956 'Ali Muddat..............................1882-1902 Muhammad IV al-Hadi......................1902-1906 Muhammad V en-Nasir......................1906-1922 Muhammad VI al-Habib.....................1922-1929 Ahmad II.................................1929-1942 Muhammad VII al-Munsif...................1942-1943 d. 1948 Tunisian documents and coinage refer to the state as a Kingdom from 1950. Muhammad VIII al-Amin....................1943-1957 d. 1962 Husain en-Nasr.....................................1957 d. ? Rashad al-Mahdi....................................1957 Republic.................................July 1957-

BOTSWANA The arid interior north of South Africa, comprising the Kalahari Desert. BAMANGWATO The Bamangwato are the Royal clan of the Tswana people, being a sub-tribe of the Bakwena, itself a major division of the Tswana. By the early 19th century, the Bamangwato chiefs had achieved paramount ascendancy over most of what is now Botswana, and were recognized as such by British agents. Ngwato.....................................c. 1610- ? Molwa Tamasiga Seogola Madirana....................................... ? -c. 1710 Kesitihoe..................................c. 1710- ? Makgasama Molete......................................... ? -c. 1770 Mokgadi....................................c. 1770-1780 Mathiba.......................................1780-1795 Khama I.......................................1795-1817 Kgari.........................................1817-1828 Khama II (1st King, 1833).....................1828-1835 Sedimo, acting chief 1828-1833 Sekgoma I.....................................1835-1857 d. 1883 Matsheng......................................1857-1858 d. c. 1873 Sekgoma I (restored)..........................1858-1866 d. 1883 Matsheng (restored)...........................1866-1872 d. c. 1873 Khama III.....................................1872-1873 d. 1923 Sekgoma I (re-restored).......................1873-1875 d. 1883 Khama III (restored)..........................1875-1923 British Protectorate of Bechuanaland..........1885-1965 Sekgoma II...............................1923-1925 Seretse Khama............................1925-1950 d. 1980 Seretse's claim was denied by British authorities in 1950; he renounced it himself in 1956. He became Botswana's first and only Prime Minister 1965-6, and its first President, 1966-1980. Gorewang, regent 1925-1926 Tshekedi Khama, regent 1926-1933 Serogola, acting regent 1933 Tshekedi Khama (restored), regent 1933-1949 Keabôka Kgamane..........................1950-1952 Rasebolai Khamane........................1953-1964 d. 1973 Leeapeetswe..............................1964-1974 d. 1987 Self-governing member of the Commonwealth.....1965-1966 Republic of Botswana (still within Commonw.)..1966- Mokgatsha Mokgadi........................1974-1979 Ian Seretse Khama........................1979-

GRAND COMORO (Njazidja) Largest and westernmost of the Comoros Island group, about 440 miles (700 km.) west of the northern tip of Madagascar and roughly 200 miles (320 km.) east of northern Mozambique. See also Anjouan, Mayotte, Mohéli. Before the coming of the Europeans, Gran Comoro was partitioned among 11 small local Sultanates (Bajini, Bambao, Hamahame, Hamamvu, Hambu, Itsandra, La Dombe, Mbaku, Mbude, Mitsamihuli, Washili); generally, one of these held the style of Tibe, Paramount Ruler. Inya Fey wa Mbaya Fum Nau Sultan of Bambao and Itsandra Inya Mwatsoa Pirusa Mla Nau Sultan of Bambao Inya Fey wa Mbaya Fey Fumu Sultan of Itsandra Inya Mwatsoa Pirusa Ahmad Sultan of Bambao Inya Fey wa Mbaya Bwana Fumu Sultan of Itsandra..................fl. 19th cent. Fey Fumu (restored) Sultan of Itsandra Bwana Fumu (restored) Sultan of Itsandra.......fl. 19th cent. Fey Fumu (re-restored) Sultan of Itsandra Fum Mbavu Sultan of Itsandra Inya Mwatsoa Pirusa Ahmad (restored) Sultan of Bambao..........fl. mid 19th cent. Inya Fey wa Mbaya Musa Fumu Sultan of Itsandra Bamba Sultan of Itsandra Musa Fumu (restored) Sultan of Itsandra Bamba (restored) Sultan of Itsandra Inya Mwatsoa Pirusa Sayid 'Ali Sultan of Bambao................c. 1875-1886 d. 1915 To France.....................................1886-1975 Constituted Mayotte and Dependencies.....1912-1914 Within Colony of Madagascar..............1914-1946 State of Comoros..............................1975-1978 Federal Republic of the Comoros...............1978-2002 Union of Comoros..............................2002-

LESOTHO A landlocked Kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa. A British Protectorate 1868-1966. BASUTO Moshoeshoe I..................................1823-1870 Letsie I......................................1870-1891 Leroltholi....................................1891-1905 Letsie II.....................................1905-1913 Griffith......................................1913-1939 Seeiso........................................1939-1940 Moshoeshoe II.................................1940-1990 d. 1996 Letsie III....................................1990-1995 d. ... Moshoeshoe II (restored)......................1995-1996 Letsie III (restored).........................1996-

MADAGASCAR A large island off the southeastern coast of Africa. The indigenous people are more closely related to the Melanesians of the western Pacific than they are to the people of continental Africa. IMERNIA or MERINA See Ambohimanga for early rulers in this line. Radama I..............................(1810-) 1817-1828 Ranavalona I (fem.)............................1828-1861 Radama II.....................................1861-1863 Rasoaherina (fem.).............................1863-1868 Ranavalona II (fem.)...........................1868-1883 Ranavalona III (fem.)..........................1883-1897 d. 1917 To France.....................................1897-1960 Self-governing dependency of France...........1958-1960 Republic of Malagasy..........................1960-1975 2nd (Democratic) Republic (of Madagascar).....1975-1992 3rd Republic..................................1992-

MAURITIUS An island in the western Indian Ocean, about 600 miles (960 km.) east of Madagascar. Perhaps best known as the home of the ill-fated Dodo. Known to Muslim sailors from c. 950, but not occupied. Claimed by Portugal, but not occupied......c. 1510-1638 To the Netherlands............................1638-1658 Abandoned.....................................1658-1664 To the Netherlands............................1664-1710 Abandoned, but often visited by pirates.......1710-1721 To French East India Company (Île de France)..1721-1767 To France.....................................1767-1810 To Great Britain (as Mauritius)...............1810-1968 Independent member of the Commonwealth........1968-1992 Republic of Mauritius.........................1992-

MOZAMBIQUE A large state extending across the southeastern coast of Africa, from Delagoa Bay in the south to the Ruvuma River in the north. Established as a series of Portuguese fortifications under the authority of the Viceroy at Goa in India, it has, with a few exceptions, hugged the coastline for most of it's history - in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, inroads were made into the interior, and it had reached the present territorial size by 1890. To Portugal...................................1501-1975 Captains-Maior Sancho de Tovar..........................1501-1505 Pedro de Anaia...........................1505-1506 Manuel Fernandes......................Mar-Dec 1506 Nunho Vaz Pereira........................1506-1507 Vasco de Abreu...........................1507-1508 Rui de Brito Patalim, acting 1508-1509 António de Saldanha......................1509-1512 Simão de Miranda de Azevedo..............1512-1515 Sancho de Tovar (restored), acting 1512-1515 Cristóvão de Távora......................1515-1518 Sancho de Tovar (re-restored)............1518-1521 Diogo de Sepúlveda.......................1521-1525 Lopo de Almeida..........................1525-1528 António da Silveira de Meneses...........1528-1531 Vicente Pegado...........................1531-1538 Alexio Chicorro..........................1538-1541 João de Sepúlveda........................1541-1548 Fernão de Sousa de Távora................1548-1551 Diogo de Mesquita........................1551-1553 Diogo de Sousa...........................1553-1557 Sebastião de Sá..........................1557-1560 Pantaleão de Sá de Meneses...............1560-1564 Jerónimo Barreto.........................1564-1567 Pedro Barreto Rolim......................1567-1569 Captains-General Francisco Barreto........................1569-1573 Vasco Fernandes Homem, acting 1573-1577 Fernando Monroi, acting 1577 Simão de Silveir, acting 1577 Pedro de Castro..........................1577-1582 Portugal in personal union with Spain, 1580-1640

Nunho Pereira............................1582-1586 Jorge Telo de Meneses....................1586-1589 Lourenço de Brito........................1589-1590 Pedro de Sousa...........................1590-1595 Nunho da Cunha Ataíde....................1595-1598 Álvaro Abranches.........................1598-1601 Vasco de Mascarenhas.....................1601-1604 Sebastião de Macedo......................1604-1607 Estévão de Ataíde........................1607-1609 Governors Nunho Álvares Pereira....................1609-1611 Estévão de Ataíde........................1611-1612 Diogo Simoes de Madeira, acting 1612 João de Azevedo..........................1612-1614 Rui de Melo Sampaio......................1614-1618 Nunho Álvares Pereira (restored).........1618-1623 Lopo de Almeida..........................1623-1624 Diogo de Sousa de Meneses................1624-1627 Nunho Álvares Pereira (re-restored)......1627-1631 Cristóvão de Brito e Vasconcelos, acting 1631-2 Diogo de Sousa de Meneses (restored).....1632-1633 Filipe de Mascarenhas....................1633-1634 Lourenço de Souto-Maior..................1634-1639 Diogo de Vasconcelos.....................1639-1640 Portugal ceases personal union with Spain, becoming fully independent once more.

António de Brito Pacheco.................1640-1641 Francisco da Silveira....................1641-1642 Júlio Moniz da Silva.....................1642-1646 Fernão Dias Baião........................1646-1648 Álvaro de Sousa de Távora................1648-1651 Francisco de Mascarenhas.................1651-1652 Francisco de Lima........................1652-1657 Manoel Corte-Real de Sampaio.............1657-1661 Manoel de Mascarenhas....................1661-1664 António de Melo e Castro.................1664-1667 Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho..............1667-1670 João de Sousa Freire.....................1670-1673 Simpao Gomes da Silva....................1673-1674 André Pinto da Fonseca........................1674 Manoel da Silva, acting 1674-6 João de Sousa Freire (restored)..........1676-1682 Caetano de Melo e Castro.................1682-1686 Miguel de Almeida........................1686-1689 Manoel dos Santo Pinto...................1689-1692 Tomé de Sousa Correia....................1692-1693 Francisco Correia de Mesquita, acting 1693-4 Estévão da Gama..........................1694-1695 Francisco da Costa.......................1695-1696 Luís de Melo Sampaio.....................1696-1699 Jácome de Morias Sarmento................1699-1703 João Fernandes de Almeida................1703-1706 Luís de Brito Freire.....................1706-1708 Luís Gonçalves da Câmara.................1708-1712 João Fernandes de Almeida (restored).....1712-1714 Francisco de Mascarenhas.................1714-1716 Francisco de Souto-Maior.................1716-1719 Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maoir.......1719-1722 Álvaro Caetano de Castro e Melo..........1722-1723 António João Sequeira e Faria............1723-1726 António Cardim Fróis.....................1726-1730 António Casco de Melo....................1730-1733 José Barbosa Leal........................1733-1736 Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida.............1736-1740 Lourenço de Noronha e Tavora.............1740-1743 Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro...1743-1746 Caetano Correia da Sá....................1746-1750 Francisco de Melo e Castro...............1750-1758 João Manoel de Melo...................Mar-Apr 1758 David Marques Pereira....................1758-1759 Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque..........1759-1763 João Pereira da Silva Barba Alardo.......1763-1765 Baltazar Manuel Pereira do Lago..........1765-1779 Provisional Administration 1779-80 José de Vasconcelos e Almeida............1780-1781 Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, acting 1781-2 Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque (r.)..Jan-Aug 1782 Provisional Administration 1782-6 António de Melo e Castro.................1786-1793 Diogo de Sousa Coutinho..................1793-1797 Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa...1797-1801 Isidro de Sousa e Sá.....................1801-1805 Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso...1805-1807 Provisional Administration 1807-9 António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça...1809-1812 Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses.............1812-1817 José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque...1817-1818 Provisional Administration 1818-9 João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches................1819-1821 Provisional Administration 1821-4 João Manuel da Silva..........................1824-1825 Sebãstiao Xavier Botelho......................1825-1829 Paulo José Miguel de Brito....................1829-1832 Provisional Administration 1832-4 José Gregório Pagado..........................1834-1836 Provisional Administration 1836-7 Governors-General António José de Melo.......................Mar-Oct 1837 João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg...1837-1838 Governing Council 1838-40 Joaquim Pereira Marinho.......................1840-1841 João da Costa Xavier..........................1841-1843 Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima...............1843-1847 Domingos Fortunato de Vale....................1847-1851 Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães....................1851-1854 Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, acting 1854-7 João Tavares de Almeida.......................1857-1864 Governing Council Feb-Apr 1864 M. António do Canto e Castro..................1864-1867 António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda...1867-1868 Governing Council 1868-9 António Tavares d'Almeida..................Feb-Apr 1869 Fernão da Costa Leal.......................Apr-Dec 1869 Governing Council 1869-70 Inácio A. Alves, acting June-Aug 1870 José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral...............1870-1873 Governing Council 1873-4 José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses.............1874-1877 Francisco Maria da Cunha......................1877-1880 Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, acting 1880-1 Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva...............1881-1882 José de Almeida d'Ávila, acting Feb-Apr 1882 Agostinho Coelho..............................1882-1885 Governing Council Apr-July 1885 Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha...1885-1889 José Joaquim d'Almeida, acting Mar-July 1889 José Antonio de Brissac das Neves Ferreira....1889-1890 Joaquim José Machado..........................1890-1891 Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade...............1891-1893 Francisco Teixeira da Silva...................1893-1894 Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, acting Jan-Jul 1894 Fernão de Magalhães e Meneses.................1894-1895 António José Enes, commissioner Jan-Dec 1895 Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança (restored), acting Jan-Mar 1896 Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque...............1896-1897 Baltasar Friere Cabral, acting 1897-8 Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier..............Aug-Dec 1898 Álvaro António da Costa Ferreira..............1898-1900 Júlio José, marqués da Costa...............Mar-May 1900 Joaquim José Machado (restored)............May-Oct 1900 Manuel Rafael Gorjão..........................1900-1902 Thomás António García Rosado..................1902-1905 João António de Azevedo Coutinho Fragoso de Sequeira...1905-1906 Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade.............1906-1910 José de Freitas Ribeiro, acting 1910-1 José Francisco de Azevedo e Silva.............1911-1912 José Alfredo Mendes de Magalhães..............1912-1913 Augusto Ferreira dos Santos...................1913-1914 Joaquim José Machado (re-restored)............1914-1915 Alfredo Baptista Coelho....................May-Oct 1915 Álvaro Xavier de Castro.......................1915-1918 Pedro Francisco Massano do Amorim.............1918-1919 Manoel Luiz Moreira da Fonseca, acting 1919-21 Manuel de Brito Camacho.......................1921-1923 Manoel Luiz Moreira da Fonseca (restored), acting 1923-4 Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho...............1924-1926 Artur Ivens Ferraz, acting May-Nov 1926 José Ricardo Pereira Cabral...................1926-1938 José Nicolau Nunes de Oliveira................1938-1941 José Tristão de Bettencourt...................1941-1946 [name not given], acting 1946-7 Luis de Sousa e Vasconcelos e Funchal.........1947-1948 Gabriel Maurício Teixeira.....................1948-1958 Pedro Correia de Barros.......................1958-1961 Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues...............1961-1964 José Augusto da Costa Almeida.................1964-1969 Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa...........................1969 Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira....................1969-1971 Manuel Pimentel Pereira dos Santos............1971-1974 David Teixeira Ferreira, acting Apr-Jun 1974 Henriques Soares de Melo...................Jun-Aug 1974 Jorge Augusto da Cunha Ferro Ribeiro, acting Aug-Sept 1974 Vítor Crespo..................................1974-1975 Republic of Mozambique.............................1975-

NAMIBIA The arid highlands northwest of South Africa. To Germany....................................1884-1915 Imperial Commissioners Heinrich Ernst Göring....................1885-1890 Göring was the father of Hermann Göring, chief of the Luftwaffe in WWII and for a time Hitler's second-in-command. Louis Nels, acting 1890-1 Kurt von François........................1891-1895 Territorial Executives (Landeshauptmänner), from 1892 Theodor Leutwein.........................1895-1905 Governors, from 1898 Friedrich von Lindequist.................1905-1907 Bruno von Schuckmann.....................1907-1910 Theodor Seitz............................1910-1915 Under South African Military authority........1915-1921 League of Nations Mandate to South Africa.....1921-1966 In 1946, the newly-formed United Nations began restructuring former League Mandates into UN Trusteeships, but South Africa refused one for South West Africa, which it wished to annex. The UN refused permission to do so, and matters became increasingly acrimonious until, in October of 1966, the UN unilaterally dissolved the old Mandate and, in 1967, set up an administrative council to govern the territory until independence - the council, however, could not act inasmuch as South Africa refused to cooperate with it and continued to govern the region as it had since 1921. South Africa eventually agreed, in December of 1988, to transition the region to independence, which was achieved in 1990. To South Africa...............................1966-1990 Republic......................................1990- Note as well... Walvis Bay An enclave consisting of a small strip on the central coast of Namibia. Protectorate of Great Britain.................1878-1885 To Cape Colony................................1885-1910 To South Africa...............................1910-1922 Merged within South West Africa (Namibia).....1922-1977 To South Africa...............................1977-1994 To Namibia....................................1994-

SEYCHELLES ISLANDS A scattered archipelago of small coral atolls in the western Indian Ocean, the largest of them, Mahé, in the far northeast corner of the group, is about 640 miles (1030 km.) northeast of the northern tip of Madagascar, and about 1160 miles (1865 km.) due east of Mombasa, Kenya. These islands and reefs were known of by Indian Ocean mariners for centuries, but remained uninhabited until modern times. They are first noted on a European map (Dutch) in 1502, and the first recorded landings (British East India Company) took place in 1609 (although it is known that the Portuguese landed at various times in the late 16th century). In the latter 17th and early 18th centuries they were notorious as the site of numerous pirate bases and caches, and the British and French navies spent decades removing that threat. Claimed by France (colonized from 1770).......1756-1810 To Great Britain..............................1810-1975 Self-Governing dependency.....................1975-1976 Republic of Seychelles........................1976-

SOUTH AFRICA The blunt southern end of the continent, in part semi-arid highlands, in part some of the lushest and wealthiest land on earth. This list follows the development of the Cape Province, the central, western, southwestern, and southern portions of South Africa. The Union era is in black tint since it was a member of the British Commonwealth. To the Netherlands............................1652-1795 Cape Colony Commanders Jan van Riebeeck.........................1652-1662 Zacharias Wagenaer.......................1662-1666 Cornelis van Quaelberg...................1666-1668 Jacob Borghorst..........................1668-1670 Pieter Hackius...........................1670-1671 Albert van Breugel, acting Apr-Oct 1672 Isbrand Goske............................1672-1676 Johan Bax dit van Herenthals.............1676-1678 Hendrik Crudop, acting 1678-9 Governors (from 1691) Simon van der Stel.......................1679-1699 Willem Adriaan van der Stel..............1699-1707 Johannes Cornelis d’Ableing, acting 1707-8 Louis van Assenburg......................1708-1711 Willem Helot, acting 1711-4 Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes.............1714-1724 Jan de la Fontaine, acting 1724-7 Pieter Gijsbert Noodt....................1727-1729 Jan de la Fontaine (acting til Mar '37)..1729-Aug 1737 Adriaan van Kervel...................Aug-Sept 1737 Daniël van den Henghel, acting 1737-9 Hendrik Swellengrebel....................1739-1751 Ryk Tulbagh..............................1751-1771 Joachim van Plettenberg (act. to 1774)...1771-1785 Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff.............1785-1791 Johannes Izaac Rhenius, acting 1791-2 Commissioners-General Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh...........1792-1793 with... Simon Hendrik Frijkenius.................1792-1793 Governor Abraham Josias Sluysken..................1793-1795

To Great Britain..............................1795-1803 Commanders (Commandant from Nov '95) Sir George Keith Elphinstone.........Sept-Nov 1795 with... Alured Clarke........................Sept-Nov 1795 and... James Henry Craig...................Sept 1795-1797 Governors George, Earl Macartney...................1797-1798 Francis Dundas, acting 1798-9 Sir George Yonge.........................1799-1801 Francis Dundas, acting 1801-3 (restored) To the Netherlands (Batavian Republic)........1803-1806 Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist..........1803-1804 with... Jan Willem Janssens......................1803-1806 To Great Britain..............................1806-1910 Sir David Baird, acting 1806-7 Henry George Grey, acting Jan-May 1807 Du Pré Alexander, Earl of Caledon........1807-1811 Henry George Grey, acting July-Sept 1811 (restored) Sir John Francis Cradock.................1811-1814 and... Robert Meade, acting for Cradock 1813-4 Charles Henry Somerset...................1814-1826 and... Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, acting for Somerset 1820-1 Richard Bourke, acting 1826-8 Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole.................1828-1833 Thomas Francis Wade (acting for D'Urban 10-16 Jan '34)...1833-1834 and... Sir Benjamin D'Urban.....................1834-1838 Sir George Thomas Napier.................1838-1844 Sir Peregrine Maitland...................1844-1847 Sir Henry Pottinger...................Jan-Dec 1847 Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith...........1847-1852 George Cathcart..........................1852-1854 Charles Henry Darling, acting May-Dec 1854 Sir George Grey..........................1854-1861 and... Robert Henry Wynyard, acting for Grey 1859-60 Robert Henry Wynyard, acting 1861-2 (restored) Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse..............1862-1870 Charles Craufurd Hay, acting May-Dec 1870 Sir Henry Barkly.........................1870-1877 Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere............1877-1880 Henry Hugh Clifford, acting 15-27 Sept 1880 Sir George Cumine Strahan, acting 1880-1 Hercules Robinson, Baron Rosmead..........1881-1889 and... Sir Leicester Smyth, acting for Robinson Apr-Aug 1881 and then... Sir Leicester Smyth, acting for Robinson Apr 1883-Mar 1884 and then... Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens, acting for Robinson Apr-July 1886 Henry Augustus Smyth, acting May-Dec 1889 Sir Henry Brougham Loch...................1889-1895 5ir William Gordon Cameron, acting for Loch 1891-2 Sir William Gordon Cameron, acting for Loch May-July 1894 (rest.) Hercules Robinson, Baron Rosmead (rest.)..1895-1897 Sir William Howley Goodenough acting Apr-May 1897 Sir Alfred Milner.........................1897-1901 Sir William Francis Butler, acting for Milner 1898-9 Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson........1901-1910 Sir Henry Jenner Scobell, acting for Hely-Hutchinson June-Sept 1909 Union of South Africa Governors-general Herbert John, Viscount Gladstone..........1910-1914 Sydney Charles, Earl Buxton...............1914-1920 Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert, Royal D. of Connaught...1920-1923 Sir James Rose-Innes, acting 1923-4 Augustus Alexander George Cambridge, Earl of Athlone...1924-1931 George Herbert Hyde Villiers, Earl of Clarendon...1931-1937 Sir Patrick Duncan........................1937-1943 Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, acting 1943-1 Jan 1946 Gideon Brand van Zyl......................1946-1 Jan 1951 Ernest George Jansen......................1951-1959 Lucas Cornelius Steyn, acting 1959-60 Charles Robberts Swart....................1960-1961 Lucas Cornelius Steyn, acting Apr-May 1961 (restored) Republic of South Africa......................1961-1997 Second Republic...............................1997-

SWAZILAND The Swazi are a southern Bantu folk with a landlocked Kingdom on the eastern edge of South Africa, adjacent to Mozambique, and north of Zulu territory. A British Protectorate 1894-1968. As an aside, King Sobhuza II is apparently the longest-reigning monarch about whom definite records have been preserved. Dlamini I Mswati I.......................................fl. c. 1600 Mswati I was leader of the Amangwane tribes, and moved his people from what is now Mozambique south, into their present homeland. Ngwane II Dlamini II Nkosi II Mavuso I Magudulela Ludvonga Dlamini III Ngwane III..................................... ? -1780 Ngvudgunye (Zikodze)..........................1780-1815 Ndwandwe (fem.), regent 1780 Sobhuza I (Ngwane IV).........................1815-1836 Mndzebele (fem.), regent 1815 Mswati II.....................................1836-1868 Lojiba Simelane (fem.), regent 1836-1840 Mbandzeni (Dlamini IV)........................1868-1889 Thandile Ndwandwe (fem.), regent 1868-1875 Ngwane V......................................1889-1899 Tibati Nkambule (fem.), regent 1889-1894 British Protectorate..........................1894-1968 Sobhuza II....................................1899-1982 Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli (fem.), regent 1899-1921 Sozisa Dlamini ("Authorized Person").....9-21 Aug. 1983 Dzeliwe (fem.), regent 1982-1983 Mswati III....................................1983- Ntombi (fem.), regent 1983-1986

ZIMBABWE A lush highland region north of Transvaal, northeast of the Kalahari, west of Mozambique, and south of the Zambezi River; an early center of civilization for this region. (GREAT ZIMBABWE c. 1000-c. 1400) I have at present almost no information about specific rulers of this state, which existed in the southern African rain forest for close to 500 years and has left an impressive series of ruins. Eventually, this Kingdom began to decay under the effects of overpopulation combined with the exhaustion of agricultural resources. In a manner strongly reminiscent of the Maya in Central America, the capital was abandoned, and the culture re-established on more modest grounds. ? Mbire......................................c. 1330- ? It needs to be pointed out that the name "Mbire" is regarded by a number of authors as being a generic name for the rulers of the dynasty. rather than a personal name. 3 kings, names unknown MUNHUMUTAPA Nyatsimba Mutota...........................c. 1430-c. 1450 Nyatsimba Mutota founded the Munhumutapa Empire in the first half of the 15th century, but it should be mentioned that a number of authorities indicate an existence of four or five earlier kings (or, at least, local rulers referred to as Mbire), ancestors of Nyatsimba. Matope Nyanhehwe Nebedza...................c. 1450-c. 1480 Mavura Maobwe......................................1480 Mukombero Nyahuma.............................1480-c. 1490 Changamire.................................c. 1490-1494 d. ? Kakuyo Komunyaka..............................1494-c. 1530 Neshangwe Munembire........................c. 1530-c. 1550 Chivere Nyasoro............................c. 1550-c. 1560 Chisamharu Negomo Mupuzangutu..............c. 1560-1589 Gatsi Rusere..................................1589-1623 Nyambo Kapararidze............................1623-1629 To Portugal...................................1629-1690 Mavura Mhande Philip.....................1629-1652 Siri Kazurukamusapa......................1652-1663 Kamharapasu Mukombwe.....................1663-1692 By the 1690's, the former Kings of Munhumutapa had been reduced to purely local lords in an inland district of western Mozambique. A succession of these chiefs continued down to 1917. To Butua......................................1690-1857 BUTUA This Rozvi state was founded by a usurper to the Munhumutapan throne who, being driven out of that state, established this one as a refuge. It's history and succession are unknown until the late 17th century when Dombo drove the Portuguese off the plateau, along with their Munhumutapan client kings, and absorbed neighbouring Torwa. Dombo's successors oversaw a ramshackle state composed of locally autonomous clans and villages, with little in the way of a central authority. Changamire....................................1494- ? ?? Changamire Dombo...........................c. 1660-c. 1695 ? Changamire Negamo..........................c. 1700-c. 1710 ? Changamire Chirisamaru I.....................fl. late 18th cent. Changamire Gumboremvura........................fl. c. 1802

Changamire Basvi...........................c. 1825-c. 1828 Changamire Chirisamaru II.....................1828-1836 vacant Changamire Tohwechipi.........................1838-1857 d. 1866 To the British South African Company NDEBELE KINGDOM By the end of the 18th century, there was no central authority at all, which allowed a Bantu adventurer to establish a new state a generation or so later. Mzilikazi.....................................1821-1868 disputed succession...........................1868-1870 Lobengula.....................................1870-1894 To the British South African Company..........1888-1895 Proprietary Colony of Rhodesia................1895-1923 To Great Britain..............................1923-1965 Governors Sir John Robert Chancellor...............1923-1928 Murray Bisset, acting June-Nov 1928 Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell.................1928-1934 Sir Alexander Fraser Russell, acting 1934-5 Sir Herbert James Stanley................1935-1942 Sir Alexander Fraser Russell (restored), acting Jan-Dec 1942 Sir Evelyn Baring........................1942-1944 Sir Robert James Hudson, acting 1944-5 Sir William Eric Campbell Tait...........1945-1946 Sir Alexander Fraser Russell (re-restored), acting Feb-July 1946 Sir Robert James Hudson (restored), acting 1946-7 Sir John Noble Kennedy...................1947-1953 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953-1964 The federation was a self-governing crown colony - shown below are the Governors for the Crown. The Federation shattered over the drive to independence in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi), and subsequent right-wing reaction in Southern Rhodesia. During the period 1965-70, Rhodesia was in the peculiar position of being technically a monarchy without the consent of the sovereign - actions of the government were carried out in the name of Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth and thus Queen of Rhodesia, despite the fact that the British government did not recognize the Rhodesian state. In 1970 Rhodesia was proclaimed a republic, ending the odd constitutional circumstance. Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, acting 1953-4 Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett...1954-1959

Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs................1959-1969 S. Rhodesia in rebellion vs. Great Britain....1965-1970 Republic of Rhodesia..........................1970-1979 To Great Britain..............................1979-1980 Republic of Zimbabwe..........................1980-

BENIN Nowadays a narrow coastal republic, this state emerged out of several local Kingdoms in the Bight of Benin region during the 17th and 18th centuries, most notably Dahomey itself, Adjatché (Porto Novo), Allada, and Whydah. ABOMEY A major Kingdom in southern Benin - the capital at Abomey is 25 miles (40 km.) east of the Togo frontier, and 64 miles (103 km.) northwest of the capital at Porto Novo. Within Allada..................................c. 1440-c. 1600 Do Aklim.......................................c. 1600-c. 1625 Dakodonu.......................................c. 1625-1645 Ganye Hessu............................................1645 Wegbaja...........................................1645-1685 Akaba.............................................1685-1708 with... Hanebe (fem.)....................................fl. c. 1685 Agaja.............................................1708-1732 Name of the Kingdom changed to DAHOMEY, 1730. Tegbesu...........................................1732-1774 Kpengla...........................................1774-1789 Agonglo...........................................1790-1797 Adanzan...........................................1797-1818 Gezo..............................................1818-1858 Glele.............................................1858-1889 Behanzin..........................................1889-1894 To France.........................................1892-1960 Agbo Agoli...................................1894-1898 d. 1901 Republic of Dahomey...............................1960-1975 Republic of Benin.................................1975-

BURKINA FASO A landlocked state south of Mali and north of Ghana. This region has traditionally been dominated by the Mossi people, who seem to have migrated into the area from what is now northern Ghana in the 13th century, and established a number of elaborate and aggressive kingdoms, principal among them Wagadugu (Ouagadougou), which remains the national capital. The Mossi still predominate to this day; they comprise about 60% of the population, with the nearest competitors (Mande at about 10% and Fulani at about 9%) running very distant second and third. A series of Mossi kingdoms covering the region, from the 13th century on. See Gurma, Ouagadougou and Yatenga. To France.........................................1897-1960 Republic of Upper Volta...........................1960-1984 Republic of Burkina Faso..........................1984-

COTE d'IVOIRE A state in west Africa, bounded on the east by the Komoé River, to the west by the Toura Hills, and to the north by the Sikasso region of Mali. MANDINGOThe Mandingo chieftain Samory established a wide-reaching kingdom in central Guinea, which he ruled for several decades before being driven eastward by the French. He extended control over northern Cote d'Ivoire for a time before being subdued. Samory Touré......................................1891-1898 d. 1900 To France.........................................1893-1960 Autonomous Republic of Ivory Coast...........1958-1960 Republic of Ivory Coast...........................1960-1985 Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.........................1985-1999 Military Junta....................................1999-2000 Republic..........................................2000-

The GAMBIA A narrow state centered on the Gambia River estuary, and entirely surrounded by Senegal, aside from the coast. The local population is largely Malinke, Fulani, and Wolof. To Great Britain..................................1815-1965 Subordinate to Sierra Leone 1815-1843

Commandant Alexander Grant.........................1815-1829 Lieutenant Governors Alecander Findlay.......................1829-1830 George Rendall..........................1830-1837 Thomas Lewis Ingram.....................1837-1838 William Mackie..........................1838-1839 Thomas Lewis Ingram (restored)..........1839-1840 Sir Henry Vere Huntley..................1840-1841 Thomas Lewis Ingram (re-restored).......1841-1843 Governors Henry Froude Seagram..............................1843 Edmund Norcott...............................1843-1844 Charles Fitzgerald...........................1844-1847 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell................1847-1851 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (Sierra Leone '52-4, '68-72)...1851-1852 Luke Smythe O'Connor.........................1852-1859 George Abbas Kooli d'Arcy....................1859-1866 Subordinate to Sierra Leone 1866-1888 Administrators Charles George Edward Patey.............1866-1869 Alexander Bravo (Sierra Leone 1873).....1869-1871 Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan....1871-1873 Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (S. Leone '75-7)...1873-1875 Sir Samuel Rowe.........................1875-1877 Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury.............1877-1884 Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney............1884-1886 Sir James Shaw Hay (S. Leone '88-91)....1886-1888

Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter....................1888-1891 Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn...................1891-1900 Governors (from 1901) Sir George Chardin Denton....................1900-1911 Henry Lionel Galway..........................1911-1914 Sir Edward John Cameron......................1914-1920 Herbert Henniker, acting 1920

Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage..................1921-1927 Sir John Middleton...........................1927-1928 Sir Edward Brandis Denham....................1928-1930 Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer..................1930-1934 Sir Arthur Frederick Richards................1934-1936 Sir Thomas Southorn..........................1936-1942 Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood..............1942-1947 Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright..................1947-1949 Sir Percy Wyn-Harris.........................1949-1958 Sir Edward Henry Windley.....................1958-1962 Independent within the Commonwealth, 1965-1970 Governors-General (from 1965) Sir John Warburton Paul......................1962-1966 Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh................1966-1970 Republic..........................................1970-1982 Within the Federation of Senegambia...............1982-1989 Republic..........................................1989-1994 Provisional Government............................1994-1996 Republic..........................................1996-

GHANA A major state in west Africa. It was absorbed into the British Empire at around the turn of the 20th century, but it's hereditary leaders continue to be recognized by their people as their sovereigns. For Old Ghana of the Upper Niger, c. 350-1240 CE, see in North Africa. ASANTE The most powerful Kingdom in southern Ghana (sometimes transcribed as "Ashanti") located around the Kwahu Hills in modern Ashante and Eastern Provinces. Agyinamoa Mpatu Twum........................................c. 1570- ? Antwi........................................... ? -c. 1600 Kobia Amama.................................c. 1600-c. 1630 Oti Akenten.................................c. 1630-c. 1660 Obiri Yeboa.................................c. 1660-1675 The Asante confederation organized in 1701. Osei Kofi Tutu I Opemsoo.......................1675-1717 vacant, regency of Maniampon Opoku Ware Katakyie............................1720-1750 Kusi Obodum....................................1750-1764 Osei Kwadwo Okoawia............................1764-1777 Osei Kwame Panyin..............................1777-1803 Opoku Fofie....................................1803-1804 Osei Bonsu.....................................1804-1823 Osei Yaw Akoto.................................1824-1834 Kwaku Dua I Panyin.............................1834-1867 Kofi Kakari....................................1867-1874 Mensa Bonsu Kumaa..............................1874-1883 Kwaku Dua II Kumaa..................................1884 Chronic civil war..............................1884-1888 Kwaku Dua III Asamu (1926 > Agyeman Prempeh I).1888-1896 d. 1931 Kwaku Dua III was detained by the British colonial authorities in 1896, and sent to Sierra Leone under what was in effect arrest. He was later transferred to the Seychelles, but was allowed to return to his home in 1924. By the terms of his release, he was recognized as nothing more than the local chief of Kumasi, but the Asante people still accorded him sovereign honours. vacant.........................................1896-1902 To Great Britain (as the Gold Coast)...........1902-1957 Agyeman Prempeh I (K. Dua III, restored)..1926-1931 In 1935, Prempe II was acknowledged by British colonial authorities as sovereign of the Asante once more. Otumfuo Nana Osei Agyeman Prempeh II......1931-1970 Independent within the Commonwealth (as Ghana).1957-1960 Republic of Ghana..............................1960- Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II................1970-1999 Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.................1999- Colonial Authorities Governors for the Committee of Merchants in the Gold Coast Sir William St. John...........................1618-1625 Sir Richard Young..............................1625-1631 Sir Nicholas Crispe............................1631-1649 John Wood....................................fl. c. 1649 William Greenhill..............................1660- ? John Stoakes.................................fl. c. 1663 Henry Nurse....................................1685- ? John Bloome...................................16 ? -1697 --- Baggs......................................1697-1701 Thomas Dalby...................................1701- ? Benjamin Way.................................fl. c. 1704 Thomas Dalby (restored).......................17 ? -1708/11 John Roberts.................................fl. c. 1711 Thomas Melvill.................................1751-1756 William Tymewell............................Jan-Feb 1756 Charles Bell...................................1756-1757 Nassau Senior, acting 1757-61 Charles Bell (restored)........................1761-1763 William Mutter.................................1763-1766 John Hippersley.............................Mar-Aug 1766 Gilbert Petrie.................................1766-1769 John Crossle...................................1769-1770 David Mill.....................................1770-1777 Richard Miles..................................1777-1780 John Roberts...................................1780-1781 John B. Weuves, acting 1781-2

Richard Miles (restored).......................1782-1784 James Morgue...................................1784-1787 Thomas Price................................Jan-Apr 1787 Thomas Morris..................................1787-1789 William Fielde.................................1789-1791 John Gordon....................................1791-1792 Archibald Dalzel...............................1782-1798 Jacob Mould....................................1798-1799 John Gordon (restored).........................1799-1800 Archibald Dalzel (restored)....................1800-1802 Jacob Mould (restored).........................1802-1805 George Torrane.................................1805-1807 Edward White...................................1807-1816 Joseph Dawson..................................1816-1817 John Hope Smith................................1817-1822 Sir Charles Macarthy........................Mar-May 1822 James Chisholm..............................May-Dec 1822 Sir Charles Macarthy (restored)................1822-1824 James Chisholm (restored)...................Jan-Oct 1824 Edward Purdon..................................1824-1825 Charles Turner.................................1825-1826 Sir Neil Campbell...........................May-Nov 1826 Henry John Ricketts............................1826-1827 Hugh Lumley....................................1827-1828 George Hingston............................Mar-June 1828 Henry John Ricketts (restored)............5-25 June 1828 John Jackson...................................1828-1830 George Maclean.................................1830-1836 William Topp...................................1836-1838 George Maclean (restored)......................1838-1843 Governors, Crown Colony of the Gold Coast (subordinate to Sierra Leone Colony 1843-74) R. M. Worsley Hill.............................1843-1845 James Lelley...................................1845-1846 William Winniett...............................1846-1849 James Coleman Fitzpatrick......................1849-1850 Sir William Winniett (restored).............Jan-Dec 1850 James Bannerman................................1850-1851 Stephen John Hill..............................1851-1854 Henry Connor, acting 1854-7

Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine.............1857-1858 Henry Bird, acting 1858-60 Edward B. Andrews..............................1860-1862 William A. Ross, acting Apr-Sept 1862 Richard Pine...................................1862-1865 Rokeby Jones, acting 1865 W. E. Mockler, acting 1865 Edward Conran..................................1865-1867 Herbert Taylor Ussher, Administrator 1867-1872

John Pope Hennessy..................................1872 Charles Spencer Salmon, acting 1872 Robert William Harley..........................1872-1873 Harnet Joseph Wolseley.........................1873-1874

James Maxwell, acting 4-30 Mar 1874

Charles Cameron Lees, acting Mar-June 1874 George Cumine Strahan..........................1874-1876

Charles Cameron Lees (restored), acting Apr-Dec 1876 Sanford Freeling (acting to 1877)..............1876-1878

Charles Cameron Lees (re-restored), acting 1878-9 Herbert Taylor Ussher (restored)...............1879-1880 William Brandford Griffith, acting 1880-1 Sir Samuel Rowe................................1881-1884 William A. G. Young............................1884-1885 Sir William Brandford Griffith (restored)......1885-1895 Sir William Edward Maxwell.....................1895-1897 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson (axting to 1898)....1897-1900 W. Low, acting Aug-Dec 1900 Sir Matthew Nathan.............................1900-1904 Herbert Bryan, acting Feb-Mar 1904

John Pickersgill Rodger........................1904-1910 Herbert Bryan (restored), acting Sept-Nov 1910 James Jamieson Thorburn........................1910-1912 Herbert Bryan (re-restored), acting June-Dec 1912 Sir Hugh Clifford..............................1912-1919 Alexander Ransford Slater, acting Apr-Oct 1919 Frederick Gordon Guggisberg....................1919-1927 Sir James Crawford Maxwell, acting Apr-June 1927 John C. Maxwell, acting June-July 1927

Sir Alexander Ransford Slater (restored).......1927-1932 Geoffry Northcote, acting Apr-Nov 1932

Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas..................1932-1934 Geoffry Northcote (restored), acting May-Oct 1934 Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodgson....................1934-1941 George Ernest London, acting 1941-2

Sir Alan Cuthnert Maxwell Burns................1942-1947

Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy.......................1948-1949 Sir Robert Scott, acting Feb-Mar 1949 Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin, acting Mar-June 1949

Sir Robert Scott (restored), acting June-Aug 1949 Governors-General (from Mar 1957) Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke.................1949-June 1957 William Francis Hare, Earl of Listowel.........1957-1960

GUINEA A state in west Africa, encompassing both the Fouta Djallon highlands in the northwest and the Guinea Highlands to the southeast. Sierra Leone and Liberia are to the southwest, Senegal is to the north, Mali to the northeast, and Cote d'Ivoire to the east. MANDINGO The Mandingo chieftain Samory established a wide-reaching kingdom in central Guinea, which he ruled for several decades before being driven eastward by the French. He extended control over northern Cote d'Ivoire for a time before being subdued. Samory Touré......................................1868-1898 d. 1900 To France.........................................1891-1958 Republic..........................................1958-1979 People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea.........1979-1984 Republic..........................................1984-

GUINEA-BISSAU A small state encompassing the lowlands around the Corubal River estuary, and the nearby Bijagos archipelago. To the north is Senegal, and Guinea is to the east and southeast. Portuguese colonies (Cacheu from 1614, Bissau from 1753) governed from Cape Verde, 1614-1879. Portuguese Guinea.................................1879-1974 Governors Agostinho Coelho.............................1879-1881 Pedro Inácio de Gouveia......................1881-1884 Francisco de Paula Gomes Barbosa.............1885-1886 José Eduardo de Brito........................1886-1887 Eusebio Castelo do Valle..........................1887 Francisco Teixeira da Silva..................1887-1888 Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança.............1888-1890 Augusto Rogério Gonçalves dos Santos.........1890-1891 Luís Augusto de Vasconcelos e Sá.............1891-1895 Eduardo Oliveira..................................1895 Pedro Inácio de Gouveia (restored)...........1895-1897 Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, acting 1897-8

Albano Mendes de Magelhães Ramalho...........1898-1899 Álvaro Herculano da Cunha, acting 1899-1900 Joaquim Pedro Vieira Júdice Biker, acting 1901-3

Alfredo Cardoso Soveral Martins, acting 1903-4

João Mateus Lapa Valente, acting 1904 Carlos de Almeida Pessanha...................1904-1906 João Augusto de Oliveira Muzanty.............1906-1909 Francelino Pimentel..........................1909-1910 Carlos de Almeida Pereira....................1910-1913 José António de Andrade Sequeira.............1913-1913 José de Oliveira Duque.......................1914-1915 José António de Andrade Sequeira (restored)..1915-1917 Manoel Maria Coelho...............................1917 Carlos Ivo de Sá Ferreira....................1917-1919 José de Oliveira Duque (restored).................1919 José Luis Teixeira Marinho........................1919 Henrique Alberto de Sousa Guerra.............1919-1921 Jorge Fredetico Vélez Caroco.................1921-1927 António Leite de Magelhães...................1927-1931 João José Soares Zilhão......................1931-1932 Luis António de Carvalho Viegas..............1932-1941 Ricardo Vaz Monteiro.........................1941-1945 Manoel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues..............1945-1950 Raimundo António Rodrigues Serrão............1951-1953 Diogo António José Leite Pereira de Melo e Alvim...1954-1956 Álvaro Rodrigues da Silva Tavares............1957-1958 António Augusto Peixoto Correia..............1959-1962 Vasco António Martínez Rodrigues.............1962-1964 Arnaldo Schulz...............................1964-1968 António de Spinola...........................1968-1973 José Manoel Bettencourt Rodrigues............1973-1974 Mateus da Silva...........................Apr-May 1974 San Gouveia...................................May 1974 Carlos Fabião............................May-Sept 1974 Republic..........................................1973-1980 Revolutionary Government..........................1980-1984 Republic..........................................1984-1999 Military Junta....................................1999-2000 Republic..........................................2000-2003 Provisional Government............................2003-2005 Republic..........................................2005-2009 Provisional Government............................2009-

LIBERIA A region on the west African coast, colonized by several different American groups intending on repatriation of freed Slaves back to western Africa Mention should be made of Grand Dieppe and Petit Dieppe. These were two supposed colonies established by what are described as "Normans" in the 14th century. Grand Dieppe is said to have been located on the central Liberian coast, roughly where Buchanan stands now - Petit Dieppe is said to have been located a little farther along the coast, about where Greenville would be now. No names of rulers are given, the dates of the colonies existence are 1364-1413. This tale may be taken with considerable skepticism - the difficulties in getting past Cape Verde in 14th Century sailing cogs would be tremendous - the Portuguese in the 15th century were prevented from extending their exploration of the West African coast for years by the adverse currents and winds there. Still, the story remains, and as such may at least be commented on. Cape Mesurado Colony..............................1821-1824 Colony of Liberia.................................1824-1839 Commonwealth of Liberia...........................1839-1847 Republic of Liberia...............................1847-1980 Military Junta....................................1980-1984 Republic..........................................1984-1990 Provisional Government............................1990-1994 Council of State..................................1994-1997 Republic..........................................1997-2003 Provisional Government............................2003-2006 Republic..........................................2006- Edina On the St. John's River, just across from Bassa Cove; founded by the New York and Pennsylvania Colonization Societies. Edina Colony......................................1832-1837 To Bassa Cove Maryland(-in-Liberia) Established by the Maryland State Colonization Society at what is now the extreme southeasten corner of Liberia, this venture eventually became autonomous and then independent for a time. Maryland-in-Africa Colony.........................1834-1841 State of Maryland-in-Liberia......................1841-1854 Independent State of Maryland-in-Liberia..........1854-1857 To Liberia, 1857 Mississippi-in-Africa Colony An ephemeral establishment of the Mississippi and Louisiana State Colonization societies. Mississippi-in-Africa Colony......................1835-1842 To Liberia, 1842 Port Cresson Colony and Bassa Cove Colony The Port Cresson colony was a brief venture undertaken by the Black Quakers of the New York and the Pennsylvania Colonization Societies. Replaced by another colony at Bassa Cove, the district was eventually absorbed by the larger establishment at Monrovia. Port Cresson Colony...............................1832-1835 Colony destroyed by Bassa natives, June 1835. Bassa Cove colony.................................1835-1839 To Liberia, 1839

NIGERIA A populous state covering the lower reaches and estuary of the Niger River, with much of the surrounding country as well. Modern Nigeria was established as an amalgamation of the hitherto seperate colonies of Southern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria in 1914.

Bight of Benin Consuls Louis Fraser.................................1852-1853 Benjamin Campbell............................1853-1859 George Brand.................................1859-1860 Henry Hand...................................1860-1861 Henry Grant Foote.........................Jan-May 1861 Conjoined with Bight of Biafra Consulate 1861. Bight of Biafra (Bights of Biafra and Benin from 1861) Consuls John Beecroft................................1849-1854 Thomas Joseph Hutchinson.....................1855-1861 Richard Francis Burton.......................1861-1864 One of the most active of Victorian adventurers and scholars, the explorer and Orientalist Richard Burton is perhaps best remembered today as the discoverer of Lake Tanganyika, and the translator of the first unexpurgated Western version of the ancient collection of Arabian folk-tales, The Thousand Nights and a Night. He, in essence, created single-handedly the modern discipline of Ethnology as a legitimate science, and his writings of his travels - from his description of Sindh, to the account of slipping into the forbidden city of Mecca in disguise, to his account of the early Mormons in Utah - are still classics of of their type. Charles Livingstone..........................1864-1873 George Hartley...............................1873-1878 David Hopkins................................1878-1879 Edward Hyde Hewitt (So. Nigeria 1885-91).....1879-1885 Restructured as the Oil River Protectorate (see Southern Nigeria below), 1885

Lagos For local indigenous rulers of this district, go HERE. Governors William McCoskry, acting 1861-2 Henry Stanhope Freeman.......................1862-1863 W. R. Mullinar, acting 1863-4 John Hawley Glover (acting to Apr. '65)......1864-1866 Administrators Charles George Edward Patey, acting Feb. 1866 John Hawley Glover (restored)................1866-1870 Miles Cooper, acting 1870 D. H. Simpson, acting 1870-1

J. Gerrard...................................1871-1872 Henry Fowler......................................1872 George Berkeley..............................1872-1873 Charles Cameron Lees, acting 1873 George Cumine Strahan........................1873-1874 Within British Gold Coast Colony, 1874-1886 John Shaw, acting 1874 Charles Cameron Lees (restored)..............1874-1875 John d'Arcy Dumaresq.........................1875-1878 F. Simpson, acting 1878 Malcolm Brown, acting 1878 Cornelius Alfred Moloney.....................1878-1880 William Brandford Griffith........................1880 C. D. Turton.................................1880-1883 Lieutenant-Governors Cornelius Alfred Moloney (rest.), acting 1883 Fred Evans, acting 1883 William Brandford Griffith (restored)........1883-1884 R. Murray Rumsey..................................1884 R. Knapp Burrow..............................1884-1885 C. Pike......................................1885-1886 Separate Colony, 1886-1906 Governors Cornelius Alfred Moloney (re-restored).......1886-1891 Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter....................1891-1897 Henry Edward McCallum........................1897-1899 Sir William MacGregor........................1899-1902 Henry Reeve (acting to '03)..................1902-1904 Sir Walter Egerton (& So. Nigeria 1904-12)...1904-1906 Absorbed into Southern Nigeria Colony

Northern Nigeria United African Company (1879-1885) Director Sir George Goldie............................1879-1895

Niger Districts Protectorate (1885-1886) Royal Niger Company (1886-1900) Governors Henry Austin Bruce, Baron Aberdare...........1886-1895 Sir George Goldie (restored).................1895-1900 High Commissioners Frederick John Dealtry Lugard................1900-1907 Governors (from 1908) Edouard Percy Cranwell Girouard..............1907-1909

Sir Hesketh Bell.............................1909-1912

Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard (r.)(& South. Nigeria)...1912-1914

Southern Nigeria Consul-General of the Oil River Protectorate Edward Hyde Hewitt...........................1885-1891

Commissioners (O.R.P. to 1893, Niger Coast Protectorate 1893-1900) Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald.................1891-1896

High Commissioners of Southern Nigeria Protectorate (from 1900) Sir Ralph Denham Rayment Moor................1896-1903

Governors of Southern Nigeria Colony and Protectorate (from 1906) Sir Walter Egerton(& Lagos 1904-6)...........1904-1912

Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard (and North. Nigeria)...1912-1914 Nigeria To Great Britain..................................1914-1960 Governor-General Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard............1914-1919 Governors Sir Hugh Clifford............................1919-1925 Sir Graeme Thomson...........................1925-1931 Sir Donald Charles Cameron...................1931-1935 Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon.................1935-1940 Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh...................1940-1942 Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns..............1942-1943 Sir Arthur Frederick Richards................1943-1948 Governors-General, from 1954 Sir John Stuart Macpherson...................1948-1955 Sir James Wilson Robertson...................1955-1960 Independent 1960 Nnamdi Azikwe................................1960-1963 Republic..........................................1963-

SENEGAL A state in west Africa, bounded on the north by Mauretania, to the east by Mali, and to the south bt Guinea. The state of the Gambia is imbedded entirely within, along the Gambia River. First French settlements on the coast, from 1626 To Great Britain..................................1758-1779 Gorée District restored to France 1763 To France.........................................1779-1809 Most of Senegal to Great Britain..................1809-1816 To France.........................................1816-1960 Autonomous Republic of Senegal...............1958-1959 Within the Mali Federation...................1959-1960 Independence of Mali Federation, June 1960 Republic of Senegal..........................Aug. 1960-1982 Confederation of Senegambia.......................1982-1989 Republic of Senegal...............................1989- French West Africa In 1895, a federation of French possessions in western Africa was created, it's capital first at St. Louis, Senegal (1895-1902), then Gorée Island off the Senegalese coast (1902-4), and finally Dakar, the current capital of Senegal. A vast reach of territory, it originally involved Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and French Soudan (now Mali); Dahomey (now Benin) was included in 1899, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) in 1919, Mauretania in 1921, and Niger in 1922 - an area about the same size as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan put together, most of it Saharan wasteland. To France.........................................1895-1959 Governors-General Jean-Baptiste Barthelémy Chaudié.............1895-1900 Nöel Ballay..................................1900-1902 Pierre Capest, acting Jan-Mar 1902 Ernest Roume.................................1902-1907 Martial Merlin (Fr. Equ. Afr. 1898-9, 1908-17 passim), acting 1907-8 Amédée Merlaud-Ponty.........................1908-1915 Joseph Clozel................................1915-1917 Joost van Vollenhouven.......................1917-1918 Gabriel Angoulvant (Fr. Equ. Afr. 1917-20)...1918-1919 Charles Brunet, acting Feb-Sept 1919 Martial Merlin (restored)....................1919-1922 Marcel Olivier, acting May-Dec 1922

Martial Merlin (re-restored).................1922-1923 Jules Carde..................................1923-1930 Jules Brévié.................................1930-1936 Jules de Coppet..............................1936-1938 Léon Geismar, acting July-Oct 1938 Pierre-François Boissons (Fr. Equ. Afr. 1939-40)...1938-1939 Léon Cayla...................................1939-1940 High Commissioners Pierre-François Boissons (restored)..........1940-1943 Pierre Cournarie.............................1943-1946 René Barthes.................................1946-1948 Paul Béchard.................................1948-1951 Paul Chauvet (Fr. Equ. Afr. 1951-8), acting 1951-2 Bernard Cornut-Gentille (Fr. Equ. Afr. 1948-51)...1952-1956 Gaston Cusin.................................1956-1958 High Commissioner-General Pierre Messmer (Fr. Equ. Afr. 1958)..........1958-1959 vacant Jan-Apr 1959

SIERRA LEONE A state established by British anti-slavery groups intent on repatriating freed slaves back to west Africa. Bounded by Liberia, a similar American experiment, to the southeast, and by Guinea to the northwest and north. A first attempt at establishing a colony here, 1787, which failed. Then... To the Sierra Leone Company.......................1792-1808 Superintendent; Governors from July '92 John Clarkson..........................Mar-31 Dec 1792 William Dawes................................1792-1794 Zachary Macaulay.............................1794-1795 William Dawes (restored).....................1795-1796 Zachary Macaulay (restored)..................1796-1799 John Gray.................................Apr-May 1799 Thomas Ludlam................................1799-1800 John Gray (restored).........................1800-1801 William Dawes (re-restored)..................1801-1803 William Day.......................................1803 Thomas Ludlam (restored).....................1803-1805 William Day (restored)............................1805 To Great Britain..................................1808-1961 Thomas Ludlam (re-rest.; act. to 1/1/08).....1806-1808 Thomas Perronet Thompson.....................1808-1810 Edward H. Columbine..........................1810-1811 Robert Bones, acting May-July 1811 Charles William Maxwell......................1811-1815 Sir Charles MacCarthy (acting to 1816).......1815-1824 Daniel Molloy Hamilton, acting 1824-5 Charles Turner...............................1825-1826 Kenneth Macaulay, acting Mar-Aug 1826 with... Samuel Smart, acting Mar-Aug 1826 Sir Neil Campbell............................1826-1827 Samuel Smart, acting July-Nov 1828 (restored) Henry John Ricketts, acting 1828-9 Augustine Fitzgerald Evans, acting 1829-30 Alexander Maclean Fraser, acting 1830 Alexander Findlay............................1830-1833 Michael Linning Melville, acting July-Dec 1833 Octavius Temple..............................1833-1834 Thomas Cole, acting 1834-5 Henry Dundas Campbell........................1835-1837 Thomas Cole, acting 1837 (restored) Richard Doherty..............................1837-1840 John Jeremie.................................1840-1841 J. Carr, acting Apr-Sept 1841 William Fergusson, acting 1841-2 George Macdonald.............................1842-1844 William Fergusson (restored).................1844-1845 Norman William Macdonald.....................1845-1852 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (Gambia 1851-2)....1852-1854 Robert Dougan, acting 1854 Sir Stephen John Hill........................1854-1861 William Hill, acting 1861-1862 with... --- Smith, acting 1861-2 Samuel Wensley Blackall......................1862-1868 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (restored).........1868-1872 John Jennings Kendall, acting 1872 John Pope Hennessy...........................1872-1873 Robert William Keate..............................1873 Alexander Bravo (Gambia 1869-1871), acting 1873 with... Robert William Harley, acting 1873 George Berkeley..............................1873-1874 George French, acting 1874-5 Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (Gambia '73-5)...1875-1877 Horatio James Huggins, acting 1877 Sir Samuel Rowe..............................1877-1881 Franas Frederick Pinkett, acting 1881 Arthur Elibank Havelock......................1881-1884 Arthur M. Tarleton, acting 1884 Franas Frederick Pinkett, acting 1884-5 (restored) Sir Samuel Rowe (restored)...................1885-1888 J. M. Maltby, acting 1888 Sir James Shaw Hay (Gambia 1886-1888)........1888-1891 J. J. Crooks, acting 1891-2 W. H. Q. Jones, acting 1892 Sir Francis Fleming..........................1892-1894 W. H. Q. Jones, acting 1894 (restored) Sir Frederic Cardew..........................1894-1900 Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman..............1900-1904 Sir Leslie Probyn............................1904-1910 Sir Edward Marsh Merewether..................1910-1915 Sir Richard James Wilkinson..................1916-1922 Sir Alexander Ransford Slater................1922-1927 Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne....................1928-1930 Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodgson..................1930-1934 Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore..................1934-1937 Sir Douglas James Jardine....................1937-1941 Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson................1941-1947 Sir George Beresford-Stooke..................1947-1953 Sir Robert de Zouche Hall....................1953-1956 Independent within the British Commonwealth.......1961-1971 Governors-general (from 1961) Sir Maurice Henry Dorman.....................1956-1962 Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston (act. May-Jul '62)1962-1967 Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith, acting 1967-8 John Amadu Bangura, acting 18-22 Apr 1968 Sir Banja Tejan-Sie (acting to 1970).........1968-1971 Christopher Okoro Cole, interim Mar-Apr 1971 Republic of Sierra Leone..........................1971-1992 Provisional Government............................1992-1996 Republic..........................................1996-1997 Revolutionary Government..........................1997-1998 Republic..........................................1998-

The CAULKER CHIEFTAINCIES In the mid-Eighteenth Century, two Englishmen, James Cleveland and Skinner Caulker settled in what is now Sierra Leone, intermarried with locals, and established themselves rulers of several coastal districts. In an early feud between the two families, the Clevelands were eliminated, but the Caulkers prospered and founded dynasties which had great impact on Sierra Leonean history throughout the Nineteenth Century. Though the kingdoms they set up have not endured, the Caulker family is still very numerous and influential in the nation. Banana Island A small island off the southern shores of the Freetown Penisula. CLEVELAND James..........................................c. 1770-1791 (d. c. 1791) William...........................................1791-1797 opposed by... CAULKER Stephen...........................................1791-1810 Thomas (in Bumpe 1820-1832).......................1810-1820 d. 1832 Banana Island to Sierra Leone (Great Britain), 1820 Bumpe A tribe dwelling in south-central Sierra Leone, concentrated in the northwestern portion of Southern Province. CAULKER Thomas (in Banana Island 1810-20).................1820-1832 Charles...........................................1832-1842 Canray Ba (Canreba)...............................1842-1857 Thomas Theophilus.................................1857-1864 Richard Canreba...................................1864-1888 d. 1901 Bumpe to Sierra Leone (Great Britain), 1888. vacant Richard Canreba (restored)...................1895-1898 d. 1901 vacant James Canreba................................1901- ? Shenge (Plantain Island) A coastal district southeast of Banana Island, and north of Sherbro Island. CAULKER George Stephen I..................................1810-1831 Thomas Stephen....................................1831-1842 vacant Thomas Stephen (restored).........................1849-1871 George Stephen II.................................1871-1881 Thomas Neale, Regent 1881-1888 Shenge to Sierra Leone (Great Britain), 1888.

BUGANDA A powerful Kingdom located in what is now Uganda. Vassals of Bunyoro.......................to latter 16th century Kintu................................fl. late 14th century Chwa I.................................... ? -c. 1420 Kimera................................c. 1420-c. 1447 Tembo.................................c. 1447-c. 1474 Kiggala...............................c. 1474-c. 1501 Kiyimba...............................c. 1501-c. 1501 Kayima................................c. 1528-c. 1528 Nakibinge.............................c. 1555-c. 1582 Mulondo....................................c. 1582-15 ? with... Jemba......................................c. 1582-15 ? and... Suuna I....................................c. 1582-1609 Sekamaanya.................................c. 1609-16 ? with... Kimbugwe...................................c. 1609-16 ? Kateregga..................................c. 1636-c. 1663 Mutebi I...................................c. 1663-1690 ? with... Juuko......................................c. 1663-1690 ? and... Kayemba....................................c. 1663-16 ? Tebandeke..................................c. 1690-with... Ndawula....................................c. 1690-c. 1717 Kagulu.....................................c. 1717-17 ? with... Kikulwe....................................c. 1717-17 ? and... Mawanda....................................c. 1717-c. 1744 Mwanga I...................................c. 1744-17 ? with... Namugala...................................c. 1744-17 ? and... Kyabaggu...................................c. 1744-c. 1771 Junju......................................c. 1771-1797 with... Semakukiro.................................c. 1771-1814 Kamaanya......................................1814-1836 Suuna II......................................1836-1856 Mutesa I......................................1856-1884 Mwanga II.....................................1884-1888 d. 1897 Kiwewa Mutebi II...................................1888 Kalema........................................1888-1889 d. 1890 Protectorate of Great Britain.................1890-1962 Mwanga II (restored).....................1889-1897 Daudi Chwa II............................1897-1939 Within Republic of Uganda with special status.1962-1967 Mutesa II................................1939-1966 d. 1969 Kingdom mediatized, and absorbed by Uganda....1967-1993 Muwenda Mutebi...........................1993-

ANATOLIA (General Survey) The following list will give a brief overview of Anatolian chronology from the earliest times to the present. It does not pretend to be complete in any sense; Anatolia is a very large area, and though there have been times, like the present, when it has been completely unified, there have also been many times when fragmented local nations were the rule. In such instances, I have either listed the most significant among local conditions, or simply indicated a general period of local conditions. Even during times of union with large empires, very often outlying districts were partially or completely autonomous; read Xenophon's Persian Expedition for an insight into conditions obtaining in the Anatolian highlands of the Persian Empire, during the winter of 401/400 BCE. Paleolithic Peoples............................+500000-8000 Mesolithic Peoples................................8000-5500 Neolithic Peoples.................................5500-4000 Chalcolithic Cultures.............................4000-3300 Bronze and Iron age cultures thereafter... HITTITE EMPIRE The Hittites, arising in central Anatolia within what later was known as Cappadocia, were one of the earliest peoples to make extensive use of iron. They are also the first Aryan people to achieve a civilization. 1st Hittite Dynasty Pitkhana...........................................fl. c. 1800 BCE Anitta.............................................fl. c. 1750 2nd Hittite Dynasty Tudhaliya I....................................c. 1740-c. 1710 Pu-Sarruma.....................................c. 1710-c. 1680 Labarna........................................c. 1680-c. 1650 Hattusila I....................................c. 1650-c. 1620 Mursili I......................................c. 1620-c. 1590 Hantili I......................................c. 1590-c. 1560 Zidanta I......................................c. 1560-c. 1550 Ammuna.........................................c. 1550-c. 1530 Huzziya I......................................c. 1530-c. 1525 Telipinus......................................c. 1525-c. 1500 Alluwamna......................................c. 1500-c. 1490 Hantili II.....................................c. 1490-c. 1480 Zidanta II.....................................c. 1480-c. 1470 Huzziya II.....................................c. 1470-c. 1460 3rd Hittite Dynasty Tudhaliya II...................................c. 1460-c. 1440 Arnuwanda I....................................c. 1440-c. 1420 Hattusila II...................................c. 1420-c. 1400 Tudhaliya III..................................c. 1400-c. 1380 Suppiluliuma I.................................c. 1380-1346 Arnuwanda II......................................1346-1345 Mursili II........................................1345-1315 Muwatalli.........................................1315-1296 Urhi-Teshub.......................................1296-1289 Hattusili III.....................................1289-1265 Tudhaliya IV......................................1265-1235 Arnuwanda III.....................................1235-1215 Suppiluliuma II...................................1215-c. 1200 The empire begins disintigrating from c. 1500 on into numerous Neo-Hittite local Kingdoms. See, for example, Kizzuwadna, Kummuhu, Milid, Sam'al, Tabal, Tarhuntassa. The era from c. 1200 BCE to 546 BCE is characterized by four primary groups; the Kingdom of Phrygia (central), the Kingdom of Lydia (western), the People of the Sea (southern and southwest), and Urartu (east). All of Anatolia to the Persian Empire...........c. 550-335 To the Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great....335-306 Most to the Syriac Kingdom of Antigonus One-Eye....306-301 Much to the Seleucid Empire........................301-c. 145 Divided among numerous local states, i.e. Armenia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Pergamum, Pontus, etc. To the Romans (Republic to 27 BCE, Empire thereafter), partially from 133 BCE, more-or-less entirely by 17 CE. To the Byzantine Empire............................395-1071 To the Great Seljuqs..............................1071-1092 Most to the Rum Seljuqs...........................1092-1243 To the Persian Il-Khans...........................1243-c. 1300 Fragmented into numerous competing Ghazi states during the 13th and 14th centuries. The Ghazi state in ancient Bithynia, the Uthmanli (Ottomans), eventually absorbed all it's neighbours, and was in control of most of Anatolia by the 1420's...

OTTOMAN EMPIRE The ancestors of the Ottomans (Osmanli, Uthmanli) were Oghuz Turks who followed the victorious Seljuqs into Anatolia in the 11th century. The Ottoman state began as a Ghazi Kingdom based in old Bithynia, on the fringes of the Mongol dominated regions of central Anatolia. As Ilkhanate authority waned, Ottoman power grew and, successfully vanquishing other Ghazi domains, they became the new Power of the region. Othman I..........................................1293-1324 Orkhan............................................1324-1360 Murad I...........................................1360-1389 Beyazid I Thunderbolt.............................1389-1402 Mehmed I..........................................1402-1421 with... Isa (in Bursa)....................................1402-1406 and... Suleiman (in Rumelia).............................1402-1410 followed by... Musa..............................................1410-1413 Murad II..........................................1421-1444 d. 1451 Mehmed II the Conqueror...........................1444-1446 d. 1481 Murad II (restored)...............................1446-1451 Mehmed II the Conqueror (restored)................1451-1481 Beyazid II........................................1481-1512 Selim I the Grim..................................1512-1520 Suleiman I Law-giver..............................1520-1566 Selim II the Sot..................................1566-1574 Murad III.........................................1574-1595 Mehmed III........................................1695-1603 Ahmed I...........................................1603-1617 Mustafa I.........................................1617-1618 d. 1623 Othman II.........................................1618-1622 Mustafa I (restored)..............................1622-1623 Murad IV..........................................1623-1640 Ibrahim...........................................1640-1648 Mehmed IV the Hunter..............................1648-1687 d. 1693 Suleiman II.......................................1687-1691 Ahmed II..........................................1691-1695 Mustafa II........................................1695-1703 Ahmed III.........................................1703-1730 d. 1736 Mahmud I..........................................1730-1754 Othman III........................................1754-1757 Mustafa III.......................................1757-1773 Abdülhamid I......................................1773-1789 Selim III.........................................1789-1807 Mustafa III.......................................1807-1808 Mahmud II.........................................1808-1839 Abdülmecid........................................1839-1861 Abdülaziz.........................................1861-1876 d. June 1876 Murad V.......................................May-Aug. 1876 d. 1904 Abdülhamid II.....................................1876-1909 d. 1918 Mehmed V Resad....................................1909-1918 Mehmed VI Vahideddin..............................1918-1922 d. 1926 Republic of Turkey................................1922-

ARABIA The interior of the Arabian Peninsula, in modern times centered on the city of Riyadh.

Chieftaincy of Kindah Included here for completeness sake, even though the earliest Kindah sheikhs had nothing to do with central Arabia as such. Kindah originated as a tribe west of Hadramaut, in Southern Arabia - even so, from c. 325- 425 they were associated with Ma'ad, in northern Arabia. Malikum.........................................c. 325-c. 340 Murti ibn Muawiyah..............................c. 340-c. 370 Muawiyah ibn Taur...............................c. 370-c. 400 'Amr ibn Muawiyah...............................c. 400-c. 425 Muawiyah ibn Rabiah ? .............................fl. 400's ? Kingdom of Kindah A protegé state of Himyar (Yemen) - Hujr was granted the style of King over certain tribes by his step-brother Hasan ibn ‘Amr ibn Tubba’ of Himyar; this is the first instance of a local Arabian ruler to use such a title, which was normally utilized by Arabs to describe foreign rulers. Hujr Akil al-Murar ibn 'Amr.....................c. 425-c. 458 'Amr al-Mansur ibn Hudjr...........................458-c. 489 al-Harith Talaban ibn 'Amr......................c. 489-c. 528 In about 528, Kindah was partitioned, leading to a civil war which utterly destroyed the state and ushered in an ascendency by Hirah which lasted until the arrival of Islam. Hujr ibn al-Harith (Asad, Kinana, Ghatafan).....c. 528-c. 530 and... Shurahbil ibn 'Amr (Rabi'a, Tamim, Ribab, 'Abd Manat, Dabbal)...c. 528-540 and... Salama ibn 'Amr (Taghlib b. Waïl, Namir, Sa'd ad-Darim)...c. 528-540 and... Ma'adi-Karib (Qais-'Ailan)......................c. 528-540 and... 'Abdullah (Abd al-Qais).........................c. 528-540 with... Imru’ al-Qais ibn Hujr (Asad, Kinana, Ghatafan, Ma'ad)...c. 530-c. 540 Destroyed by Hirah 540. Remaining Kindahids retreat back into the Hadramaut. Mostly to Hirah....................................540-633 To the Caliphate...................................633-886 The Qarmati (Carmathian) Theocracy In eastern Arabia. Banu al-JANNABI Abu Sa'id al-Hasan I ibn Bahram al-Jannabi.........886-913 Abu al-Qasim Sa'id I ibn Abu Sa'id al-Hasan........913-917 Abu Tahir Sulayman al-Hadjari ibn Abu Sa'id al-Hasan...917-931/944 al-Mahdi...........................................931-932 Abu Mansur Ahmad ibn Abu Sa'id al-Hasan.........c. 944-970 with... Abu al-Qasim Sa'id II........................fl. 940's-950's and... Sabur ibn Abu Tahir Sulayman.................fl. 940's-950's and... al-Fadl......................................fl. 940's-950's and... Abu Yaqub Yusuf ibn Abu Sa’id......................944-977 al-Hasan II al-Asam ibn Ahmad...............fl. c. 970-977 Joint rule by 6 grandsons of al-Hasan ibn Bahram, late 10th cent. Semi-Republican government.....................c. 1020-1078 The Qarmati were disrupted by a joint Seljuq-Abbasid invasion in 1078. Nevertheless, the central wastes proved ungovernable to any save the nomad Bedouin clans of the interior, chief among them the Uyunid family of the Banu Murra tribe of eastern Arabia. Ottoman Turkey held a tenuous and largely unpursued claim c. 1517-1918. Local Bedawi (Bedouin) nomad clans.............c. 1050-c. 1450 Sheikhdom of Najd Capital at ad-Dariyah (Wadi Khanifa) SA'UD Known as such from the establishment of the Emirate. Mani ibn Rabia al-Muraidi..........................fl. c. 1446 Rabia I ibn Mani Musa I ibn Rabia...................................fl. c. 1500 Ibrahim I ibn Musa Marhan I ibn Ibrahim Rabia II ibn Marhan............................c. 1620-c. 1645 Wasban ibn Rabia...............................c. 1645-c. 1654 Marhan II ibn Mukrin...................................1654 Muhammad I ibn Mukrin.............................1654-1672 Nasr ibn Muhammad.................................1672-1673 Mahran III ibn Wasban.............................1673-c. 1690 Ibrahim II ibn Wasban..........................c. 1690-c. 1694 Idris ibn Wasban...............................c. 1694-c. 1699 Sultan ibn Hamad al-Qaisi......................c. 1699-c. 1708 Abdallah ibn Hamad al-Qaisi....................c. 1708-c. 1709 Musa II ibn Rabia..............................c. 1709-c. 1720 Emirate of Najd Sa'ud I ibn Muhammad ibn Mukrin................c. 1720-1725 Zayid ibn Marhan..................................1725-1726 Muhammad II ibn Sa'ud.............................1726-1765 Abd al-Aziz I ibn Muhammad........................1765-1803 Sa'ud II ibn Abd al-Aziz, the Great...............1803-1814 'Abdullah I ibn Sa'ud.............................1814-1818 To the Ottoman Empire.............................1818-1824 opposed by... Muhammad III ibn Mishari al-Ayana............1819-1820 Mishari I ibn Sa'ud...............................1820 Muhammad III ibn Mishari al-Ayana (restored).1820-1821 Turki ibn Abdallah................................1824-1834 Mishari II ibn Abd ar-Rahman...........................1834 Faisal I ibn Turki................................1834-1837 d. 1865 Khalid I ibn Sa'ud................................1837-1841 d. 1861 'Abdullah II ibn Sunayin..........................1841-1843 Faisal I (restored)...............................1843-1865 'Abdullah III ibn Faisal..........................1865-1871 d. 1889 Sa'ud III ibn Faisal...................................1871 d. 1875 'Abdullah III (restored)..........................1871-1873 d. 1889 Sa'ud III (restored)..............................1873-1875 Abd ar-Rahman ibn Faisal..........................1875-1876 d. 1928 Muhammad IV al-Arafa ibn Sa'ud.........................1876 d. 1885 > 'Abdullah III (re-restored).......................1876-1885 d. 1889 Abd ar-Rahman (restored)...............................1885 d. 1928 Muhammad IV (restored).................................1885 To Ha'il..........................................1885-1902 opposed by... Abdullah III (re-re-restored).....................1889 Abd ar-Rahman (re-restored)..................1889-1891 d. 1928 Muhammad V ibn Faisal al-Mutawi..............1891-1892 KINGDOM of SAUDI ARABIA (from 1926) Abd al-Aziz (II) ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Sa'ud......1902-1953 Sa'ud (IV, ibn Abd al-Aziz).......................1953-1964 d. 1969 Faisal (II, ibn Abd al-Aziz)......................1964-1975 Khalid (II, ibn Abd al-Aziz)......................1975-1982 Fahd (ibn Abd al-Aziz)............................1982-1996 d. 2005 'Abdullah (IV, ibn Abd al-Aziz)........................1996 d. --- Fahd (restored)...................................1996-2005 'Abdullah (restored)..............................2005-

BAHRAIN A small island nestled between the east Arabian coast and the peninsula of Qatar. In ancient times, this was the fabled land of Dilmun, noted among Sumerians for its wealth and as a source of spiritual authority. During the classical era, it was known as Tylos, and was famed as a source for pearls. The modern Emirate had a special protectorate relationship with Great Britain from 1861 to 1971.

The DILMUN EMPIRE A considerable commercial nexus between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, Dilmun controlled much territory adjacent to the island, though how much is unclear. There are at least two distinct phases, an early city existing from c. 2800-c. 2300, and a second from c. 2300-c. 1750. Dilmun was regarded as being the final home of Ziusudra, the Sumerian Noah, and was famed on account of its natural springs as the gate into Abzu, the abyss, or the Ocean Below, which the Sumerians believed mirrored the Sea Above. Early Dilmun City-State, c. 2800-c. 2300 Intermediate Dilmun City-State, c. 2300-c. 1750 Rimun..............................................fl. late 1800's Kassite occupation.............................c. 1600-c. 1200 Late Dilmun City-State, c. 1100-c. 709 Classic-Age dependency or minor city-state, c. 709 BCE-c. 635 CE Assyrian dependency.............................c. 709-609 Uperi........................................709 ?-706 Ahundaru I.....................................706-685 Qanayeh........................................685-660 Ahundaru II....................................660-635 To Babylon.........................................609-539 To Gerrha......................................539 BCE-c. 125 BCE ? To Characene................................c. 125 BCE-117 CE Kingdom of Tylos Originally a dependency of Characene ?? To Persia..........................................117-380 Iarhai bar Nebozabad...........................fl. c. 131 CE ?? Santaruq.......................................fl. c. 230 ?? To Hirah........................................380 CE-602 To Persia..........................................602-c. 635 To the Caliphate................................c. 635-c. 900 To the Carmathians (see Arabia).................c. 900-1077 To al-Haasa.......................................1077- ? To Djazirat Kays................................... ? -1235 To Fars...........................................1235-1253 To al-Haasa.......................................1253- ? To Djazirat Kays................................... ? -1330 To Hormuz.........................................1330-1440 JARWANID a Shi'ite dynasty, vassals of Hormuz. Jarwan I ibn Nasir al-Maliki...................fl. 1330's Nasir ibn Jarwan al-Maliki Ibrahim ibn Masir al-Maliki Jarwan II ibn Ibrahim al-Maliki................ ? -1440 The Jarwanids were expelled by the Sunni Djabrids, of a related sub-tribe, and retreated to the east coast of Arabia, where they continued to enjoy some power until the 1480s. DJABRID Unknown name (Djabr ibn Zamil ?)..................1440- ? Ajwad ibn Zamil.................................... ? -1505 Zamil ? ..........................................1505- ? Migrin ibn Zamil................................... ? -1520 To Portugal.......................................1521-1602 To Persia.........................................1602-1783 al-KHALIFAH Ahmad.............................................1783-1796 Salman I..........................................1796-1800 d. 1825: with... 'Abdallah.........................................1796-1800 d. 1843 To Oman...........................................1800-1801 To Najd...........................................1801-1810 Salman I (restored)...............................1810-1825 with... 'Abdallah (restored)..............................1810-1843 with... Khalifah..........................................1825-1836 and... Muhammad..........................................1834-1868 'Ali..............................................1868-1869 'Isa I............................................1869-1935 with... Hamad I...........................................1923-1942 Salman II.........................................1942-1961 'Isa II...........................................1961-1999 Hamad II..........................................1999-

THE CALIPHATE The success of the prophet Mohammed in redefining Middle-Eastern and, indeed, world history is well known. When he died, control over the political and religious forces he had unleashed was given to Successors (Al Khalifah). The office is difficult to define, in part because its nature has shifted drastically over time. Despite its beginnings, the Caliphs have never achieved universal hegemony over the Muslim world; the Shiite movement was merely the earliest and best established group of non-adherents. Nevertheless, the Caliphs have exerted a tremendous influence over events. Here is a master list, with comments as to the various phases that have evolved over the centuries.

THE PROPHET, AND HIS ELECTED SUCCESSORS

Abu'l Qassim Muhammad (the Prophet) ibn 'Abdallah al-Hashimi...622-632 Abu Bakr Abdallah 'Atiq ibn 'Uthman at-Taymi.......632-634 Abu Hafs 'Umar I ibn al-Khattab al-'Adawi..........634-644 Abu 'Amr Uthman ibn 'Affan al-Umawi................644-656 Abu'l Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi Talib al-Hashimi..........656-660 opposed by... Aysha bint Abu Bakr (fem.).........................656 d. c. 678 with... Aysha was the favorite wife of Muhammad (one of at least twelve). To Sunni historians she is "Umm ul-Muminin", the "Mother of the Faithful". In 656, the Caliph Uthman was murdered. Though some believed that 'Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin, was culpable, 'Ali was elected Caliph. An outraged Aysha led a rebellion, attempting to replace 'Ali with her brother-in-law Zubayr, who was also a nephew of Muhammad's first wife Khadija. The brief civil war culminated in a battle outside Basra in which Aysha led her forces from camelback (hence the name "Battle of the Camel") She was captured but pardoned and retired to Medina. Zubayr ibn al-Awam.................................656 and... Talhah ibn Ubaidallah..............................656 and... Yala (deposed gov. of Yemen).......................656 Abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn 'Ali al-Hashimi.........660-661 UMMAYAD The Caliphate becomes formally hereditary in the Ummayad clan, a move unrecognized by adherents to 'Ali, a schism which defines Sunni (Ummayad) and Shia (Aliid) Islam.

Sufyenid branch Abu 'Abderrahman Muawiyah I ibn Abi Sufyen.........661-680 Abu Khalid Yazid I ibn Muawiyah I..................680-683 opposed by... Abu Khubayb Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr (in Hejaz)......680-692 opposing... Zubayrid control over the holy sites in Mecca and Medina caused the early Umayyads to seek an alternative pilgrimage site to prevent the Zubayrids from gaining funds from pilgrims. Identifying the site of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem with a little-understood reference in the Qur'an to "the farthest place" (al-Aqsa), they built a new mosque there, which eventually became known as The Dome of the Rock. Abu 'Abderrahman Muawiyah II ibn Yazid I...........683-684 and then... Marwanid branch Abu Abd al-Malik Marwan I ibn al-Hakam.............684-685 and then... Abul Walid Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.................685-705 opposed by... Abu Nu'ama Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a at-Tamimi (Kharijite, in Iraq)...688-698 and also... 'Atiya ibn al-Aswad (Kharijite, in Kerman).....690-696 Abul-'Abbas Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik...............705-715 Abu Ayyub Suleyman ibn Abd al-Malik................715-717 Abu Hafs 'Umar II ibn Abd-al'Aziz ibn Marwan.......717-720 Abu Khalid Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik...............720-724 Abul Walid Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.................724-743 Abul-'Abbas al-Walid II ibn Yazid..................743-744 Abu Khalid Yazid III ibn al-Walid......................744 Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn al-Walid.........................744 Abu Abd al-Malik Marwan II ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan.744-750 ABBASID The capital of the Caliphs was transferred to the newly built city of Baghdad, in central Mesopotamia. Following the violent overthrow of the Ummayad House, a member of the dynasty escaped and, after wandering North Africa for several years, re-established his House at Cordoba, in Spain. He retained claim to Caliphate status, thus creating a rival. Other rivals appeared in Africa at a later time; the Fatamids established control over much of North Africa and eventually seized Egypt for a time; they, too, claimed the Caliphate. From 861, the Caliphs were increasingly isolated from any real control over their lands or office, and by the 10th century, the City of Light was a half-ruined edifice at the mercy of whatever conqueror was strong enough to take it; see Mesopotamia for details. By the mid 12th century, however, the conquerors had wasted themselves in internecine warfare, and the Abbasids enjoyed a final century of power and splendour. In the second quarter of the 13th century, though, the Muslim world was shattered by the unstoppable onslaught of the Mongols, and in 1258 Baghdad was leveled and the population slaughtered...

Abu'l-Abbas Abdallah "the Blood-Spiller", but also called "the Generous"...750-754 Abu Djafar `Abdallah al-Mansur.....................754-775 Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad al-Mahdi....................775-785 Abu Muhammad Musa al-Hadi..........................785-786 Abu Dja'far Harun al-Rashid........................786-809 Abu Musa Muhammad al-Amin..........................809-813 Abu Dja'far 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun....................813-817 d. 833 Ibrahim al-Mubarrak................................817-819 Abu Dja'far 'Abdallah al-Ma'mun (restored).........819-833 Abu Ishaq Muhammad al-Mu'tasim Billah..............833-842 opposed by... al-'Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun...............,........833-838 and also... Muhammad ibn al-Saqqim al-'Alawi........,......833-834 Abu Dja'far Harun al-Wathiq Billah.................842-847 Abul-Fadl Dja'far al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah.........847-861 Abu Dja'far Muhammad al-Muntasir Billah............861-862 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Musta'in Billah...............862-866 Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad al-Mu'tazz Billah...........866-869 Abu Ishaq Muhammad al-Muhtadi Billah...............869-870 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Mu'tamid 'Alallah.............870-892 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Mu'tadid Billah...............892-902 Abu Muhammad 'Ali al-Muktafi Billah................902-908 Abul-Fadl Dja'far al-Muqtadir Billah...............908-932 opposed by... Abul-'Abbas 'Abdalah al-Murtada ibn al-Mu'tazz...1 day in 908 and then... Abu Mansur Muhammad al-Qahir Billah......2 days in 929 Muhammad al-Qahir..................................932-934 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Radi Billah...................934-940 Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Muttaqi Billah................940-944 Abul Qasim 'Abdallah al-Mustakfi Billah............944-946 Abul Qasim al-Fadl al-Muti' Lillah.................946-974 Abul Fadl 'Abd al-Karim al-Ta'i Lillah.............974-991 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Qadir Billah..................991-1031 Abu Dja'far Abdallah al-Qa'im Bi Amr Allah........1031-1075 opposed by... Revolt of al-Bassassiri (in Baghdad)..........1058-1060 Abul Qasim Abdallah 'Uddat al-Din al-Muqtadi Bi Amr Allah...1075-1094 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Mustazhir Billah.............1094-1118 Abu Mansur al-Fadl al-Mustarshid Billah...........1118-1135 Abu Dja'far al-Mansur al-Rashid Billah............1135-1136 Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad al-Muqtafi Li Amr Allah....1136-1160 Abul Muzaffar Yusuf al-Mustanjid Billah...........1160-1170 Abu Mohammed al-Hassan al-Mustadhi' Bi Amr Allah..1170-1180 Abul-'Abbas Ahmad al-Nasr Li Din Allah............1180-1225 Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Zahir Bi Amr Allah...........1225-1226 Abu Dja'far al-Mansur al-Mustansir Billah.........1226-1242 Abu Ahmad 'Abdallah al-Must'asim Billah...........1242-1258 Here is an express, to return to pages you may have come here from: Afghanistan, Albarracin, Algeciras, Algeria, Almeria,Alpuente, Amida, Antioch, Aragon, Arcos, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bokhara, Castile, Cordoba, Cyprus, Egypt, Galicia,Georgia, Gibralter, Granada, Iran, Israel, Jaen, Jordan, Leon, Libya, Majorca, Malaga, Marida, Morocco, Murcia, Portugal, Rhodes, Saragossa, Seville, Spain, Syria, Toledo, Tunisia, Valencia

With the destruction of Baghdad by the Horde of Hulugu in 1258, the first era of the Imperial Caliphate comes to an end. What followed were a line of Successors, still of the ABBASID House, based in Egypt, whose functions were purely clerical, under the secular dominion of the Mamluqs.

vacant, 1258-1261 Abu'l Qassim Ahmed al-Mustansir Billah............1261-1262 Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmed al-Hakim I Bi Amr Allah........1262-1302 Abu Rabi'a Suleyman al-Mustakfi I Billah..........1302-1340 Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Wathiq Billah I...................1340 Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmed al-Hakim II Bi Amr Allah.......1340-1352 Abu'l Fath Abu Bakr al-Mu'tadid I Billah..........1352-1362 Abu 'Abdallah al-Mutawakkil I 'Ala Allah..........1362-1377 d. 1406 Abu Yahya Zakariya al-Mu'tasim Billah..................1377 d. 1389 Abu 'Abdallah al-Mutawakkil I 'Ala Allah (rest.)..1377-1383 d. 1406 Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Wathiq II Billah................1383-1386 Abu Yahya Zakariya al-Mu'tasim Billah (restored)..1386-1389 Abu 'Abdallah al-Mutawakkil I 'Ala Allah (re-r.)..1389-1406 Abu'l Fadl 'Abbas al-Musta'in II Billah (Sultan of Egypt 1412)...1406-1414 d. 1430 Abu'l Fath Daoud al-Mu'tadid II Billah............1414-1441 Abu Rabi'a Suleyman al-Mustakfi II Billah.........1441-1451 Abu Rabi'a Suleyman al-Mustakfi Billah II.........1441-1451 Abu Bakr Hamza al-Qa'im Bi Amr Allah..............1451-1455 Abu'l Mahassin Yusuf al-Mustanjid Billah..........1455-1479 Abu'l al-A'azz 'Abdul 'Aziz al-Mutawakkil II 'Ala Allah...1479-1497 d. 1517 Abu-Sabr Ya'qub al-Mustamsik Billah...............1497-1508 d. 1521 Muhammad al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah III.............1508-1516 d. 1543 Abu-Sabr Ya'qub al-Mustamsik Billah (restored)....1516-1517 d. 1521 al-Mutawakkil III (restored)...........................1517 With the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish Sultans abrogated to themselves the title of Caliph, thus inaugurating the final phase of the office. With the dissolution of the Ottoman State in the early 20th century, the office of Caliph fell vacant, and has thus far not been revived.

UTHMANLI (Ottoman Turks) Selim I the Grim..................................1517-1520 Suleiman I Law-giver..............................1520-1566 Selim II the Sot..................................1566-1574 Murad III.........................................1574-1595 Muhammad III......................................1695-1603 Ahmad I...........................................1603-1617 Mustafa I.........................................1617-1618 d. 1623 Uthman II.........................................1618-1622 Mustafa I (restored)..............................1622-1623 Murad IV..........................................1623-1640 Ibrahim...........................................1640-1648 Muhammad IV.......................................1648-1687 d. 1693 Suleiman II.......................................1687-1691 Ahmad II..........................................1691-1695 Mustafa II........................................1695-1703 Ahmad III.........................................1703-1730 Mahmud I..........................................1730-1754 Othman III........................................1754-1757 Mustafa III.......................................1757-1773 'Abd al-Hamid I...................................1773-1789 Selim III.........................................1789-1807 Mustafa III.......................................1807-1808 Mahmud II.........................................1808-1839 'Abd al-Medjid I..................................1839-1861 'Abd al-Aziz......................................1861-1876 Murad V................................................1876 d. 1904 'Abd al-Hamid II..................................1876-1909 d. 1918 Muhammad V........................................1909-1918 Muhammad VI.......................................1918-1922 d. 1926 'Abd al-Medjid II.................................1922-1924 d. 1944 SHARIFIAN Husein (King of Hejaz 1916-24)...............Mar.-Oct. 1924 d. 1931 Vacant since 1924, but note... the Taliban The leader of the Afghan Taliban Party claimed Caliphate authority Mullah 'Umar Muhammad, "the Cave-dweller"....1996-2001 d. ---

QATAR A peninsula within the Persian Gulf, along the east coast of Arabia. Qatar was a protectorate of Great Britain from 1916 to 1971.

To Hirah........................................380 CE-602 To Persia..........................................602-c. 635 To the Caliphate................................c. 635-10th cent. Local occupation by various Bedawi clans. At times influence from Persia or other regional powers. The chronology of this place at this time is not well known. To Portugal.......................................1517-1538 To the Ottoman Empire.............................1538-1680 To Persia.........................................1680-1717 To Oman...........................................1717-1730 To Persia.........................................1730-1736 To Oman...........................................1736-1753 To Persia.........................................1753-1783 opposed by... Occupied by the Banu al-Khalifah..................18th cent. To Bahrain........................................1783-1867 al-THANI al-Thani ibn Muhammad ibn Tamir...................1822-1860 Muhammad ibn al-Thani.............................1860-1876 Protectorate of Ottoman Empire....................1872-1915 Ahmad I......................................1876-1905 Qasim ibn Muhammad...........................1905-1913 'Abdullah ibn Qasim..........................1913-1945 d. 1957 Protectorate of Great Britain.....................1916-1971 Hammad I ibn Abdallah........................1945-1947 'Abdullah ibn Qasim (restored)...............1947-1949 d. 1957 'Ali ibn 'Abdullah...........................1949-1960 d. 1974 Ahmad II ibn 'Ali............................1960-1972 d. 1977 Khalifa ibn Hammad................................1972-1995 d. --- Hammad II ibn Khalifa.............................1995-

OMAN The eastern coast of the Arabian peninsula, involving the cities of Musqat and Oman. In ancient times, this was probably the fabled Land of Makan, the source for early Sumerians of copper and diorite. Later eras saw the region as a major source of Frankincense. The interior holds the buried site of the lost city of Ubar.

Kingdom of Makan c.2200-c. 550 BCE The Sumerians referred to Oman as "Makan". It was a primary source of copper for Mesopotamia throughout the Bronze Age. At this time the names of the kings of Makan are mostly undocumented. Manium............................................late 2200's BCE ?? Pade (in Izki-Qade, in the interior)...............fl. c. 640 Taharka..........................................early 600's ? To Persia................................6th, 5th, and 4th cent. BCE Artabazus...................................early 400's MASCAT Banu KAHTAN Himyar Azangadjar ben Abd al-Shams..............c. 370-c. 348 Malik ben Himyar................................c. 348-c. 320 --- ben Malik...................................c. 320-c. 300 Saqsaq Yasar An-Numan Asma' Shaddad ben 'Ad........................................c. 200 Luqman ben 'Ad Zu-Shadakh ben 'Ad To Persia after about c. 140 BCE generally unknown sequence...................130's BCE-635 CE QALHAT al-'AZDI Malik ibn Fahm.........................................200's CE ? followed by... Honat ibn Malik and... Selim ibn Malik The region was inhabited by local Semitic populations who formed several tribal Kingdoms (see, for example, 'Ad), but otherwise left little mark. The area was no doubt heavily influenced by successive Persian regimes, but periods of actual occupation by Persia are difficult to trace. Sporadic Persian occupations.......................3rd-7th centuries al-JULANDA The al-Julanda were the first Imams of the radical Ibadi-Khariji sect of Islam which held most of the Omani interior for centuries. The Kharijis began as a fundamentalist sect in Iraq which murdered the Caliph 'Ali and attempted to murder his rival and successor, Mu'awiyah, because they rejected the premise that any man could be a successor to the Prophet. al-Julanda ibn al-Muntasir......................c. 600-c. 630 Djafar ibn al-Julanda...........................c. 630-c. 651 with... Abbad I ibn al-Muntasir.........................c. 630-c.640 Abbad II........................................c. 651-c. 659 Sulayman........................................c. 659-697 To the Caliphate...................................697-751 Caliphate governors Sa'id ibn Abbad...............................fl. early 700's with... Sulayman ibn Abbad............................fl. early 700's al-Julanda ibn Mas'ud.........................748-751 Imams with an annual term of office................751-791 Shaykh Musa ibn Abu Djabar al-Azdi.....................791 Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abu Affan al-Azdi..............791-792 Shaykh al-Waris ibn Ka'ab..........................792-804 ? Shaykh Hasan.......................................807-823 Shaykh Abd al-Malik................................824-840 ? Shaykh al-Muhanna..................................842-851 as-Salt ibn Malik al-Azdi..........................851-887 Shaykh Rashid ibn Nasr.............................887-890 Shaykh al-Azzan....................................890-893 ? Shaykh Muhammed ibn al-Hasan al-Azdi...............897-898 d. 900 Azzan ibn Hizr al-Maliki...........................898-899 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Haddani..................899-900 as-Salt ibn al-Qasim...................................900 Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Azdi (restored)........900 al-Hasan ibn Said al-Shahtani......................900-905 al-Hawari ibn Masraf al-Haddani....................905-912 'Umar ibn Muhammad.................................912-931 Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Kindi........................932-933 al-Haqim ibn al Mulla..............................933-935 Abu'l Qasim Said ibn Abdallah......................936-939 Rashid ibn al-Wahid................................939-943 ? Abu Muhammad Rizwan ibn Djafar.....................951-973 Shaykh Ward ibn Ziyad..................................973 To Buyids of Iraq..................................973-1050 Rashid ibn Said...................................1050-1053 Hafs ibn Rashid........................................1053 Rashid ibn 'Ali...................................1053-1055 Abu Djaber Musa ibn Musa al-Maali.................1055-1057 ? To Seljuqs of Kirman..............................1063-1116 Mohammed ibn Habis................................1116-1119 Rashid ibn Ali....................................1119-1130 Musa ibn Djaber al-Maali..........................1130-1154 Mohammed ibn Hanbash..............................1154-1161 Hafs ibn Muhammad.................................1162-1165 Disunity. Omani territory represented by several local states, most notably Suhar in the north, and later Nizwa in the central area. The hinterland very thinly occupied, if at all, by nomadic Bedouins. Several coastal points to Portugal................1508-1649 OMAN YA'ARIBA Nasr..............................................1625-1649 Sultan I..........................................1649-1669 Ab'ul-Arab........................................1669-1711 Saif I.................................................1711 Sultan II.........................................1711-1719 Saif II................................................1719 d. 1743 Muhanna...........................................1719-1722 Ya'rub............................................1722-1723 Saif II (restored)................................1723-1724 d. 1743 Banu GHAFIR Muhammad..........................................1724-1728 YA'ARIBA Saif II (re-restored).............................1728-1741 with... Bal'arab..........................................1739-1741 To Persia.........................................1741-1749 Ab’ul-Arab II ibn Himyar al-Ghafiri..........1741-1749 al BU SA'IDI Ahmad.............................................1749-1783 Sa'id I...........................................1783-1784 d. 1803 Hamid.............................................1784-1792 Sultan............................................1792-1804 Salim I...........................................1804-1806 with... Sa'id II..........................................1804-1856 Thuwayni..........................................1856-1866 Salim II..........................................1866-1868 Azzan.............................................1868-1870 Turki.............................................1870-1888 Faisal............................................1888-1913 Taimur............................................1913-1932 Sa'id III.........................................1932-1970 Qabus.............................................1970-

YEMEN The southwestern corner of the peninsula, and the most fertile region within it.

Yemen has an exceedingly ancient traditional history. The following are listed as it's earliest monarchs, culled entirely from traditional sources. As with all such data, names, dates and reigns must be accepted with however many grains of salt one feels are necessary. Nevertheless, I set these down as a record of of the roots that the Yemeni people hearken back to - I believe that contained within them is very likely a memory of genuine leaders from earliest times. Qahtan ibn 'Aber..............................1556 BCE- ? As a case in point, "Qahtan" also appears in early Hebrew genealogies, as Joktan ben Ever (Eber, Heber), a son of the eponymous ancestor of the Habiru (Hebrew) nomadic peoples. Ya'rub ibn Qahtan Possibly the Jerah ben Joktan referred to in the genealogies referenced in the note just above. Yeshjub ibn Ya'rub Saba' ibn Yeshjub Himyar ibn Saba' al-'Aranjah ibn Himyar al-Humaisi' ibn Himyar Ayman ibn al-Humaisi' Zuhayr ibn Ayman 'Arib ibn Zuhayr Jaydan ibn 'Arib Katan ibn 'Arib al-Ghawth ibn Jaydan Wail ibn al-Ghawth 'Abd Shams ibn Wail as-sawwar ibn 'Abd Shams Dhu Yakdem ibn as-Sawwar Dhu Abian al-Miltat Shadar ibn al-Miltat Watar ibn Shadar Tubba' ibn Yezid al-Hamadhani...................... ? -1230 BCE The State of at-Tababi'a al-Harith ar-Raish................................1230-1105 BCE sic... Abrahah Dhul Manar................................1105-922 sic... Afrikis ibn Abrahah................................922-758 sic... al-'Abd Dhu al-Adh'ar..............................758-733 al-Hedhed ibn Sharahil.............................733-658 Balkis bint al-Hedhed (fem.)........................658-638 Nashir an-Ni'am....................................638-553 Shammar Yar'ish....................................553-516 Abu Malik..........................................516-461 Tubba' ibn al-Akran................................461-408 Dhu Jaychan........................................408-338 al-Akran ibn Abu Malik.............................338-175 sic... Kalikarib..........................................175-140 Ass'ad Abu Karib...................................140-20 sic... Hassan ibn Tubba'...............................20 BCE-50 CE 'Amr ibn Tubba'.....................................50-113 'Abid Kilel........................................113-187 Tubba' ibn Hassan..................................187-265 Marthid ibn 'Abid..................................265-306 Wali'a ibn Marthid.................................306-343 Abrahah ibn as-Sabbah..............................343-416 Sahban ibn Muhrath.................................416-431 Hassan ibn 'Amr ibn Tubba'.........................431-488 Dhu Shanatir.......................................488-515 Yusuf Ash'ar Dhu-Nuwas (King of Himyar)............515-525 Ash'ar Dhu-Nuwas was a convert to Judaism, which resulted in the invasion of Yemen by Ethiopian Christians, with the active connivance of the Byzantine Empire. To Ethiopia........................................525-c. 533 opposed by... Dhu Jadan..........................................525-533 At this point the record begins to emerge into confirmable historic clarity, and dates begin to assume more reliability. See below, Himyar, for similar coverage of this era. To Ethiopic Himyar ("South Arabia")................533-575 To Himyar..........................................575-577 To Persia (Sassanids)..............................577-631 To the Caliphate...................................631-819 General Yemeni sequence thereafter, see below... Kingdom of Saba (Sheba) Version 1 - sources I have for early Yemeni states disagree to a large extent, and cannot be reconciled with any clarity. Here, therefore, is one version for Saba, another follows after. Samahu 'Ali......................................fl. c. 750 BCE Yada'-il Dharih Yathi'-amar Watar I Yada'-il Bayin I Yathi'-amar Watar II Kariba-il Bayin Dhamar 'Ali Watar Samahu 'Ali Yanif I Yathi'-amar Bayin I Kariba-il Watar I...............................fl. c. 450 BCE Samahu 'Ali Darih Kariba-il Watar II Il-Sharah I Yada Yakrib Yathi' Karib-il Samah Il-Sharah II Dhamar Yada' Dhamar Karib-il Watar IV Il-Karib Yuhan'im Karib-il Watar V Wahb-il Anmar Yuhan'im Dhamar 'Ali Darih Nash'a-Karib Yuhamin Nasir Yuhan'im Wahb-il Yahuz Karib-il Watar Yuhan'im Yarim Ayman I....................................c. 80-c. 60 BCE 'Alhan Nahfan....................................c. 60- ? Far'um Yanhab Yarim Ayman II...................................c. 35-c. 25 Sha'irum Awtar...............................c. 25 BCE- ? with... Yazil Bayin..................................c. 25 BCE- ? and... Ilasharah Yahdub.............................c. 25 BCE- ? (survived the above two) To Himyar Kingdom of Saba (Sheba) Version 2 - sources I have for early Yemeni states disagree to a large extent, and cannot be reconciled with any clarity. Here, therefore, is another version for Saba. Mukkaribs (High Priests) of Sabians (1200-800 BCE) ?? Mukkaribs of Saba Yada’il Yanif ben Kariba-il.....................c. 755-c. 740 Samahu 'Ali Darih I ben Yada’il Yanuf...........c. 740-715 Yathi'-amar Bayin I Dhamar 'Ali I Kariba-il Watar I................................c.685-c.675 Samahu’Ali I Yada’il Darih I Samahu 'Ali Yanuf I Darih Yathi'-amar Watar Yada’il Bayin I Karib-il Bayin I Dhamar 'Ali Watar Samahu’Ali Yanuf II.............................c. 545-c. 525 Kings (Maliks) of Saba Yathi’-amar Bayin II............................c. 525-c. 495 Kariba-il I Yada’il I with... Yathi’-amar I Kariba-il II Samahu’Ali II Yada'il II Yathi’amar II Yada’il Bayin II Samahu’Ali Yanuf III............................c. 410-c. 380 with... Yathi’-amar Watar I Yaqrub Malik Darih Samahu’Ali Yanuf IV Yada’il Bayin III Yaqrub Malik Watar I Yathi’-amar Bayin III Karib-il Watar II...............................c. 320-c. 270 Yada’il Bayin IV Yaqrub Malik Watar II Dhamar’Ali Yanuf Yathi’-amar Bayin IV Samahu’Ali Darih II.............................c. 200-c. 175 Karib-il Bayin II Yathi’-amar III Unknown.........................................c. 140-c. 116 To Himyar..........................................116-55 Samahu’Ali Yanuf V.....................................c. 55 Yada’il Watar I........................................c. 30 Dhamar’Ali Bayin I.....................................c. 25 Yadail Darih II..............................c. 10 BCE-c. 10 CE Yathi’-amar Watar II.............................c. 10-20 Yada’il Watar II.................................c. 20-30 Dhamar 'Ali Bayin II.............................c. 30-60 Karib-il Watar Yuhan'im..........................c. 60-75 Dhamar’Ali Darih.................................c. 75-85 Ilasharah Yahdub.................................c. 85-100 Mostly to Himyar thereafter, but see also Gurat and Marib. Zu-Raidan An earlier core of Himyar. As with Saba above, this list is inconsistent with other sources for Himyar, and so I show both - see Himyar, just following. Haris ar-Ra’ish ............................c. 120 BCE-c. 90 Zu-l-Karnain.....................................c. 90- ? Abrahah Zu-l-Mamur Africis Zu-l-Adjar...................................c. 20 BCE-10 CE Sharah-bil Bilkis (fem.) Shammar Zarash Abu Malik Yasir Yuhasdiq...................................c. 80-c. 100 Dhamar 'Ali Yuhabir I...........................c. 100-c. 120 Tharan Ya'ubb Yuhan'im Shammar Yuharish I................................. ? -c. 160 To Saba.........................................c. 160-c. 195 Laziz Yuhnaf Yuhasdiq...........................c. 195-c. 200 Yasir Yuhan'im I Shammar Yuharish II Kariba’il Yuhan’im Tharan Ya'ubb Yuhan'im..........................c. 230-c. 250 Dhamar ‘Ali Watar Yuhabir II Amdan Bayin Yuhagbid Yasir Yuhanim II Shamir Yuhar'ish III...............................fl. c. 290 Consistent with the following Himyar list hereafter...

Kingdom of Himyar Nash'a-Karib Yamin Yuharhib........................fl. c. 1 CE Watar Yuhamin Yasir Yuhasdiq Dhamar 'Ali Yuhabir I Tharan Ya'ubb Yuhan'im Dhamar 'Ali Yuhabir II Dhamar 'Ali Bayin Karib-il Watar Halk-amar Dhamar 'Ali Dharih Yada'-il Watar..................................c. 200- ? ? Il-Adhdh Naufan Yuhasdiq........................c. 245- ? Yasir Yuhan'im II Shamir Yuhar'ish III...............................fl. c. 290 Yarim Yarhab To Axum (Ethiopia)..............................c. 310-c. 378 ? ABYSSINIAN Ela Amida of Axum..........................c. 340-c. 378 HIMYARID Malik-Karib Yuhamin.............................c. 378-c. 385 Ab-Karib As'ad (Kamil ut-Tubba).................c. 385-c. 420 Ab-Karib is spoken of in traditional lore as having been the first Himyarid King to accept Judaism. Certainly Masruq, below (early 6th century) was Jewish, and there was formerly a large Yemenite Jewish population. Warau-amar Ayman (Hasan Yuhan’im)...............c. 420-c. 433 Sharah-bil Ya'fur...............................c. 433- ? Ma'ad-Karib 'Abd-Kilal Sharah-bil Yakuf...................................464- ? Nauf Lahi-'Athra Yanuf Marthad-ilan Yanuf.................................496- ? Ma'adi-Karib Ya'fur.............................c. 500-c. 517 Masruq Dhu-Nuwas (Yusuf Ash'ar).................c. 517-525 Mastuq Dhu-Nuwas was born, or a convert, to Judaism, which resulted in the invasion of Yemen by Ethiopian Christians, with the active connivance of the Byzantine Empire. To Ethiopia........................................525-c. 533 Sumu-Yafa' Ashwa' (Esimfey)...................526-c. 533 opposed by... HIMYAR Dhu Jadan..........................................525-533 ABYSSINIAN Abrahah was the Ethiopian commander in South Asia before assuming control of the client state and proclaining himself King of South Arabia. Abrahah (al-Ashram).............................c. 533-570 Yaksum.............................................570-577 Sayf Zu-Yazan (Abu Murra)..........................577-587 Ma'adi-Karib (Masruq)..............................587-599 To Persia (Sassanids)..............................599-629 Khorre-Khusrau................................599-620 Badan......................................c. 620-629 To the Caliphate...................................629-819 Abu Musa Amr ibn Hazm.........................629-630 Mua'adh ibn Jabal.............................630-632 Khalid ibn Sa'id..............................632- ? Yala ibn Umayya...................................630's Mua'adh (restored)............................fl. c. 640 Yala (restored?).............................. ? -656 Ubaid'Allah ibn Abbas (Ali'id [Shi'ite])......656-661 opposed by... Busr ibn Abu Artat (Umayyad [Sunni])..........660-670's opposed by... Jariah ibn Qudama (Ali'id)........................660's ?? Muhammad ibn Ziyad................................819 In 819 the Caliph al-Ma'mun appointed Muhammad ibn Ziyad as governor of Yemen. Ironically, ibn Ziyad was one of the last remaining kinsmen of the Umayyad Caliphs in the East, the rest having largely been exterminated in the middle of the previous century. (This was but one of al-Ma'mun's odd appointments; the Caliph had at one point considered 'Ali al-Rida, a Shi'ite, as his successor, sparing a revolution). Ibn Ziyad's authority soon crumbled, and Yemen was lost to the Caliphate. Ibn Ziyad and his descendents continued to rule at Zabid. Itakh al-Khazari..............................839-844 Itakh was a Khazar ghulam in Abbasid service who was made governor of Yemen by the Caliph in 839. His position was largely titular as Yemen had by this time disintigrated into a collection of feuding states, only some of whom acknowledged even nominal allegiance to the Caliphate.

An era of fragmentation, when several local states formed in various parts of southwestern Arabia, as well as the extension of Fatamid and Carmathian influence into the region. See Aden, Dhu Jibla, Najran, San'a, Zabid. Unity was re-imposed upon Yemen with the invasion of the Ayyubids. AYYUBID al-Mu'azzam Shams-ud-Din Turan-Shah...............1173-1181 d. 1186/7 al-'Aziz Zahir-ud-Din Tughtigin...................1181-1197 Mu'izz ud-Din Ismai'il............................1197-1202 an-Nasir Ayyub....................................1202-1214 al-Muzaffar Sulaiman..............................1214-1215 d. 1251/2 al-Mas'ud Saladin Yusuf...........................1215-1229 RASULID al-Mansur Nur-ud-Din 'Umar I......................1229-1250 al-Muzaffar Shams-ud-Din Yusuf I..................1250-1295 al-Ashraf Mumahhis-ud-Din 'Umar II................1295-1296 al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr-ud-Din Da'ud...................1296-1322 al-Mujahid Saif-ud-Din 'Ali.......................1322-1363 al-Afdal Dirgham-ud-Din al-Abbas..................1363-1377 al-Ashraf Mumahhid-ud-Din Isma'il I...............1377-1400 an-Nasir Saladin Ahmad............................1400-1424 al-Mansur 'Abdallah...............................1424-1427 al-Ashraf Isma'il II..............................1427-1428 az-Zahir Yahya....................................1428-1439 al-Ashraf Isma'il III.............................1439-1442 al-Muzaffar Yusuf II..............................1442-1450/1 opposed by... Mohammed...............................................1442/3 'Abdallah (II).........................................1442/3 al-Mas'ud.......................................1450/1-1454 with... al-Husayn.......................................1450/1-1454 TAHIRID At al-Miqrana and Juban. az-Zafir 'Amir I Saladin..........................1454-1460 with... al-Mujahid 'Ali Shams al-Din......................1454-1478 al-Mansur 'Abdul-Wahhab Taj-ud-Din................1478-1489 az-Zafir 'Amir II Saladin.........................1489-1517 Five further Tahirid princes continued to rule in remote fortresses. The first of the five was Ahmad ibn 'Amir; The last one, 'Amir III ibn Daoud, was executed by the Ottomans in 1538. To the Ottoman Empire.............................1517-1597 QASIMID al-Qasim III al-Mansur............................1597-1620 Muhammad V al-Mu'ayyad............................1620-1644 Isma'il IV al-Mutawakkil..........................1644-1676 Ahmad V al-Mahdi..................................1676-1681 Muhammad VI al-Mutawakkil.........................1681-1686 Muhammad VII al-Nasr al-Hadi al-Mahdi.............1686-1716 al-Qasim II al-Mutawakkil.........................1716-1726 al-Husain al-Mansur...............................1726-1747 al-Abbas I al-Mahdi...............................1747-1775 'Ali IV al-Mansur.................................1775-1806 Ahmad VI al-Mahdi.................................1806-1808 Ahmad VII al-Mutawakkil...........................1808-1816 Abdallah IV al-Mahdi..............................1816-1835 d. 1841 'Ali II...........................................1835-1837 d. 1857 Abdallah IV al-Mahdi (restored)...................1837-1840 Muhammad VIII.....................................1840-1844 opposed by... al-Qasim IV al-Mahdi..............................1841-1845 'Ali V (restored)......................................1845 d. 1857 Muhammad IX Yahya al-Mutawakkil...................1845-1849 'Ali V (re-restored)..............................1849-1850 d. 1857 Abbas IV...............................................1850 Ghalib............................................1850-1857 'Ali V (re-re-restored)................................1857 Chronic civil war and Turkish interference........1857-1871 To the Ottoman Empire.............................1871-1918 opposed by... Muhammad X Hamid ad-Din al-Mansur.................1890-1904 and then... Yahya al-Mutawakkil...............................1904-1948 'Abdallah V....................................feb-mar 1948 Ahmad VIII Sayf al-Islam..........................1948-1955 d. 1962 'Abdallah VI...................................mar-apr 1955 Ahmad VIII Sayf al-Islam (restored)...............1955-1962 Muhammad XI al-Badr.........................19-27 sept 1962 d. 1996 Within the United Arab Republic...................1958-1961 Civil war between Royalist (backed by Saudi Arabia) and Republican (backed by Egypt) factions 1962-1970. Republic..........................................1962-

AFGHANISTAN: general survey The highlands west and northwest of the Indus River. This is an ancient land with a complex and varied history little recognized today. Its fiercely independent inhabitants have been the rock upon which a great many empires have foundered. To Persia...................................c. 530-330 It is likely that during the Persian centuries this region was at times, or often, attached as a province to Drangiana. See also Kabul and Qandahar for local Persian Satraps. Masistes..................................490-465 Spitamana.................................340-329 d. 325 Spitamana's daughter Apama was married to Seleucus I Nicator during Alexander's campaign to marry his generals and men to Persian women and create a hybrid empire. Bessus.........................................330-329 Bessus was a Persian general who attempted, unsuccessfully, to stave off Alexander the Great's invasion of the eastern portion of the Persian Empire. To Macedon.....................................329-301 Oxyartes (father of Alexander's wife Roxane, in Gandara (Kabul))...fl. 320 To the Seleucid Empire.........................301-256 To Bactria.....................................256-c. 130 To Scythians................................c. 130-c. 30 BCE The SAKAE (or Yue-Zhi ?) The eastern branch of the Scythians, who constantly harassed the eastern provinces of the Persian empires and invaded Afghanistan and Northern India in the first century BCE. Maues...........................................97-58 Vonones.....................................fl. c. 30's Spalyris Spalagademes Spalirises Azes I.............................................30 BCE Azilises Azes II To Suren (Parthia)....................last half of 1st cent. BCE To the Kushanid Empire...................c. 30 BCE-c. 230 CE The Kushanshahs A Persian state established as a buffer zone. A Persian dependency c. 350-c. 410 Ardashir....................................c. 230-c. 245 Peroz I.....................................c. 245-c. 270 Hormazd I...................................c. 270-c. 295 Hormazd II..................................c. 295-c. 300 Peroz II....................................c. 300-c. 325 Varhran I...................................c. 325-c. 350 To Persia...................................c. 350-410 Varhran II.............................c. 350-c. 400 With... Peroz III..............................c. 350-c. 400 Varhran III............................c. 400-c. 410 To the White Huns (Hephthalites)...............410-565 Much to the Western Turks (Gök)................565-652 Much to the Caliphate (but see Kabul)..........652-867 To Persia......................................867-900 Central Afghanistan to Bokhara.................900-c. 950 Abu Bakr Lawik..............................c. 950-962 d. ? To Bokhara.....................................962-c. 964 Slave Commanders for the Samanids Alptigin, YAMINID.........................962-963 (Abu-)Ishaq, YAMINID......................963- ? Abu Bakr Lawik (restored)......................fl. 960's To Bokhara..................................c. 965-999 Slave Commanders for the Samanids (Abu-)Ishaq, YAMINID (restored)........c. 965-966 Bilgetigin............................... 966-975 Piri......................................975-977 Sebüktigin, YAMINID.......................977-997 Isma’il, YAMINID..........................997-998 GHAZNAVID EMPIRE (YAMINID Dynasty) - from 999 The capital of Ghazna, now called Ghazni, is a town in eastern Afghanistan, about 80 miles (128 km.) southwest of Kabul, on the road to Qandahar. Mahmud.........................................998-1030 Muhammad...........................................1030 d. 1041 Mas'ud I......................................1030-1041 Muhammad (restored)................................1041 Maudid........................................1041-1049 Mas'ud II..........................................1049 'Ali..........................................1049-1050 Abd al-Rashid.................................1050-1052 Toghril the Usurper................................1052 Farrukhzad....................................1052-1060 Ibrahim.......................................1060-1099 Mas'ud III....................................1099-1115 Shirzad............................................1115 Arslan........................................1115-1118 Bahram........................................1118-1152 Khusrau Shah..................................1152-1160 Khusrau Malik.................................1160-1187 GHURID EMPIRE From the Arabic "Ghur", the mountains of what is now Afghanistan. Afghanistan in early Muslim times was a remote and virtually impenetrable region which remained Pagan until the 11th century. A loose hegemony over the area was achieved by the Ghaznavids, but as their influence waned, they were replaced by a dynasty of local governors, the Shansabani. This was particularly so after the attempt by Sultan Bahram to reassert control, leading to the sack of Ghazna by the Shansabani in 1150. Nominaly to the Seljuqs.....................1090's-c. 1148 SHANSABANI Sayf ud-Din Suri..............................1146-1149 Baha' ud-Din Sam I.................................1149 Aladdin Jahan-Suz Husain II...................1149-1161 Sa'if ud-Din Muhammad.........................1161-1163 Abu'l-Fath Muhammad Shams ad-Din (in Firuzkuh)1163-1203 with... Shihab ud-Din Muhammad (in Ghazna)............1173-1206 Ghiyath ud-Din Mahmud.........................1206-1212 with... Taj ud-Din Yïldïz Mu'izzi (in Ghazna).........1206-1215 with... Baha' ud-Din Sam II...........................1212-1213 To Khwarazm...................................1213-1231 Aladdin Aziz.............................1213-1214 Aladdin Muhammad.......................1214/5-1215 To Mongols....................................1231-1345 losing ground to... To Herat......................................1332-1389 encroached upon by... To the Timurid Empire.........................1370-1506 To Persia (but some districts to Mughal rule).1506-1747 Note also that Qandahar was independent 1709-1738, and provided two contenders to the throne of Persia. DURRANI Ahmad.........................................1747-1773 Timur.........................................1773-1793 Humayun Shah (at Qandahar).........................1793 Zaman.........................................1793-1801 Shoja al-Mulk Muhammad Shah........................1801 d. 1842 BARAKZAI Mahmud........................................1801-1803 d. 1829 DURRANI Shoja al-Mulk Muhammad Shah (restored)........1803-1809 d. 1842 BARAKZAI Mahmud (restored).............................1809-1829 Period of disorder. From about 1817 to around 1880, Afghanistan was usually fragmented into local spheres of influence on the part of one member or another of the Barakzai clan. By times opposing or cooperating with one another, these local conditions became extremely complex, although at some times most of the nation was under one ruler, most notably Dost Muhammad in his second reign (1842-1863). See Badakhshan, Balkh, Herat, Kabul, Maimana, Sar-I-Pul, Qandahar, Qonduz. To Great Britain..............................1839-1842 DURRANI Shoja (re-restored)......................1839-1842 Fath Jang.....................................1842 Shahpur.......................................1842 Continued fragmentation, 1842-1878; but note that Dost Muhammad held Kabul and Balkh 1842-1863, Sar-I-Pul 1850-63, Qandahar 1851-6 and 1861-3, and Herat for the last few days of his life in 1863. Yaqub..............................................1878 To Great Britain..............................1878-1879 Abd Ar-Rahman.................................1880-1901 Habibollah I..................................1901-1919 Nasrullah..........................................1919 d. 1921 Amanollah.....................................1919-1929 d. 1960 Inayatollah........................................1929 d. 1946 Habibollah II (Bachchayi Saqqa, usurper at Kabul)..1929 Muhammad Nadir................................1929-1933 Muhammad Zahir................................1933-1973 d. 2007 First Republic................................1973-1978 Communist Regime, and civil war...............1978-1987 Second Republic (Northern Alliance from 1996).1987-2001 opposed by... Taliban Theocracy.............................1996-2001 Mullah Muhammad 'Umar....................1996-2001 Interim Government............................2001-2004 Third Republic................................2004-

TAJIKISTAN The highlands of southern Central Asia, astride the Afghan frontier. To the Qara Khitai......................12th cent.-1218 To the Mongols (Genghis Khan).................1218-1226 To the Chagataiid Mongols.....................1226-1370 To the Timurids...............................1370-1506 To Bokhara....................................1506-1626 To Dzungarian Kalmuck Empire..................1626-1758 To China......................................1758-1798 To Khokand....................................1798-1868 To Russia.....................................1868-1917 To the Soviet Union...........................1917-1991 Republic......................................1991-

CHINA Here is an overall survey of the Imperial succession, during times of substantial or complete unity.

The Ancient Sage-Emperors: These earliest names are almost entirely mythological, and have become, in fact, divinities within Chinese ancestor-cults and folk religion. Nevertheless, I include them as an integral part of the Chinese sense of origins. I have seen dates associated with these individuals, but they vary so widely from source to source that I am hesitant to include any myself until I can get a better sense of what is plausible. The best that can be said for now is that the individuals from Huang Di to Yao Yu Shun may have existed anywhere within 2700-2000 BCE. You Chao Sui Ren Tai Hao (Feng Fuxi, the Ox-tamer) Yan Di (Jiang Shen Nong, the Divine Farmer) Huang Di (Gongsun Xuan Yuan, the Yellow Emperor) Zuo Che interregnum Ji Shao Hao (Jin Tian) Ji Zhuan Xu (Gaoyang) Di Ku (Ji Gao Xin) Di Zhi (Ji Gao Xin) Ji Tang Yao Yao Yu Shun XIA Again, as noted above, the dates associated with this earliest historical dynasty vary widely from source to source; the best that can be said without clearer evidence is that the Xia held the mandate of heaven from c. 2200/1930 BCE, and lost it c. 1766/1555 BCE. Si Yu Di the Great........................fl. 2100-2055 Si Qi.....................................fl. 2055-2016 Si Tai Kang...............................fl. 2016-1986 Si Zhong Kang.............................fl. 1986-1977 Si Xiang..................................fl. 1977-1970 > YOUQIONG Hou Yi the Usurper XIA Si Shao Kang Si Zhu.............................................17 years Si Huai (Feng ?)...................................26 years Si Mang (Huang ?) Si Xie...................................more than 21 years Si Bu Jiang........................................69 years Si Jiong...........................................21 years Si Jin.............................................20 years Si Kong Jia Si Gao..............................................3 years Si Fa Si Jie Gui.....................................fl. c. 1600 SHANG As before, dating systems for the Shang vary widely. They seem to cluster around two poles, one group in roughly c. 1800-1122, another in roughly c. 1600-1050. The data I use is within the later group, but I am not willing to be dogmatic about the issue, and I hope to clarify this matter as I review more sources. Tai Yi.........................................fl. c. 1600 Bu Bing Zi Tang Zi Wai Bing Zi Zhong Ren Zi Tai Jia Zi Wo Ding Zi Tai Geng....................................fl. c. 1500 ? Zi Xiao Jia Zi Yong Ji Zi Tai Wu Zi Zhong Ding..................................fl. c. 1400 ? Zi Wai Ren Zi Hedan Jia Zi Zu Yi Zi Zu Xin Zi Wo Jia Zi Zu Ding Zi Nan Geng Zi Yang Jia Zi Pan Geng................................c. 1325- ? Dynastic title changed from Shang to Yin when the capital is moved. Zi Xiao Xin Zi Xiao Yi..................................... ? -c. 1230 Zi Wu Ding.................................c. 1230-c. 1171 Zi Zu Geng.................................c. 1171-c. 1164 Zi Zu Jia..................................c. 1164-c. 1131 Zi Lin Xin.................................c. 1131-c. 1127 Zi Geng Ding...............................c. 1127-c. 1123 Zi Wu Yi...................................c. 1123-c. 1088 Zi Tai Ding................................c. 1088-c. 1077 Zi Di Yi...................................c. 1077-c. 1075 Di Xin (Zi Zhou)...........................c. 1075-c. 1050 opposed by... ZHOU Wen Wang (Ji Xiouli).......................c. 1100-c. 1050 Wu Wang (Ji Fa)...............................1049-1037 Cheng Wang (Ji Song)..........................1037-1006 Kang Wang (Ji Zhao)........................c. 1005-978 Zhao Wang (Ji Xia)..........................c. 978-c. 956 Mu Wang (Ji Man)............................c. 956-c. 918 Gong Wang (Ji Yi)...........................c. 918-c. 903 Yi Wang (Ji Jian)...........................c. 903-873 d. 868 Xiao Wang (Ji Bi Fang).........................872-868 Yi Wang (Ji Xie)............................c. 867-860 Li Wang (Ji Hu).............................c. 859-828 Xuan (Ji Jing).................................827-781 You Wang (Ji Gong Nie).........................781-771 From this time on, the structure of Chinese society became increasingly feudalized, as local provinces became increasingly autonomous. Formal recognition of the Zhou Emperors was retained, but real power fell more and more into the hands of petty Kingdoms within China. Ping Wang (Ji Yi Jiu)..........................770-719 with... Xi Wang........................................770-760 Huan Wang (Ji Lin).............................719-696 Xiang Wang.....................................696-681 Xi Wang (Ji Qi)................................681-676 Tui Wang.......................................676-673 with... Hui Wang (Ji Lang).............................676-651 Xiang Wang (Ji Zheng)..........................651-618 with... Shu Dai Wang...................................636-635 Qing Wang (Ji Ren Chen)........................618-612 Kuang Wang (Ji Ban)............................612-606 Ding Wang (Ji Yu)..............................606-585 Jian Wang (Ji Yi)..............................585-571 Ling Wang (Ji Xie Xin).........................571-544 Jing Wang (Ji Gui).............................544-520 Dao Wang (Ji Meng).................................520 Jing Wang (Ji Gai).............................519-475 Yuan Wang (Ji Ren).............................475-468 Zhen Ding Wang (Ji Jie)........................468-441 Kao Wang (Ji Wei)..............................440-425 with... Ai Wang (Ji Qu Ji).................................440 and... Si Wang (Ji Di Shu)................................440 Wei Lie Wang (Ji Wu)...........................425-401 By this point the Zhou monarchy had lost all control over provincial dynasts, and the remaining Zhou era is known as the "Warring States" period, as various local states contended for the Mandate of Heaven. An Wang (Ji Jiao)..............................401-375 Lie Wang (Ji Xi)...............................375-368 Xian Wang (Ji Jiong)...........................368-320 Shen Jing Wang (Ji Ding).......................320-314 Nan Wang (Ji Yan)..............................314-256 QIN Shihuangdi (Zheng).............................247-210 Er Shi (Hu Hai)................................210-207 Ziying.........................................207-206 Elder, or Western HAN Gaodi (Liu Bang)...............................206-195 Huidi (Liu Ying)...............................195-188 Shaodi Kong....................................188-180 with... Shaodi Hong....................................188-180 Wendi (Liu Heng)...............................180-157 Jingdi (Liu Qi)................................157-141 Wudi (Liu Che).................................141-87 Zhaodi (Liu Fuling).............................87-74 Xuandi (Liu Bingyi).............................74-49 Yuandi (Liu Shi)................................49-33 Chengdi (Liu Ao)................................33-7 Aidi (Liu Xin)...................................7-1 Pingdi (Liu Jizi)............................1 BCE-6 CE Ruzi (Liu Ying)..................................6-9 XIN Wang Mang........................................9-23 Liu Xuan..........................,,,,,,,,,.....23-25 Younger, or Eastern HAN Guang Wudi (Liu Xiu)............................25-57 Mingdi (Liu Yang)...............................57-75 Zhangdi (Liu Da)................................75-88 Hedi (Liu Zhao).................................88-106 Shangdi (Liu Lung).................................106 Andi (Liu Yu)..................................106-125 Shundi (Liu Bao)...............................125-144 Chongdi (Liu Bing).............................144-145 Zhidi (Liu Zuan)...............................145-146 Huandi (Liu Zhi)...............................146-168 Lingdi (Liu Hung)..............................168-189 Shundi (Liu Bien)..................................189 d. 190 Xiandi (Liu Xie)...............................189-220 d. 234 THREE KINGDOMS ERA (220-280) During this period, China was partitioned into Northern (Wei), Western (Shu Han), and Southern (Wu) Kingdoms. NORTHERN and SOUTHERN DYNASTIES ERA This period saw a severe fragmentation of central authority, as northern barbarians succeeded in laying waste to much of China, and establishing their own states in turn. Local ephemerals for the most part, one people, the Toba, built a large state which lasted for some time, the so-called Northern Wei, centered around the Huang-Ho basin. In the south, a series of ethnically Chinese dynasties managed to endure on the lower Yangtze.

XI JIN Briefly (280-316) in control of all China. Wudi (Yen An-Shih).............................265-289 Huidi (Chung Cheng-Tu).........................290-306 Huaidi (Chih Feng-Tu)..........................307-312 Mindi (Yeh Yen-Chih)...........................313-316 In 316, northern barbarians seized most of northern China, shattering the dynasty and forcing re-establishment in the south, at the city of Nanjing... HAN A Hsiung-Nu ephemeral, located in modern northern China. Liu Yuan (Chief of the So. Hsiung-Nu 290-304)..304-309 Liu Ho.........................................309-310 Liu Tsung......................................310-318 Liu Ts'an..........................................318 Known from 319 as Earlier CHAO Liu Yao........................................318-329 To China... TABGACH A powerful group of Xianbei or proto-Turkic tribes living in northern China and Mongolia. Their own name for themselves being "Tabgach", "Toba" is the Chinese transcription. the Chinese often refered to this state as BEI XIAN-BI (Northern Hsiang). See also Wei. Toba Liwei (Shenyuan)..........................219-277 Toba Xilu (Zhang)..............................277-286 Toba Chuo (Ping)...............................286-293 Toba Fu (Si)...................................293-294 Kingdom of Dai, from 305 Toba Luguan (Zhao).............................294-307 with... Toba Yituo (Huan)..............................295-305 and... Toba Yilu (Mu).................................295-316 Toba Pugen.........................................316 Son, name not known................................316 Toba Yulü (Pingwen)............................316-321 Toba Heru (Hui)................................321-325 Toba Hena (Yang)...............................325-329 d. 337 Toba Yihuai (Lie)..............................329-335 Toba Hena (Yang, restored).....................335-337 Toba Yihuai (Lie, restored)....................337-338 Toba Shiyijian (Zhaocheng).....................338-377 Toba Gui (Emperor of Wei [Dao Wu Di] 385-409)..377-409 To Wei thereafter... Northern ZHOU One among the successor States to Wei... Xiao Min Di (Yuwen Jue)............................557 Xiao Min Di (Yuwen Yu Dongwantu)...............557-560 Wu Di (Yuwen Yong Miluotu).....................560-578 Xuan Di (Yuwen Yun Jianbo).....................578-579 Jing Di (Yuwen Chan Shan)......................579-581 Succeeded by Sui, below; which defeated Chen in the south, and reunified all of China. SUI Wendi (Yang Jian)..............................581-604 Yangdi (Yang Guang)............................604-617 Gongdi (Yang Yu)...............................617-618 TANG Gaozu (Li Yuan)................................618-626 d. 635 Taizong (Li Shimin)............................626-649 Gaozong (Li Zhi)...............................649-683 Zhongzong (Li Zhe).......................Jan.-Feb. 684 d. 710 Ruizong (Li Dan)...............................684-690 d. 716 Wu Zetian (Wu Zhao)(fem.).......................690-705 d. 706 Zhongzong (Li Zhe)(restored)...................705-710 Chong Mao................................(2 weeks) 710 Ruizong (Li Dan)(restored).....................710-712 d. 716 Xuanzong (Li Lungji; "Ming Huan")..............712-756 d. 762 Xuanzong, also known as Ming Huan ("the Brilliant Emperor"), is one of the best-known of all the Chinese Emperors. Subject of countless ballads, poems, and tales, he succeeded to the throne at the age of 27 and immediately swept aside a corrupt regime, restoring to China a humane government devoted to fair laws and even-handed administration. His court was famed for it's glittering splendour. But in his 50's he became weary of endless ceremony and ritual, and increasingly withdrew into an interest in esoteric Taoism, and fell under the influence of the courtesan Yang Guifei, who introduced into court the coarse and greedy Turkic commander An Lushan. Lushan eventually rebelled, forcing the court to flee - Yang Guifei was killed and, when the court eventually recovered the capital, Xuanzong abdicated and lived out the last few years of his life in retired obscurity. Suzong (Li Yu).................................756-762 Daizong (Li Yu)................................762-779 Dezong (Li Shi)................................779-805 Shunzong (Li Song).................................805 Xianzong (Li Chun).............................805-820 Muzong (Li Heng)...............................820-824 Jingzong (Li Zhan).............................824-827 Wenzong (Li Ang)...............................827-840 Wuzong (Li Yan)................................840-846 Xuanzong (Li Chen).............................846-859 Yizong (Li Wen)................................859-873 Xizong (Li Yan)................................873-888 opposed by... Yun, a usurper.................................886-887 Zhaozong (Li Jie)..............................888-904 Aidi (Li Zhu)..................................904-908 (Later) LIANG Taizu (Zhu Wen)................................908-910 Ying Wang (Zhu You Gui)........................910-911 Modi (Zhu Dian Huang)..........................911-923 (Later) TANG Zhuang Zong (Li Cunxu).........................923-926 Ming Zong (Li Dan).............................926-934 Min Di (Li Conghou Pusa Nu)........................934 Fei di (Li Congke).............................934-935 (Later) JIN Gao zu (Shi Jingtang)..........................936-942 Chu di (Shi Chonggui)..........................942-946 To Khitan......................................946-947 (Later) HAN Gaozu (Liu Gao)................................947-948 Yindi (Liu Chengyu)............................948-950 (Later) ZHOU Taizu (Guo Wei Wenzhong).......................951-954 Shizong (Chai Rong)............................954-959 Gongdi (Chai Zongxun)..........................959-960 d. 973 SONG In the south only from about 1113 (for the north, see Juchen Chin). Taizu (Zhao Kuangyin)..........................960-976 Taizong (Zhao Guangyi).........................976-997 Zhenzong (Zhao Heng)...........................997-1022 Renzong (Zhao Zhen)...........................1022-1063 Yingzong (Zhao Shu)...........................1063-1067 Shenzong (Zhao Xu)............................1067-1085 Zhezong (Zhao Xu).............................1085-1100 Huizong (Zhao Ji).............................1100-1126 d. 1135 Qinzong (Zhao Huan)...........................1126-1127 d. 1161 Gaozong (Zhou Gou)............................1127-1162 d. 1187 Xiaozong (Zhao Bozong)........................1162-1190 d. 1194 Guangzong (Zhao Dun)..........................1190-1195 d. 1200 Ningzong (Zhao Kuo)...........................1194-1224 Lizong (Zhao Yuju)............................1224-1264 Duzong (Zhao Mengqi)..........................1264-1274 Gongzong (Zhao Xian)...............................1274 vacant Duanzong (Zhao Shi)...........................1276-1278 Bing Di (Zhao Bing)...........................1278-1279 YUAN (Mongol) Shizu (Qubilai Setsen)........................1279-1294 Chengzong (Timur Oljaitu).....................1294-1307 Wuzong (Khaisan Guluk)........................1307-1311 Renzong (Ayurparibhadra Buyantu)..............1311-1320 Yingzong (Suddhipala Guequen).................1320-1323 Taiding (Yasun Timur).........................1323-1328 Wenzong (Togh Timur Oijagatu).................1328-1329 d. 1332 Mingzong (Kusala Qutuytu)..........................1329 Wenzong (Togh Timur Oijagatu)(restored).......1329-1332 Irincinbal..............................(2 months) 1332 Shundi (Togh-An Timur)........................1332-1368 d. 1370 MING Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang)........................1368-1398 Jianwen (Zhu Yunwen)..........................1398-1402 d. ? Yongle (Zhu Di)...............................1402-1424 Hongxi (Zhu Gaozhi)...........................1424-1425 Xuande (Zhu Zhanji)...........................1425-1435 Zhengtong (Zhu Qizhen)........................1435-1449 d. 1464 Jingtai (Zhu Qiyu)............................1449-1457 Tianshun (former Zhengtong: Zhu Qizhen)(rest.)1457-1464 Chenghua (Zhu Zhienshen)......................1464-1487 Hongzhi (Zhu Yutang)..........................1487-1505 Zhengde (Zhu Houzhao).........................1505-1521 Jiajing (Zhu Houcong).........................1521-1567 Longqing (Zhu Zhaihou)........................1567-1572 Wanli (Zhu Yizhun)............................1572-1620 Taichang (Zhu Changli).............................1620 Tianqi (Zhu Yujiao)...........................1620-1627 Chongzhen (Zhu Yujian)........................1627-1644 QING (Manchu) Shunzhi (Fu Lin)..............................1644-1661 Kangxi (Xuan Ye)..............................1661-1722 Yongzheng (Yin Cheng).........................1722-1735 Qianlong (Hong Li)............................1735-1796 d. 1799 Jiajing (Yung-Yen)............................1796-1820 Daoguang (Min-Ning)...........................1820-1850 Xianfeng (Yichu)..............................1850-1861 Tongzhi (Zaichun).............................1861-1875 Guangxu (Zai Tian)............................1875-1908 Puyi (Aisin Gioro Puyi).......................1908-1912 d. 1967 ERA of the REPUBLICS Republic of China.............................1912-1916 Yuan Shih-K'ai...........................Jan.-Mar. 1916 d. June 1916 Republic of China.............................1916-1917 Puyi (Aisin Gioro Puyi)(restored)........1-12 July 1917 d. 1967 Republic of China.............................1917-1949 Peoples Republic of China.....................1949- Mao Zedong...............................1935-1976 Universally known during his lifetime by the Wade-Giles transcription Mao Tse-Tung, I give his dates of governance here from the time of his assumption of the chairmanship of the Communist Party during the Long March. He was at the head of Mainland China from the time of the Communist victory in 1949. Revered in China during his lifetime in a way not easy for non-Chinese to understand, he was enormously influential around the world as well. From 1959 he was at one remove from daily affairs, and the legal head-of-state was in other hands, but Mao was always the ultimate authority. Deng Xiaoping (de facto)..............c. 1976-1994/7 with... Deng did not succeed Chairman Mao in an immediate or direct fashion, but gradually drew authority to himself over a period of a year or more following Mao's death. Like him, Deng went into semi-retirement, and permitted daily affairs to be handled by a series of proteges, the last of whom peacefully succeeded him. Hua Guofeng..............................1976-1981 and then... Hu Yaobang...............................1981-1987 and then... Zhao Ziyang..............................1987-1989 and then...

Jiang Zemin..............................1989-2002 Hu Jintao................................2002-2012 Xi Jinping...............................2012-

GREATER INDIA A general survey of empires spanning much, if not all, of the subcontinent of southern Asia. Local states will be found below, in their own section. Between about 1400 BCE and around 800 BCE, the Indian subcontinent saw a succession of invasive waves of Aryan peoples, migrating southeast out of Central Asia. No single, all-encompassing empire took shape immediately, but as the earlier inhabitants of the region (the Dravidians) were pushed ever southward, numerous states emerged from the Indus Valley to the Ganges and Brahmaputra River systems, and extending south into the Deccan Plateau. Among these states were Gandhara, Kurut, Kosala, Magadha, Avanti, Bhoja, and Andhra, among many others. One of the smaller states, located north of the Ganges and approaching the Himalayas (the modern India/Nepal frontier) was Sakya, the homeland of Gautama Buddha. Eventually, large empires did emerge, the first to do so was the Mauryan Empire... MAURYA Chandragupta Maurya.........................c. 320-c. 300 Bindusara...................................c. 300-c. 273 Asoka Vardhana..............................c. 273-c. 232 Kunala (in the West)........................c. 232-c. 225 with... Dasaratha (in the East).....................c. 232-c. 225 Samprati....................................c. 225- ? Saliska........................................fl. late 3rd c. Devadharma.....................................fl. late 3rd c. Satamdhanu.....................................fl. early 2nd c. Brihadratha.................................c. 194-187 The Mauryan state swiftly lost cohesion, and was replaced by lesser territories. Two of the largest and most stable were the core of the Mauryan Empire, Magadha, located in the central Ganges plain, and Satavahana, in the central Deccan and the south. But by the 1st century BCE, the Indian subcontinent was a mass of lesser states with no pretensions to Imperial status. Not until the 3rd century CE did another large state emerge - like the Mauryans, from Magadha. At its greatest extent, the Gupta Empire covered all of Northern India, from the Indus to the Bengal Delta, but it could not subdue the Deccan or lands farther south... GUPTA Gupta.......................................c. 275-c. 300 Ghatotkacha.................................c. 300-c. 320 Chandragupta I..............................c. 320-c. 350 Samudragupta................................c. 350-c. 370 Ramagupta...................................c. 370-c. 376 Chandragupta II.............................c. 376-c. 415 Kumaragupta I...............................c. 415-c. 455 Skandagupta.................................c. 455-c. 467 Kumaragupta II..............................c. 467-c. 477 Budhagupta..................................c. 477-c. 495 Chandragupta III............................c. 495-c. 500 Vainyagupta.................................c. 500-c. 510 Narasimhagupta..............................c. 510-c. 540 Kumaragupta III.............................c. 540-c. 550 Vishnugupta.................................c. 550- ? PUSHPABHUTI Naravardhana................................c. 500- ? Rajyavardhana I Adityavardhana Prabhakaravardhana..........................c. 580-c. 605 Rajyavardhana II............................c. 605-c. 606 Harshavardhana..............................c. 606-647 Once more, the Empire crumbled, and was replaced by lesser states. The era between about 500 CE and about 1200 CE is dominated by three contending powers, the Pratiharas (west), the Rastrakutas (east), and the Palas (south). Around these, a host of minor states arose, endured for a time, and faded... PRATIHARA The Pratiharas came to power in western India and, from their capital at Kannauj, dominated western and northern India for centuries, before being overwhelmed in turn by the Ghurids of central Asia. Nagabhata I.................................c. 750- ? Devaraja Vatsaraja...................................c. 783-c. 815 Nagabhata II................................c. 815-c. 833 Ramabhadra..................................c. 833-c. 836 Bhoja I.....................................c. 836-c. 893 Mahendrapala I..............................c. 893-c. 914 Mahipala....................................c. 914- ? Bhoja II Vinayakapala Mahendrapala II.............................c. 946-c. 948 Devapala....................................c. 948-c. 960 Vijayapala..................................c. 960- ? Rajyapala Trilochanapala.............................c. 1018-1030 This era saw the emergence of Muslim influence in India, extending into the region from beyond the Indus River. The next large state to hold sway was, in fact, a Muslim one: the Sultanate of Delhi has its own entry on this page. Eventually, Delhi and almost all the rest of India fell under a dynasty arising out of the far northwest, the Mughals ("Mongols", from the fact that Babur was a great-great-great grandson of Timur (Tamburlane))... MUGHAL Babur.........................................1526-1530 Humayun.......................................1530-1539 d. 1556 SURI Sher Shah.....................................1539-1545 Islam Shah....................................1545-1553 Firuz..............................................1553 Mohammed Adil.................................1553-1555 opposed by... Sikandar......................................1554-1555 and... Ibrahim.......................................1554-1555 MUGHAL Humayun (restored)............................1555-1556 Akbar I.......................................1556-1605 Jahangir......................................1605-1627 Dawar Bakhsh..................................1627-1628 Shah Jahan I..................................1628-1658 d. 1666 opposed by Murad Bakhsh (in Gujarat).....................1657-1658 and... Shah Shuja (in Bengal)........................1657-1660 opposing... Aurangzeb.....................................1658-1707 A'zam Shah.........................................1707 Bahadur Shah I................................1707-1712 'Azim-ush-Sha'n....................................1712 Jahandar Shah.................................1712-1713 Farrukh-Siyar.................................1713-1719 Rafi-ud-Darajat....................................1719 Shah Jahan II......................................1719 Nikusiyar..........................................1719 Mohammed Shah.................................1719-1748 Ahmed Shah....................................1748-1754 'Alamgir II...................................1754-1759 Shah Jahan III................................1759-1760 Shah Alam II..................................1760-1788 d. 1806 Bidar Bakht........................................1788 Shah Alam II (restored).......................1788-1806 Mohammed Akbar II.............................1806-1837 Bahadur Shah II...............................1837-1858 d. 1862 To Great Britain..............................1858-1948 VICEROYS OF INDIA (position established 1858) Charles John, Earl Canning...............1856-1862 James Bruce, Earl of Elgin...............1862-1863 Sir Robert Cornelis Napier (acting), 1863 d. 1890 Sir William Thomas Denison (acting), 1863-1864 d. 1871 Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence.............1864-1869 d. 1879 Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of Mayo...1869-1872 Sir John Strachey (acting), 1872 Francis Napier, Baron of Ettrick (acting), 1872 Thomas George Baring, Vct Baring of Lee..1872-1876 d.1904 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton.......1876-1880 d. 1891 George Frederick Samuel Robinson, M Ripon...1880-1884 d. 1909 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, E of Dufferin...1884-1888 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, M of Lansdowne..1888-1894 d.1927 Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of Elgin....1894-1899 d. 1917 George Nathaniel, Baron Curzon...........1899-1905 d. 1925 Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, E of Minto...1905-1910 d. 1914 Charles, Baron Hardinge of Penshurst.....1910-1916 d. 1944 Frederick John Napier Thesiger, B Chelmsford...1916-1921 d. 1933 Rufus Daniel Isaacs, B Reading of Erleigh...1921-1925 d. 1935 Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, E of Lytton (acting) 1925-1926 d.1947 Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, B Irwin...1926-1929 d. 1959 George Joachim, V. Goschen of Hawkhurst..1929-1931 d. 1952 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas, L Willingdon...1931-1936 d. 1941 Victor Alexander John Hope, M Linlithgow.1936-1943 d. 1952 Archibald Percival Wavell, Vct Wavell....1943-1947 Louis Franc. Alb. Vict. Nich. Mountbatten, E Mountbatten of Burma...1947 m. 1979 WELF Victoria......................................1878-1901 WETTIN (Windsor after 1917) Edward VII....................................1901-1910 George V......................................1910-1936 Edward VIII........................................1936 d. 1972 George VI.....................................1936-1948 d. 1952 Independent member of the Commonwealth........1947-1950 Republic......................................1950-

BENGAL (Bangladesh) In the northeast corner of the subcontinent, along the coast, and involving the vast delta region associated with the Ganges and Brahmaputra River systems. PALA Gopala I....................................c. 750-c. 770 Dharmapala..................................c. 770-c. 810 Devapala....................................c. 810-c. 850 Vigrahapala I...............................c. 850-c. 875 Narayanapala................................c. 875-c. 908 Rajyapala...................................c. 908-c. 935 Gopala II...................................c. 935-c. 952 Vigrahapala II..............................c. 952-c. 988 Mahipala I..................................c. 988-c. 1038 Nayapala...................................c. 1038-c. 1055 Vigrahapala III............................c. 1055-c. 1070 Mahipala II................................c. 1070-c. 1075 Shurapala..................................c. 1075-c. 1077 Ramapala...................................c. 1077-c. 1120 Kumarapala.................................c. 1120-c. 1125 Gopala III.................................c. 1125-c. 1144 Madanapala.................................c. 1144-c. 1161 SENA Ballalasena................................c. 1161-c. 1178 Lakhsmanasena..............................c. 1178-c. 1205 Vishvarupasena.............................c. 1205-c. 1220 Keshavarsena...............................c. 1220-c. 1250 vacant ILYAS Bughra Khan...................................1282-1291 Kai Ka'us.....................................1291-1298 Firuz Shah I..................................1298-1318 Bughra (in West Bengal).......................1318-1319 with... Bahadur (in East Bengal, West 1319-23)........1318-1330 with... Ibrahim (in West Bengal)......................1323-1325 and... Azam ul-Mulk (in Satgaon).....................1323-1339 and... Bahram Shah (in East Bengal)..................1324-1336 and... Qadr Khan (in West Bengal)....................1325-1339 and... Mubarrak Shah (in East Bengal)................1336-1349 and... Ali Shah (in West Bengal).....................1339-1345 and... Ilyas Shah (in West Bengal, all from 1352)....1345-1357 and... Ghazi Shah (in East Bengal)...................1349-1352 and... Sikandar I....................................1357-1390 opposed by... Azam..........................................1369-1410 Hamza.........................................1410-1412 Bayazid I.....................................1412-1414 Firuz II......................................1414-1415 GANESA Raja Ganesh...................................1415-1418 Mohammed......................................1418-1431 Ahmad.........................................1431-1436 ILYAS Mahmud I......................................1437-1459 Barbak I......................................1459-1474 Yusuf.........................................1474-1481 Sikandar II........................................1481 Fath Shah.....................................1481-1486 HABSHIS Barbak II.....................................1486-1487 Firuz III.....................................1487-1489 Mahmud II.....................................1489-1490 Muzaffar......................................1490-1494 HUSAINI Aladdin Husain................................1494-1518 Nusrat........................................1518-1533 Firuz IV...........................................1533 Mahmud III....................................1533-1538 To the Mughal Empire..........................1538-1539 SURI Sher Shah.....................................1539-1540 d. 1545 Khidr.........................................1540-1545 Mohammed Khan.................................1545-1555 Bahadur.......................................1555-1561 Jalal.........................................1561-1564 KARARANI Sulaiman......................................1564-1572 Bayazid II.........................................1572 Daoud.........................................1572-1576 To the Mughal Empire..........................1576-1757 NAWABS of BENGAL Murshid Quli Djafar Khan.................1703-1727 Shoja ud-Din.............................1727-1739 Safaraz Khan.............................1739-1740 'Ali Vardi Khan..........................1740-1756 Siraj ud-Daula...........................1756-1757 Siraj ud-Daula, a young, active, and contentious man, is responsible for the incident known ever afterward as the "Black Hole of Calcutta". The commencement of his reign occured during an era of open hostilities between British and French interests. Actively courted by the French, and treated to some particularly egregious blunders by the British (involving their sheltering a rival to Siraj's throne, and the suspicious-looking repair of fortifications in the Calcutta area), Siraj mounted an offensive against the British trading colony of Calcutta in early June of 1756. After an intensely-fought four day siege (June 16-20), the garrison was overwhelmed - 146 survivors were thrown into the military dungeon (a single cell, 18 by 14.8 feet (5.5 by 4.5 meters); only 23 were taken out alive the next morning, the rest succumbing to suffocation and heat prostration. Calcutta was retaken by the British East India Company in January of 1757. Siraj's openly forming a French alliance in response gave the British regional commander, Robert Clive, the excuse to arrange an full-scale expedition - the Bengali and French were defeated at Plassey June 23, 1757, insuring BEIC control of India until the Sepoy mutiny just a century later. To the British East India Company.............1757-1858 Mir Djafar...............................1757-1760 d. 1765 Mir Qasim................................1760-1763 Mir Djafar (restored)....................1763-1765 Najm ud-Dawlah...........................1765-1766 Saif ud-Dawlah...........................1766-1770 To Great Britain, directly....................1858-1947 To Pakistan...................................1947-1971 Republic of Bangladesh........................1971-

BHUTAN A Himalayan Kingdom east of Nepal, and northwest of Assam. Kingdom of Monyul, c. 500 BCE-c. 600 CE ?? Occupation by "Indian principalities" ?.....c. 600-c. 900 Fragmentation, each valley ruled locally....c. 600-1616 Partially occupied by Cooch ?......................16th/17th cent. Kingdom of Bhutan Spiritual rulers (Shabdrun Thuktrul, or Dharma Raja) This line commences with a Tibetan Lama (of the Drukpa subsect of the Kargyupa sect) who journeyed to Bhutan and established himself as chief over the region. Ngawang Namgyal...............................1616-1651 Shabdrung Ngwang Namgyel Rimpoche wielded both spiritual and temporal authority, but from the mid 17th century, power came to be divided between the Dharma Raja and the Deb Raja (see below). Each successive Dharma Raja assumed office more-or-less from birth, being regarded as the verifiable reincarnation of the previous incumbent. Pekar Jungney.................................1651-1680 Name not found................................1680-1698 Kunga Gyaltshen...............................1698-1712 d. 1713 Phyogla Namgyal...............................1712-1730 d. 1736 Jigme Norbu...................................1730-1735 Mipham Wangpo.................................1735-1738 Jigme Dragpa I................................1738-1761 Choeki Gyaltshen..............................1762-1788 vacant Jigme Dragpa II...............................1791-1830 Jigme Norbu...................................1831-1861 Jigme Chogyal.................................1862-1904 Jigme Dorji...................................1905-1931 Temporal regents (Druk Desi, or Deb Raja) Tenzin Drugyel................................1651-1655 Several, names not found. Gedun Chomphel................................1695-1701 Ngawang Tshering..............................1701-1704 Umdze Peljor..................................1704-1707 Druk Rabgye...................................1707-1719 d. c. 1729 Ngawang Gyamtsho..............................1719-1729 Mipham Wangpo.................................1729-1736 Khuwo Peljor..................................1736-1739 Ngawang Gyaltshen.............................1739-1744 Sherab Wangchuk...............................1744-1763 Druk Phuntsho.................................1763-1765 Druk Tendzin I................................1765-1768 Donam Lhundub.................................1768-1773 Kunga Rinchen.................................1773-1776 Jigme Singye..................................1776-1788 Druk Tendzin II...............................1788-1792 Tashi Namgyal.................................1792-1799 Druk Namgyal..................................1799-1803 Tashi Namgyal (restored)......................1803-1805 Sangye Tendzin................................1805-1806 Umdze Parpop..................................1806-1808 with... Bop Choda.....................................1807-1808 Tsulthrim Drayga..............................1809-1810 d. 1820 Jigme Dragpa II...............................1810-1811 Yeshey Gyaltshen..............................1811-1815 d. 1830 Tshaphu Dorji......................................1815 Sonam Drugyal.................................1815-1819 Tendzin Drugdra...............................1819-1823 Choki Gyaltshen...............................1823-1831 d. 1838 Dorji Namgyal.................................1831-1832 Adap Thrinley.................................1832-1835 Choki Gyaltshen (restored)....................1835-1838 Dorji Norbu...................................1838-1847 Tashi Dorji...................................1847-1850 Wangchuk Gyalpo....................................1850 Jigme Norbu (at Thimphu)......................1850-1852 opposed by... Chagpa Sangye (at Punakha)....................1851-1852 Damcho Lhundrup...............................1852-1856 Kunga Palden (at Punakha).....................1856-1861 opposed by... Sherab Tharchin (at Thimphu)..................1856-1861 Phuntsho Namgyal..............................1861-1864 Tshewang Sithub....................................1864 d. 1866 Tsulthrim Yonten...................................1864 Kagyu Wangchuk.....................................1864 Tshewang Sithub (restored)....................1864-1866 Tsondru Pekar.................................1866-1870 Jigme Namgyal.................................1870-1873 d. 1881 Kitsep Dorji Namgyal..........................1873-1877 d. 1879 Jigme Namgyal (restored)......................1877-1878 d. 1881 Kitsep Dorji Namgyal (restored)...............1878-1879 Chogyal Zangpo................................1879-1880 Jigme Namgyal (re-restored)...................1880-1881 Lam Tshewang..................................1881-1883 Gawa Zangpo...................................1883-1885 Sangye Dorji..................................1885-1901 vacant Choley Yeshe Ngodub...........................1903-1905 d. 1917 By the 19th century, the system had broken down completely, and the realm was fragmented into the hands of local governors (Penlops) and military officials (Jungpens). Upon the demise of Jigme Chogyal in the early 20th century, the emergence of a particularly strong Penlop in the district of Tongsa brought about reforms which succeeded in creating the modern state, with the Tongsa Penlops as Kings... WANGCHUK Ugyen.........................................1907-1926 Jigme.........................................1926-1952 Jigme Dorji...................................1952-1972 Jigme Singye..................................1972-2006 d. --- Jigme Khesar Namgyel..........................2006-

NEPAL A landlocked state athwart the southern Himalayas, the last remaining Hindu Kingdom. GOPAL Said to have ruled for 520 years. Bhuktaman Jaya Gupta Param Gupta Bhim Gupta I Bhim Gupta II Mani Gupta Bihsnu Gupta Yakchhya Gupta AHIR Said to have ruled for 111 years. Mul Singh Jay Singh Bhuwan Singh (Bhuban Shima) KIRAT The Kirat are an ethnic group which has inhabited the eastern Himalayas for ages. The dynasty is spoken of in traditional sources as having been in power for 1100 to 1225 years - 1118 years seems to have some official standing. Some sources aver a list of 32 kings rather than the 29 given below. Yalambar Pari Skandhar Balamba Hriti Humati Jitedasti.........contemporary of the Buddha, c. 500-350 BCE Galinja Oysgja Suyarma Papa Bunka Swawnanda Sthunko Jinghri..........................said to have fl. c. 300 BCE nane luka Thor Thoko Verma Guja Pushkar kKeshu Suja Sansa Gunam Khimbu Patuka Gasti LICCHAVI Of Kushan origin ? Jayavarma (Jayadeva)..........................fl. c. 185 CE Varsavarma Kuberavarma Harivarma Siddhivarma Haridattavarma Vasudattavarma (Vasuraja) Sripativarma Sivavrdhivarma Vasantavarma Supuspavarma Visvadeva (Vrshadeva)..........................fl. c. 400 Sankaradeva....................................fl. c. 425 Dharmadeva.....................................fl. c. 450 Manadeva I..................................c. 464-505 Mahideva.......................................505-506 Vasantadeva....................................506-532 Manudeva Vamanadeva.....................................fl. c. 538 Ramadeva.......................................fl. c. 545 Amaradeva Gunakamadeva Ganadeva.......................................560-565 ? Gangadeva......................................567-573 and... Bhaumagupta (as regent?) 567-590 ? Bhaumagupta was probably not a king per se, although he is listed in some historical sources and in several inscriptions. Manadeva II....................................fl. c. 575 Sivadeva I.....................................590-604 Amsuvarma......................................605-621 Uayadeva.......................................fl. c. 621 Dhruvadeva.....................................624-625 ? Bhimarjunadeva (Jisnugupta)....................631-633 Visnugupta.....................................fl. c. 633 Bhimarjunadeva.................................640-641 ? Narendradeva...................................643-679 ? Sivadeva II....................................694-705 ? Jayadeva II....................................713-733 ? Sankaradeva II.................................748-749 Manadeva III...................................fl. c. 756 ? Baliraja (Balarjunadeva).......................fl. c. 826 Baladeva.......................................fl. c. 847 Manadeva IV....................................fl. c. 877 RAGHAVADEVA Raghavadeva....................................fl. c. 879 Jayadeva Vikramadeva Narendradeva I Gunakamadeva I Udayadeva Nirbhayadeva...................................fl. c. 1008 Rudradeva I................................c. 1008-c. 1015 Bhoja..............................................c. 1015 Lakshmikamadeva I..........................c. 1015-c. 1039 Jayakamadeva...............................c. 1039-1046 THAKURI Bhaskaradeva..................................1046-1059 Baladeva......................................1059-1064 Pradyumnakamadeva.............................1064- ? Nagfarjunadeva................................. ? -1068 Shankaradeva..................................1068-1080 Vamadeva......................................1080-1090 Harshadeva....................................1090-1118 Shivadeva.....................................1118-1128 Indradeva.....................................1128- ? Manadeva.......................................... c. 1130's ? Narendradeva II.................................. -1146 Anandadeva....................................1146- ? Rudradeva II................................... ? -1176 Amritadeva....................................1176- ? Ratnadeva......................................... c. 1180's ? Somesvaradeva.................................. ? -1187 Gunakamadeva II...............................1187-1193 Lakshmikamadeva II............................1193-1196 Vijayakamadeva................................1196-1201 MALLA Arimalladeva..................................1201-c. 1216 Ranasura...........................................c. 1216 Abhayamalla................................c. 1216-c. 1235 Jayadevamalla..............................c. 1235-c. 1258 Jayabhimadeva..............................c. 1258-c. 1271 Jayasimhamalla.............................c. 1271-c. 1274 Anantamalla................................c. 1274-c. 1310 Jayanandadeva..............................c. 1310-c. 1347 with... Jayarudramalla.............................c. 1320-c. 1326 and... Jayarimalla................................c. 1320-c. 1344 Jayarajadeva...............................c. 1347-c. 1361 Jayarjunamalla.............................c. 1361-c. 1382 Jayasthitimalla............................c. 1382-c. 1395 Jayadharmamalla............................c. 1395-c. 1408 with... Jayakitimalla..............................c. 1395-c. 1403 and... Jayajyotimalla.............................c. 1395-c. 1428 Jayayakshamalla............................c. 1428-c. 1482 At this point the state was partitioned. See Bhatgaon, Gurkha, Katmandu, and Patan. In 1768/9, the state was reunited under Gurkha hegemony. SHAH Prithvi Narayana..............................1768-1774 Pratapa Simha.................................1774-1777 Rana Bahadur..................................1777-1799 Girvan Yuddha Bikram..........................1799-1816 Rajendra Bikram...............................1816-1847 Surendra Bikram...............................1847-1881 Prithvi Bir Bikram............................1881-1911 Tribhuvana Bir Bikram.........................1911-1950 d. 1955 Gyanendra Bir Bikram..........................1950-1951 d. Tribhuvana Bir Bikram (restored)..............1951-1955 Mahendra Bir Bikram...........................1955-1972 Birendra Bir Bikram...........................1972-2001 Dipendra Bir Bikram.......................June 1-4 2001 Gyanendra Bir Bikram (restored)...............2001-2008 d. Republic......................................2008-

IRANA general survey of the entire region. To the Medes.................................mid 700's-550 ACHAEMENID I give the much more widely recognized Greek transcriptions of these names in parentheses, where I have them available. See Fars for the antecedents of these dynasts. Kurush (Cyrus) II the Great........................550-529 Kambujiya (Cambyses) II............................529-522 Smerdis the Usurper....................................522 Darayavahush (Darius) I the Great..................522-486 Xshayarsha (Xerxes) I the Great....................486-466 Artabanes..........................................466-465 Artaxshassa (Artaxerxes) I Longhand................465-425 Xshayarsha (Xerxes) II.............................425-424 Sogdianos..........................................424-423 Darayavahush (Darius) II the Bastard...............423-404 Artaxshassa (Artaxerxes) II the Mindful............404-359 Artaxshassa (Artaxerxes) III.......................359-338 Arsha (Arses, or Artaxerxes IV)....................338-336 Bagoas, Chiliarch (Grand Vizier), 338-336 This Bagoas was notorious even by ancient standards. A Court Eunuch, he rose through the Persian bureaucracy in later Achaemenid times to become one of the chief governing officers of the Empire. He successively murdered, or perhaps simply ordered the assassination of Artaxerxes III and other members of the Imperial family. When he was through, the only ones left were Arses and a young girl, Parysatis. He ruled Persia through the boy for two years, but tremendous upheavals throughout the Empire disordered things so badly that he murdered Arses as well. A kinsman of the Achaemenids, Artašata, gained the throne, calling himself Darius. At a dinner attended by both men, Darius compelled Bagoas to drink from the cup that had been offered to Darius, and Bagoas died of the poison within... Darius came too late; the internal disorders of the Persians had attracted the attention of it neighbors, and in 332 the Macedonian army advanced into Persia, sweeping everything before it. Thus, there is a very real sense in which Bagoas bears responsibility for draining the Empire of sufficient vitality to withstand collapse. See also, the Holy Land. Darayavahush (Darius) III..........................336-330 MACEDON (Macedonian List) Alexander the Great................................330-323 Philip.............................................323-316 Antigonus One-eye..................................316-312 d. 301 SELEUCID EMPIRE (Full Seleucid List) Seleucus I.........................................312-280 Antiochus I Soter..................................280-261 Antiochus II Theos.................................261-246 Seleucus II........................................246-225 Seleucus III.......................................225-223 Antiochus III the Great............................223-187 Seleucus IV........................................187-175 Antiochus IV Epiphanes.............................175-164/3 Antiochus V......................................164/3-162 Alexander Balas....................................150-145 Demetrius II Nicator...............................145-141 d. 125 PARTHIA ARSACID A Scythian group in the northeast (Parthia) 247, Khurasan 185, Media, Fars, Atropatene, Babylon, and Elymais 141-138. Arsaces I..........................................247-c. 211 Arsaces II (often called Artabanus I)...........c. 211-c. 191 Priapatius......................................c. 191-c. 176 Phraates I......................................c. 176-c. 171 Mithridates I Philhellene.......................c. 171-138 Phraates II........................................138-c. 128 Artabanus I.....................................c. 128-124/3 Mithridates II...................................124/3-88 opposed by... Gotarzes I (in Atropatene c. 95-87)..............c. 95-90 Orodes I............................................90-80 King, name unknown.....................................80 King, name unknown..................................80-70 with... ? Sanatruces..........................................77-70 Phraates III........................................70-58 Mithridates III (in Atropatene 65-58)...............58-54 with... Orodes II (in Elymais c. 56/5-c. 45)................57-38 with... Pacorus I...........................................51-39 Phraates IV (in Elymais c. 35-2)....................37-29 d. 2 BCE Tiridates II........................................29-27 Phraates IV (restored)..............................27-2 Phraates V.......................................2 BCE-4 CE Orodes III...........................................4-7 Vonones I (in Armenia 16-17).........................7-12 d. 17: opposed by... Artabanus II (in Atropatene c. 20-38)...............10-38 opposed by... Tiridates III.......................................35-36 Gotarzes II.........................................38-51 with by... Vardanes I.......................................c. 39-47 and then... Sanabares...........................................50-65 with... Vonones II (in Atropatene c. 38 ?-51)..................51 Vologases I.........................................51-78 opposed by... Vardanes II.........................................55-58 Vologeses II........................................77-80 opposed by... Pacorus II..........................................78-105 opposed by... Artabanus III.......................................80-90 Vologases III......................................105-147 with... Chosroes I.........................................109-129 opposed by... Parthamaspates.........................................116 and then... Mithridates IV.........................................140 and... King, name unknown.....................................140 Vologases IV.......................................147-191 opposite by... Chosroes II............................................190 Vologases V the Great (king of Armenia 180-191)....191-208 Vologeses VI.......................................208-228 with... Artabanus IV (king of Atropatene in 216)...........216-224 and... Artabanus V........................................213-226 Artavasdes.........................................226-227 SASSANID Ardashir I.........................................227-241 Shapur I...........................................241-272 Hormazd I..........................................272-273 Bahram I...........................................273-276 Bahram II..........................................276-293 Bahram III.............................................293 Narses.............................................293-303 Hormazd II.........................................303-310 Adarnarseh.............................................310 Shapur II..........................................310-379 Ardashir II........................................379-383 Shapur III.........................................383-388 Bahram IV..........................................388-399 Yazdegerd I........................................399-420 Khusrau the Usurper....................................420 Bahram V the Wild Ass..............................420-438 Yazdegerd II.......................................438-457 Hormazd III............................................457 Firuz I............................................457-484 Balash.............................................484-488 Kobad I............................................488-497 d. 531 Zamasp.............................................497-499 Kobad I (restored).................................499-531 Khusrau I the Just.................................531-579 Hormazd IV.........................................579-590 Khusrau II the Victorious..............................590 Bahram VI Chobin the Usurper.......................590-591 Khusrau II the Victorious (restored)...............591-628 opposed by... Bistam the Usurper (in Media)......................591-592 and then... Hormazd (V) the Usurper................................593 Kobad II Sheroe........................................628 Ardashir III.......................................628-630 Shahrbaraz the Usurper.................................630 Firuz II...............................................630 Khusrau III............................................630 Juvansher..............................................630 Borandurht (fem.)...................................630-631 Gushnasbandeh..........................................631 Azarmidurht (fem.)......................................631 Hormazd V (in Nisibis).............................631-632 opposing... Firuz III Gushnasp.....................................631 Khusrau IV.............................................632 Khusrau V..........................................632-633 Yazdegerd III......................................633-649 d. 651 To the Caliphate...................................649-755 To the Abbasid Caliphs.............................755-867 SAFFARID See also, SEISTAN. Yaqub the Coppersmith..............................867-879 Amir I.............................................879-901 Tahir..............................................901-902 d. 908 If you are visiting here from other portions of the archive, here is an express to get you back to where you were: Afghanistan, Amida, Antioch, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bokhara, Cappadocia, Characene, Chechnya, Commagene, Cyprus, Dagestan, Georgia, Egypt, Imereti, Israel, Jordan, Khakheti, Khwarazm, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lemnos, Lesbos, Libya, Lydia, Marida, Mesopotamia, Oman, Samos, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

An era of disunity follows, as competing local dynasts established spheres of influence from the 10th century onwards. From 900 to 999 the dominant power in the region was Bokhara, under the Samanids. From 1029 to 1194 the Seljuqs were supreme.

The GREAT SELJUQS The original Seljuqs, who swarmed out of Central Asia in the first half of the 11th century. (Capitals in Nishapur, Isfahan, from 1156 Nisa) Rukn ad-Din Toghril Beg I.........................1037-1063 Ala ad-Din Alp Arslan.............................1063-1072 Djalal ad-Din Malik Shah I........................1072-1092 Nasir ad-Din Mahmud I ............................1092-1095 Rukn ad-Din Berk Yaruq............................1095-1104 Muizz ad-Din Malik Shah II........................1104-1105 Giyas ad-Din Mohammed I Tapar.....................1105-1118 Muizad-din Ahmad Sanjar (in Khorasan from 1097)...1118-1153 d. 1157 Shah Gazi Rustam ibn 'Ali..............................1155 Muyad ad-Duwla Ai-Aba.............................1156-1174 Abu Bakr Turan Shah...............................1174-1181 d. 1202 Fragmented into local spheres of influence Note: For other Seljuq successions outside of Iran, look in Anatolia, Kerman, Aleppo, Damascus. HAMADAN Local Seljuq authority, based in western Iran, which replaced the Great Seljuq hegemony in Iran in the early 12th century. SELJUQ Mahmud II.........................................1118-1131 Dawud (in Iranian Azerbaijan and Jibal)................1131 Toghril II........................................1131-1134 Mas'ud............................................1134-1152 Malik Shah III....................................1152-1153 Muhammad II.......................................1153-1160 Sulaiman Shah.....................................1160-1161 Arslan Shah.......................................1161-1176 Toghril III.......................................1176-1194 From 1194 to 1221 the great regional power was Khwarazm. See also the Ismaili Sect. Most Iranian locals become Mongol vassals.........1221-1253 Noyons (Mongol military governors of Persia) Chormagan....................................1230-1241 Baiju........................................1241-1246 Eljigidei....................................1246-1252 Baiju (restored..............................1252-1256 Most of Iran under direct Mongol rule.............1253-1295 IL-KHAN (Local Mongol authority under the Great Horde, followed by independent Khans. Hulegu.......................................1256-1265 Abaqa........................................1265-1282 Teguder......................................1282-1284 Arghun.......................................1284-1291 Gaikhatu.....................................1291-1295 Baidu.............................................1295 Ghazan............................................1295-1304 Oljeitu...........................................1304-1316 Abu Sa'id.........................................1316-1335 Arpa..............................................1335-1336 Musa..............................................1336-1337 with... Muhammad..........................................1336-1338 Sati Beg (fem.)....................................1338-1339 Jahan Timur.......................................1339-1340 with... Suleiman..........................................1339-1343 Another period of disunity, as remnants of the Hordes competed with local dynasts for authority. This era ends with the sweep of conquests by Timur Khan (known in Western Europe as Tamburlane). TIMURID (Barlas Tribe) Qutb ad-Din Timur ibn Taragai (Timur the Lame)....1380-1405 Miran Shah (Azerbaijan)...........................1405-1408 with... Pir Muhammad (in Fars)............................1405-1409 and... Rustam (in Arabistan).............................1405-1409 Khalil Sultan (in Rayy)...........................1409-1411 with... Bayqara (in Fars).................................1409-1412 Iskandar (in Fars, then Azerbaijan & Arabistan)...1412-1414 Shah Rukh ibn Timur (in Khorasan only 1405-1409)..1414-1447 opposing... Djalal Ud-Din Miran Shah..........................1405-1409 and then... Khalil Sultan.....................................1409-1414 and then... Ayyal..................................................1414 and finally... Ailankar..........................................1414-1415 Ulugh Beg.........................................1447-1449 Period of disunity Abu Said ibn Muhammad ibn Miran Shah..............1451-1469 A third period of fragmentation, as Timur's Empire loses cohesion and local rulers strive against each other. QARA QOYUNLU Jahan Shah........................................1458-1466 Yet a fourth era of fragmentation, followed by reunification under the Safavid Dynasty. SAFAVID Ismail I..........................................1502-1524 Tahmasp I.........................................1524-1576 Ismail II.........................................1576-1578 Muhammad Khodabanda...............................1578-1581 d. 1595/6 Abbas I...........................................1581-1629 Safi..............................................1629-1642 Abbas II..........................................1642-1667 Suleiman..........................................1667-1694 Husain............................................1694-1722 Tahmasp II........................................1722-1732 opposed by... GILZHAI Mir Mahmud........................................1722-1725 and then... Mir Mahmud took the Safavid capital Isfahan, invited all leading Persians to a great festival and then butchered them all. Ashraf Shah.......................................1725-1730 SAFAVID Abbas III.........................................1732-1736 AFSHARID Nadir.............................................1736-1747 Adil..............................................1747-1748 Shah Rukh.........................................1748-1749 d. 1755 with... Ibrahim...........................................1748-1749 ZAND Karim Shah........................................1750-1779 Abul Fath..............................................1779 'Ali Murad.............................................1779 d. 1785 Sadiq.............................................1779-1782 'Ali Murad (restored).............................1782-1785 Jafar.............................................1785-1789 Luftf Ali.........................................1789-1794 QAJAR Aga Muhammad......................................1779-1797 Baba Khan..............................................1797 Fath 'Ali.........................................1797-1834 Muhammad Shah.....................................1834-1848 Nasr ad-Din.......................................1848-1896 Muzaffar ad-Din...................................1896-1907 Muhammad 'Ali.....................................1907-1909 d. 1924 Ahmad Shah........................................1909-1925 d. 1929 PAHLAVI Reza..............................................1925-1941 d. 1944 Anglo-Soviet occupation...........................1941-1946 Muhammad Reza.....................................1941-1979 d. 1980 Theocratic State..................................1979- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 1979-1989 Ayatollah Sayyed 'Ali Khamenei, 1989- See above for an express to various Persian conquests.

JAPAN A record of succeeding Tennos. The early dates should be approached with caution, especially those prior to circa 500. In official chronicles, Jimmu Tenno is said to have ruled circa 600 BCE, but this is only possible if his next ten or more successors lived the impossibly long life-spans they are credited with in the court histories. Kingdom of Wa In modern usage, the Chinese name for Japan. Wa was a kingdom mentioned in Chinese chronicles as being located on an island to the east, although it is unclear whether the ancient sources refer to Japan as a whole or to a particular polity on it. The following individuals are named in Chinese sources as kings or queens of Wa. Their identification with various traditional Japanese emperors is disputed. Suishō.............................................fl. 107 CE ?? Himiko (fem.) (in Yamataikoku)...................... ? -c. 248 opposed by... Himikuku (in Kunu) ?? Tarishihoko (possibly Empress Suiko)...............fl. 607 Nippon The traditional list from Japanese sources. TRADITIONAL PERIOD Jimmu Tenno Suizei Annei Itoku Kosho Koan Korei Kogen Kaika...........................................c. 200-c. 230 Sujin...........................................c. 230-259 Suinin.............................................259-291 Keiko..............................................291-323 Seimu..............................................323-356 Chuai..............................................356-363 Ojin...............................................363-395 Nintoku............................................395-428 Richu..............................................428-433 Hansho.............................................433-438 Ingyo..............................................438-455 Anko...............................................455-457 Yuriaku............................................457-490 Seinei.............................................490-495 Kenso..............................................495-498 Ninken.............................................498-504 Buretsu............................................504-510 Keitai.............................................510-534 Ankan..............................................534-536 Senka..............................................536-540 Kimmei.............................................540-572 Bidatsu............................................572-586 Yomei..............................................586-588 Sushun.............................................588-593 Suiko (fem.)........................................593-629 Jomei..............................................629-642 Kogyoku............................................642-645 d. 661 Kotoku.............................................645-654 Saimei (form. Kogyoku)(restored)......................654-661 Tenchi.............................................661-672 Kobun..................................................672 Temmu..............................................672-686 Jito (fem.).........................................686-697 d. 703 Mommu..............................................697-707 NARA ERA Gemmei (fem.).......................................707-715 d. 722 Gensho (fem.).......................................715-724 d. 748 Shomu..............................................724-749 Koken (fem.)........................................749-758 d. 770 Junnin.............................................758-764 d. 765 Shotoku (fem., form. Koken)(restored)..................764-770 Konin..............................................770-781 HEIAN ERA Kwammu.............................................781-806 Heijo..............................................806-809 d. 824 Saga...............................................809-823 d. 842 Junna..............................................823-833 d. 840 Nimmyo.............................................833-850 Montoku............................................850-858 Seiwa..............................................858-876 d. 880 Yozei..............................................876-884 d. 949 Koko...............................................884-887 Uda................................................887-897 d. 937 Daigo..............................................897-930 Suzaku.............................................930-946 d. 952 Murakami...........................................946-967 Reizei.............................................967-969 d. 1011 En' Yu.............................................969-984 d. 991 Kazan..............................................984-986 d. 1008 Ichijo.............................................986-1011 Sanjo.............................................1011-1016 d. 1017 Go-Ichijo.........................................1016-1036 Gosuzaku..........................................1036-1045 Goreizei..........................................1045-1068 Gosanjo...........................................1068-1072 d. 1073 Shirakawa.........................................1072-1086 d. 1129 Horikawa..........................................1086-1107 Toba..............................................1107-1123 d. 1156 Sutoku............................................1123-1141 d. 1164 Konoye............................................1141-1155 Goshirakawa.......................................1155-1158 d. 1192 Nijo..............................................1158-1165 Rokujo............................................1165-1168 d. 1176 Takakura..........................................1168-1180 d. 1181 Antoku............................................1180-1185 KAMAKURA ERA Gotoba............................................1185-1198 d. 1239 Tsuchimikado......................................1198-1210 d. 1231 Juntoku...........................................1210-1221 d. 1242 Chukyo.................................................1221 d. 1234 Gohorikawa........................................1221-1232 d. 1234 Shijo.............................................1232-1242 Gosaga............................................1242-1246 d. 1272 Gofukakusa........................................1246-1259 d. 1304 Kameyama..........................................1259-1274 d. 1305 Go-Uda............................................1274-1287 d. 1324 Fushimi...........................................1288-1298 d. 1317 Gofushimi.........................................1298-1301 d. 1336 Gonijo............................................1301-1308 Hanazono..........................................1308-1318 d. 1348 ASHIKAGA ERA: Southern Kingdom Godaigo...........................................1318-1339 Gomurakami........................................1339-1368 Chokei............................................1368-1370 Gokameyama........................................1370-1393 d. 1424 Reunified with the Northern Kingdom... ASHIKAGA ERA: Northern Kingdom (reunification 1393) Kogon.............................................1332-1336 d. 1364 Komyo.............................................1336-1349 d. 1380 Suko..............................................1349-1352 d. 1398 Gokogon...........................................1352-1372 d. 1374 Go-En' Yu.........................................1372-1383 d. 1393 Gokomatsu.........................................1383-1413 d. 1433 Shoko.............................................1413-1429 Gohanazano........................................1429-1465 d. 1471 Gotsuchimikado....................................1465-1501 Gokashinabara.....................................1501-1527 Gonara............................................1527-1558 Ogimachi..........................................1558-1587 d. 1593 Goyozei...........................................1587-1612 d. 1617 TOKUGAWA ERA Gonizono-O........................................1612-1630 d. 1680 Myosho (fem.)......................................1630-1644 d. 1696 Gokomyo...........................................1644-1655 Gosaien...........................................1655-1663 d. 1685 Reigen............................................1663-1687 d. 1732 Higashiyama.......................................1687-1710 Nakanomikado......................................1710-1736 d. 1737 Sakuramachi.......................................1736-1747 d. 1750 Momozono..........................................1747-1763 Gosakuramachi (fem.)...............................1763-1771 d. 1813 Gomomozono........................................1771-1780 Kokaku............................................1780-1816 d. 1840 Ninko.............................................1817-1847 Komei.............................................1847-1867 MEIJI ERA (Personal names in parentheses) Meiji (Mutsuhito).................................1867-1912 Taisho (Yoshihito)................................1912-1926 Showa (Hirohito)..................................1926-1989 with... Allied military occupation...................1945-1955 Heisi (Akihito)...................................1989-

KORYO (Chosun, Joseon, Korea) The second unified state, reintegrating the peninsula following the collapse of the old Silla hegemony. The name "Koryo" was conciously selected as a hearkening back to the splendour of the old Koguryo state. WANG T'aejo I...........................................918-943 Hyejong............................................944-945 Chongjong I........................................946-949 Kwangjong..........................................950-975 Kyongjong..........................................976-981 Songjong I.........................................981-997 Mokshong...........................................997-1009 Hyonjong I........................................1010-1032 Tokjong...........................................1032-1035 Chongjong II......................................1035-1047 Munjong I.........................................1047-1083 Sunjong................................................1083 Sonjong...........................................1084-1095 Honjong I..............................................1095 Sokjong...........................................1096-1105 Yejong I..........................................1106-1122 Injong I..........................................1123-1146 Uijong............................................1147-1170 Myongjong.........................................1170-1197 Sinjong...........................................1198-1205 Huijong...........................................1205-1211 Kangjong..........................................1212-1213 Kojong I..........................................1213-1259 Autonomous tributary to the Mongols............c. 1270-1368 Wonjong......................................1260-1274 Ch'unguyol...................................1275-1309 Ch'ungson....................................1309-1314 Ch'ungsuk....................................1314-1330 Ch'unghye....................................1330-1332 d. 1344 Ch'angsuk....................................1332-1339 Ch'unghye (restored).........................1339-1344 Ch'ungmok....................................1344-1348 Ch'unajong...................................1349-1351 Kongmin......................................1351-1374 Sin U.............................................1374-1389 Sinch'ang..............................................1389 Kongyang..........................................1389-1392 YI T'aejo II.........................................1392-1398 Chongjong III.....................................1398-1400 T'aejong..........................................1401-1418 Sejong............................................1418-1450 Munjong II........................................1450-1452 Tanjong...........................................1452-1455 Sejo..............................................1456-1468 Yejong II.........................................1468-1469 Songjong II.......................................1470-1494 Yonsan Gun........................................1494-1506 Chungjong.........................................1506-1544 Injong II.........................................1544-1545 Myonjong..........................................1546-1567 Sonjo.............................................1567-1608 Kwan Naegun.......................................1609-1623 Injo..............................................1623-1649 Note a mild tributary status to the Chinese (Manchu, actually) from 1637 into the later 19th century (An invasion of northern Korea by the Manchu in 1627 established a vague client status - regular tribute was demanded, and received, as of a decade later.). Hyojong...........................................1650-1659 Hyonjong II.......................................1660-1675 Sukchong..........................................1675-1720 Kyonjong..........................................1720-1724 Yongjo............................................1725-1776 Chongjo...........................................1777-1800 Kim Jonsung (fem.; Dowager-Queen-Regent), 1800-1804 Sunjo.............................................1801-1834 Kim Sun-wo Wang-ho (fem.; Dowager-Queen Regent), 1834 Honjong II........................................1835-1849 Kim Sun-wo Wang-ho (fem.; Dowager-Queen-Regent; restored), 1849-1850 Ch'oljong.........................................1850-1864 EMPIRE of TAEHANGUK (name abolished 1910) 1897-1910 Kojong II (Kwangmu)...............................1864-1907 d. 1919 Hung-son Taewon-gun (as regent), 1864-1873 d. 1898 Cho Sin-chong (as regent), 1864-1866 Mun Ch'i-rok (as regent), 1873-1894 d. 1895 Japanese authority and influence at a peak 1894-1897, but even during the days of the Empire, when the Korean government attempted to establish itself as a fully independent state 1897-1905, Japan had considerable power in the peninsula. Japanese "Protectorate"...........................1905-1910 Sungjong (Yeonghui)..........................1907-1910 d. 1926 Annexed to Japan..................................1910-1945 Governor-General Masatake Terauchi............................1910-1916 Yoshimichi Hasegawa..........................1916-1919 d. 1924 Makoto Saito.................................1919-1927 d. 1936 Kazushige Ugaki...................................1927 d. 1956 Hanzo Yamanashi..............................1927-1929 d. 1944 Makoto Saito (restored)......................1929-1931 d. 1936 Kazushige Ugaki (restored)...................1931-1936 d. 1956 Jiro Minami..................................1936-1942 d. 1957 Kuniaki Koiso................................1942-1944 d. 1950 Nobuyuki Abe.................................1944-1945 d. 1953

Allied Military Occupation........................1945-1948 John L. Hodge (American).....................1945-1948 with... Ivan Chistyakov (Russian)....................1945-1947 and then... Gennady Korotkov (Russian)...................1947-1948

Democratic Peoples Republic (North) General Secretary, Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea Kim Il Sung.......................................1946-1994 vacant

Kim Jong Il................................(1994-)1997-2011 vacant Kim Jong Un................................(2011-) Republic of Korea (South) President Syngman Rhee......................................1948-1960 Yun Po Sun........................................1960-1962 Park Chung Hee....................................1962-1979 Choi Kyu Hah......................................1979-1980 Chun Doo Hwan.....................................1980-1988 Roh Tae Woo.......................................1988-1993 Kim Young Sam.....................................1993-1998 Kim Dae Jung......................................1998-2003 Roh Moo Hyun......................................2003-2008 Lee Myung Bak.....................................2008-

CYPRUS A general survey of the island as a whole. Neolithic settlements, early phase................5500-3500 Neolithic, Sotira phase...........................3500-2500 Bronze age, early phase...........................2500-2000 Bronze age, middle phase..........................2000-1600 Bronze age, later phase...........................1600-1400 To Egypt at least once..............c. 1500 Bronze age, Achaean period........................1400-1050 Iron age petty kingdoms...........................1050-709 Phoenician settlements on the coast...........800-700 To Assyria.........................................709-669 Independent........................................669-c. 560 To Egypt........................................c. 560-c. 525 To Persia.......................................c. 525-498 Independent........................................498-c. 490 To Persia.......................................c. 490-410 Evagoras...........................................410-374 To Persia..........................................374-333 To Macedon.........................................333-c. 315 To Egypt........................................c. 315-306 To the Empire of Antigonus.........................306-301 To Egypt...........................................301-114 Ptolemy Alexander (P. X of Egypt; Gov. Cyp. 116-4).114-107 d. 88 Ptolemy Lathyrus...................................107-89 To Egypt............................................89-88 Ptolemy Alexander (restored)...........................88 To Egypt............................................88-80 Ptolemy Auletes.....................................80-58 To the Roman Republic...............................58-27 To the Roman Empire.............................27 BCE-395 CE To the Byzantine Empire............................395-647 To the Caliphate...................................647-649 To the Byzantine Empire............................649-653 To the Caliphate...................................653-680 To the Byzantine Empire............................680-1185 One ought to point out that while the island was administered by the Byzantine Empire permanently after 680, that between that time and the mid 900's tax revenues from the island were divided by treaty between the Byzantines and the Umayyad, and later Abbasid, Caliphate. Vakram the Armenian............................fl. 965 Theophilos Erotikos..........................1040-1042 Theophilos led a rebellion in 1042, but was captured by loyalist forces and publicly humiliated in the Hippodrome in Constantinople. Remarkably, though his estates and money were confiscated, Theophilos himself was set free after his public humiliation. Eumathios Philokales......................c. 1093-1112 Also governor of the Peloponessus and Megas Doux. COMNENUS Isaac.............................................1185-1191 To England.............................................1191 To the Knights Templar............................1191-1192 De LUSIGNAN Guy...............................................1192-1194 Amalric I.........................................1194-1205 Hugh I............................................1205-1218 Henry I...........................................1218-1253 Hugh II...........................................1253-1267 CHATILLON (ANTIOCH) Hugh III..........................................1267-1284 John..............................................1284-1285 Henry II..........................................1285-1306 d. 1324 Amalric II........................................1306-1310 Henry II (restored)...............................1310-1324 Hugh IV...........................................1324-1359 Peter I...........................................1359-1369 Peter II..........................................1369-1382 James I...........................................1382-1398 Janus.............................................1398-1432 John III..........................................1432-1458 Charlotte (fem.)...................................1458-1460 d. 1487 James II..........................................1460-1473 James III.........................................1473-1474 CORNARI Catherine (fem.)...................................1474-1489 To Venice.........................................1489-1571 ? Hieronimus Pisauro...........................1491-1493 ? Cristoforo Moro..............................1506-1508 It has been suggested that Cristoforo may have been the inspiration of Shakespeare's Othello. His surname can be translated as "the Moor", although the Moros were, in fact, of old Venetian stock. Francesco Bragadino...........................fl. 1525 ? Giovanni Battista Donà.......................1556- ? Father of doge Leonardo Donà. Niccolo Dandolo............................... ? -1570 Marco Antonio Bragadino......................1570-1571 De facto Captain General of Famagusta, Bragadino took command of the Venetian resistence to the Ottomans after the death of Niccolo Dandolo in the seige of Nicosia. Upon capturing Famagusta the Turks executed Bragadino by flaying him alive.

To Ottoman Empire.................................1571-1878 Walis (Viceroys) of Kibris (Cyprus) Abdallah Pasha...............................1745-1746 Abubekr Pasha................................1746-1748 unknown Kasim Aga.................................c. 1759- ? Chil Osman Aga....................................1764 Hafiz Mehmed Efendi..........................1764-1765 Suleyman Efendi.............................1765-1770 opposed by... Halil Aga (in rebellion)..........................1766 ? Haci Ismail Aga............................1771/2-1770's Haci Ali Aga.................................1770-1775 Huseyin Celebi Aga...........................1775-1777 Haci Abdelbaqi Aga...........................1777-1783 unknown Haci Georgakis Kornesios.....................1779-1785 unknown Huseyin Celebi Aga (restored)..............1788-c.1800 Hasan Agac...................................1800-1808 Ahmed Pasha..................................1808-1810 ? unknown Seid Mehmed Emin Efendi......................1812-1815 Kucuk Mehmed Silahser........................1816-1822 Haci Ibrahim Aga.............................1822-1823 Seid Mehmed..................................1823-1824 Taher Pasha..................................1824- ? Ali Ruqi Efendi............................... ? -1829 Ali Halil Seid Efendi........................1830-1831 unknown Haci Seid Mehmed Aga.........................1833-1838 Osman Bey....................................1838-1839 Hasan Pasha..................................1839-1840 Osman Pasha.......................................1840 Talat Efendi......................................1841 Seid Mehmed..................................1841-1842 Aziz Pasha...................................1842-1843 Edhem Pasha..................................1843-1845 Haci (Mehmed Surur) Darbaz Aga...............1845-1846 Hasan Pasha (restored).......................1846-1847 Ismail Adil Pasha............................1847-1848 Abdullatif Efendi............................1848-1849 Mutesarrifs (Lieutenant-governors) unknown Haftuz Pasha ? ...................................1851 Edhem Pasha..................................1851-1853 Mehmed Serif Pasha...........................1853-1854 Mehmed Cemal Pasha (Celaleddin)..............1854-1855 Osman Serif Pasha............................1855-1856 Kani Pasha...................................1856-1858 Ishaq Pasaha.................................1858-1859 Mehmed Hairullah Pasha.......................1859-1861 Kibrisli Mehmed Kamil Pasha.......................1862 Ziya Pasha........................................1862 Tevfik Pasha......................................1863 Mehmed Halet Pasha................................1863 Ismail Efendi (restored).....................1863-1864 Ali Bey...........................................1864 Kibrisli Mehmed Kamil Pasha (rst.).... 21 days in 1864 Ismail Efendi (restored)..........................1864 Taiyib Pasha......................................1864 Mehmed Halet Pasha (restored)................1864-1865 Seid Niman Taiyib.................................1865 Ahmed Latif..................................1865-1866 Mehmed Halet Pasha (re-re-restored)...............1866 Seid Niman Taiyib (restored).................1866-1867 Mehmed Halet Pasha (re-re-re-restored).......1867-1868 Kucuk Mehmed Said Pasha......................1868-1871 Aziz Pasha (restored)........................1871-1872 Mehmed Veis Pasha............................1872-1873 Essad Pasha.......................................1873 Ibrahim Pasha................................1873-1874 Reza..............................................1874 Mehmed Nazif......................................1874 Aziz Pasha (restored)........................1874-1876 Mehmed Veis Pasha (restored).................1876-1877 Ahmed Bessim Pasha...........................1877-1878 Occupied by Great Britain.........................1878-1914 High Commissioners Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley...................1878-1879 Sir Robert Biddulph..........................1879-1886 Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer.............1886-1892 Sir Walter Joseph Sendall....................1892-1898 Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith...........1898-1904 Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman..............1904-1911 Hamilton John Goold-Adams....................1911-1915 To Great Britain..................................1914-1960 Sir John Eugene Clauson......................1915-1918 Governors (from 1925) Sir Malcolm Stevenson........................1918-1926 Sir Ronald Storrs............................1926-1932 Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs...................1932-1933 Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer..................1933-1939 Sir William Denis Battershill................1939-1941 Sir Charles Campbell Woolley.................1941-1946 Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, Bn. Winster1946-1949 Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright..................1949-1953 Sir Robert Perceval Armitage.................1954-1955 Sir John Harding.............................1955-1957 Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot.....................1957-1960 Note that Great Britain retained administrative authority over the Akrotiri and Dhekelia districts, even after independence in 1960. (Greek) Republic..................................1960- ... opposed by... (Turkish) Republic of Northern Cyprus.............1974-

ISRAEL See Controversy file. This list focuses on the nations and rulers who held the city of Jerusalem within their sway, but should be regarded as providing coverage for the region as a whole. See also the Patriarchs of Jerusalem for the Orthodox religious authorities. Paleolithic Peoples............................+500000-8000 Mesolithic Peoples................................8000-5500 Neolithic Peoples.................................5500-4500 Chalcolithic Peoples (Ghassulian Culture).........4500-3300 Bronze and Iron age; Semitic nomads...............3300-c. 1480 AMORITES Yaqir Amo..........................................fl. c. 2000 Saz Anu............................................fl. c. 2000 Salem The ancient name of the city of Jerusalem; see Jebusites for early rulers. To Egypt.......................................c. 1480-c. 1200 The order in which these officials served is not known with precision, and so the following list must be regarded as tentative to a degree. Iankhamu (Egyptian commissioner in Canaan)........mid 1300's Hanni mar'm (son of) Meirya Amanappa The HEBREWS Period of the Judges...........................c. 1200-c. 1025 Note that with the exception of Moses, Joshua, and Samuel, none of the judges had control over all the tribes as such. Rather, each judge exercised authority over his or her own tribe, occasionally uniting with a few neighboring tribes in the interest of common defense. Tribal affiliation, where known, is therefore noted after each name. Moses ben Amram (Levi)................fl. c. 1300-1260's Joshua ben Nun (Ephraim).............fl. c.1260's-1240's Othniel ben Kenaz (Judah).........................c. 1230's Ehud ben Gera (Benjamin) Shamgar ben Anath (Tribe ?) Deborah (fem.)(Tribe ?) Gideon Jerubaal ben Joash (Menasseh)..............c. 1100 Abortive monarchy under... Abimelech ben Gideon (Menasseh)........................c. 1090 Tola (Issachar) Jair (Reuben ?) Jephtah of Gilead (Reuben ?) Jephtah made the unfortunate decision to sacrifice the first creature he saw when he returned home, if only God would give him victory over the Ammonites. The first thing he saw was his daughter, and though the High Priest could have annulled his vow, his pride caused him to carry out the deed, noted with some degree of horror by the author of the Book of Judges. The day of the sacrifice was a day of mourning for young women in Israel during Biblical times. Ibzan of Bethlehem (Judah) Elon (Zebulun) Abdon ben Hillel (Ephraim) Samson ben Manoah (of Samson and Delilah fame)(Dan) Samuel ben Elkana (Levi)..........................late 1000's d. c. 1020 The reluctant kingmaker. Samuel's biological parents were not Levites but he was adopted by the High Priest Eli and raised at the Tabernacle of Shiloh. At a young age he began to see visions. When he grew up he united Israel under his judge-ship. Eventually the people demanded a king and a regular army to defend them from foreign invaders. Samuel, a staunch advocate of the tribal confederacy, warned them of the pitfalls of monarchy, but they insisted, and he reluctantly anointed first Saul, and then David, King of Israel.

HEBREW KINGDOM Ben SAUL Saul...........................................c. 1025-c. 1010 Eshbaal........................................c. 1010-c. 1008 opposed by... Ben DAVID David..........................................c. 1010-961 opposed by... Absalom ben David (usurper)............................970 Solomon............................................961-922 JUDAH (The southern division. For the northern division, see SAMARIA.) Rehoboam...........................................922-915 Abijam.............................................915-913 Asa................................................913-873 Jehoshephat........................................873-849 Jehoram............................................849-842 Ahaziah................................................842 Athaliah (fem.).....................................842-837 Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab, king of Israel. After Jehoram's death, their son Ahaziah became Judah's king with Athaliah acting as queen mother. She used her power in that role to establish the worship of Baal in Judah after Ahaziah was killed in a state visit to Israel along with the then-king of Israel, also named Jehoram, who was Athaliah's brother. Jehu (see Northern Kingdom) assassinated them both in Yahweh's name and had Athaliah's entire extended family in Israel murdered. Athaliah, as queen of Judah, had all possible successors to David executed except one. However, a grandson of hers named Joash escaped the purge and was raised in secret by the priest Jehoiada. Six years later, Athaliah was surprised when Jehoiada revealed Joash and proclaimed him king of Judah. She rushed to stop this rebellion, but was captured and executed. Joash..............................................837-800 Amaziah............................................800-783 Uzziah.............................................783-742 Jotham.............................................742-735 Ahaz...............................................735-715 Vassalage to Assyria............................c. 730-609 Hezekiah......................................715-687 Manasseh ben Hezekiah (in rebellion 680's)....687-642 Menasseh's reign, the longest in the history of Judah, featured a period of cruel persecution against practitioners of the Israelite religion. There is an old Jewish tradition that Isaiah was put to death by Menasseh's men, who sawed him in half in the trunk of a tree. He rebelled against Assyria and was imprisoned for a time, but was released in 680 following the coronation of Esarhaddon and resumed his rule over Judah. According to Jewish sources, he repented during his imprisonment and sought to make amends for his earlier persecutions, which is also noted in scripture (II Chronicles 33.10-17). Amon..........................................642-640 Josiah........................................640-609 Jehoiahaz.........................................609 Vassalage to Egypt.................................609-604 Jehoiakim.....................................609-598 Vassalage to Babylon...............................604-587 Jehoiachin....................................598-597 d. 561 Jehoiachin was taken as a captive to Babylon and imprisoned. Eventually he was released and honored as a dignitary at the Babylonian court. He is regarded as the first of the Exilarchs. Mattaniah Zedekiah ben Josiah (in rebellion 588-7)...597-587 Mattaniah, Jehoiakim's uncle, was placed on the throne of Judah by the Babylonians, under the regnal name "Zedekiah". He forged an alliance with Egypt against the recommendations of the prophet Jeremiah, and when the Babylonians annihilated the Egyptian army in 588, they beseiged and finally sacked Jerusalem. Zedekiah may have hoped for gentle treatment such as his nephew had received some ten years before; if so, he was sorely mistaken. Nebuchadnezzer had Zedekiah's children killed in front of his eyes, then blinded him so their deaths would be the last image he would ever see. Zedekiah spent the rest of his presumably short and miserable life in a Babylonian dungeon. To Babylon directly................................587-539 Gedaliah ben Ahikam...........................587-586 Gedaliah was appointed governor over the remnants of Judah by the Babylonians. His murder in 586 by Ishmael ben Nethaniah, a scion of the Davidic royal family, led to the final abandonment of Jerusalem and its environs by the Jews, who feared Babylonian persecution. His assassination is viewed as a calamity by Jews and is observed as a fast day to the present. To Persia..........................................539-332 Sheshbazzar...................................538-520 Zerubabel (see also Resh Galuta)...........c. 520-510 Zerubabel led the first wave of Jewish exiles back to Judea after the fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great. His family, however, remained behind in Babylonia and the exilarchal line descends from them Elnathan......................................510-490 Yeho'ezer.....................................490-470 Ahzai.........................................470- ? Ezra ben Seraiah..............................458-430 with... Subject of the Old Testament Book of Ezra. Nehemiah ben Hachaliah........................445-433 Author of the Old Testament Book of Nehemiah. Bagoses the Persian...........................fl. late 400's It may be that this Bagoses is the same eunuch who, later in life, rose to govern the Empire in the name of Arses (338-336), having murdered most of the rest of the Imperial family. See Iran for a more extended note. Yehezqiyah....................................fl. early 300's To Macedon.........................................332-321 Andromachos (also in Samaria).............fl. 332-320's To the Satrapy (Kingdom 305) of Antigonus..........321-301 Hieronymos of Kardia..........................313-late 300's Hieronymos was a great historian and chronicler. Yet astonishingly, though he governed Judea for Antigonos and must have lived and worked among Jews, he barely mentions them in his histories, something for which Josephus, several centuries later, took him to task. To Egypt...........................................301-198 To the Seleucid Empire.............................198-167 Apollonius (also in Samaria)...............c. 170-165 and then... Lysias........................................165-163 both opposed by... MACCABEAN KINGDOM Benei MATTITYAHU (Hasmonaean Dynasty) Judas Maccabeus Matthiades (Judah ben Matthias)....167-160 Jannaeus Matthiades (Jonathan ben Matthias)........160-142 Jonathan replaced Alcimus as High Priest in 153 BCE, earning him the emnity of elements that believed that the High Priesthood must remain within the House of Zadok. Simeon Matthiades (Simon ben Matthias).............142-134 John Hyrcanus I Simeonides (Johanan ben Simon).....134-104 Aristobulus I (Judah ben Johanan)..................104-103 Alexander Jannaeus (Yannai ben Johanan)............103-76 Yannai was the first Hasmonean to actually use the title "King"; prior to that the Hasmoneans were content with the High Priesthood and the position of ethnarch. Bat SHETACH Alexandra Salome (Shelomtzion bat Shetach) (fem.)....76-67 Alexandra Salome was the queen of Aristobulus I and, after his death, married Alexander Jannaeus. She was the sister of Simeon ben Shetach, head of the Sanhedrin, and did all she could to protect the Pharisees from her increasingly pro-Saducee husbands. Following Alexander Jannaeus's death she ruled alone, ushering in the last extended period of peace in Judea's history. Benei MATTITYAHU John Hyrcanus II (Johanan ben Yannai)...............67-66 d. 30 Aristobulus II (Judah ben Yannai)...................66-63 To Rome.............................................63-40 John Hyrcanus II (restored)....................63-40 d. 30 HERODIAN (Powers behind the throne until 40 BCE, client Kings under Rome from 37) Antipater (Governor of Judaea)............55-43 Herod the Great (Governor of Galilee).....43-40 with... Phasael (Governor of Judaea)..............43-40 Occupied by Parthia.................................40-37 Benei MATTITYAHU Antigonus (Matthias ben Aristobulus)...........40-37 opposed by... To Rome.........................................37 BCE-66 CE HERODIAN Herod the Great (as King)(restored)......(40-) 37-4 Archelaus (in Judaea).......................4 BCE-6 CE Antipas (in Galilee)........................4 BCE-39 CE Philip (in Batanaea)........................4 BCE-34 CE Procurators of Judaea, within the Province of Syria Coponius........................................6-9 Marcus Ambibulus................................9-12 Annius Rufus...................................12-15 Valerius Gratus................................15-26 Pontius Pilate.................................26-36 Marcellus......................................36-37 Marulus........................................37-41 Herod Agrippa (Batanaea in 37, Galilee in 40)..41-44 Agrippa's paternal grandmother was Mariamne, hapless daughter of Hyrcanus II and wife of Herod the Great. He was therefore descended in the distaff line from the Hasmonean kings as well as Herod's Idumean dynasty. There are hints of propagandistic stories circulating at the time that he was also a scion of the House of David, descended from a prince of Judah smuggled out to Edom during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem. Josephus' account contain hints of a quasi-messianic movement whose development was cut short by Agrippa's untimely death. Procurators of Judaea, within the Province of Syria Cuspius Fadus..................................44-47 Tiberius Alexander.............................47-48 Vendicius Cumanus..............................48-52 Antonius Felix.................................52-60 Porcius Festus.................................60-62 Albinus........................................62-64 Gessius Florus.................................64-66 Marcus Antonius Julianus (Procurator)..........66-70 and... Titus Flavius Vespasianus Senior (Imp. 69-79) (Military Commander)...66-69 Titus Flavius Vespasianus Junior (Imp. 73-81) (Military Commander)...69-70 The Jewish Revolt...................................66-73 Galilee retaken in 67, Judaea and Idumaea retaken in 68, Jerusalem and the Temple destroyed in 70, Masada taken in 73. To the Roman Empire.................................70-132 Sextus Cerealius Vitelianus....................70-71 Lucilius Bassus................................71-72 Lucius Flavius Silva...........................72-81 Marcus Salvidenus.............................fl. 80's Gnæus Pinarius Æmilius Cicatricula Pompeius Longinus...fl. c. 86

Sextus Hermetidius Campanus...................fl. c. 93 Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes Marathonios...c. 99/100-102/3

Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus...............102/3-104/5 Quintus Roscius Coelius Murena Silius Decianus Vibullius Pius Julius Eurycles Herculanus Pompeius Falco...105-107 Tiberianus....................................fl. c. 114

Lucius Quietus....................................117 ?

Lucius Cossonius Gallus...........................120 Quintus Tineius Rufus.........................fl. c. 130 Sextus Julius Severus.........................fl. c. 133

Bar Kochba Revolt..................................132-135 To the Roman Empire................................135-395 To the Byzantine Empire............................395-614 To Persia..........................................614-628 Nehemiah ben Hushiel..........................614-617 Nehemiah emerged as the leader of the Jewish community in Israel during the Persian conquest of Jerusalem in 614. He served as the nominal Sassanid governor until the Persians killed him in 617, perhaps fearing a messianic revolt. It is possible that during his reign the sacrificial cult was reinstated. To the Byzantine Empire............................628-638 To the Caliphate...................................638-868 To Egypt...........................................868-896 To the Caliphate...................................896-935 To Egypt...........................................935-1076 To the Seljuqs....................................1076-1098 ARTUQID Artuq........................................1086-1091 Artuq was an Oghuz general made governor of Jerusalem by the Seljuqs. His descendents founded Artuqid dynasties in Diyarbakr, Hisn Khayfa, Khartpert, Mardin, and Mayyafariqin. Mu'in ad-Din Sökmen b. Art. (Hisn Khay. 1102-4, Mard. 1104-14/5).1091-1098 with... Najm ad-Din Il Ghazi b. Art. (Mardin 1114/5-22, Mayyaf. 1118-22).1091-1098 To Egypt..........................................1098-1099 KINGDOM of JERUSALEM BOULOGNE See also the Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem. Note that Godfrey of Boulogne refused to accept the title of King of Jerusalem (saying that he was not worthy to be King in the city of the Lord), the most he would permit was "Protector of the Holy Sepulchre". His younger brother Baldwin had no scruples regarding acceptance of Royal authority and style here. Godfrey...........................................1099-1100 Baldwin I (Count of Edessa 1098-1100).............1100-1118 RETHEL (du Bourg) Baldwin II (Count of Edessa 1100-1118)............1118-1131 Melisende (fem.)(as regent 1143-1153)..............1131-1153 d. 1161: with... ANJOU Fulk..............................................1131-1143 Baldwin III.......................................1143-1162 Amalric I.........................................1162-1174 Baldwin IV the Leper..............................1174-1185 Baldwin V.........................................1185-1186 Sybilla (fem.).....................................1186-1190 with... De LUSIGNAN Guy...............................................1186-1192 In 1187 Jerusalem was lost to Egypt, the kingdom reduced to a meagre coastal strip centred at Tyre. ANJOU Isabella I (fem.)..................................1192-1205 with... MONTFERRAT Conrad............................................1190-1192 CHAMPAGNE Henry.............................................1192-1197 De LUSIGNAN Amalric II........................................1197-1205 Isabella I (fem., restored).............................1205 ANJOU Maria (fem.).......................................1205-1212 with... d’IBELIN John..............................................1206-1210 and then... BRIENNE John (Regent in Jer. 1212-25; Latin Emp. 1228-37).1210-1212 d. 1237; with... Isabella II (fem.).................................1212-1228 with... HOHENSTAUFEN Frederick (HRE 1220-50; Regent in Jer. 1228-43)...1225-1228 d. 1250 Jerusalem was regained from Egypt in 1228, but lost once more in 1244, the Kingdom being based at Acre thereafter. Conrad............................................1228-1254 Alice de Champagne of Cyprus (fem.), regent 1243-1246 Henry I de Lusignan of Cyprus, regent 1246-1253 Conradin..........................................1254-1268 Plaisance de Champagne of Cyprus (fem.), regent 1253-1261 Isabella de Lusignan of Antioch (fem.), regent 1261-1264 CHATILLON (Kings of Cyprus, which see). Hugh III..........................................1268-1284 John..............................................1284-1285 Henry II..........................................1285-1291 d. 1324 For a continuation of this title in several different lines, up to modern times, see the Jerusalem entries (there are three) in the Pretenders file. To Egypt..........................................1291-1516 To the Ottoman Empire.............................1516-1918 Under Mamluq and Ottoman rule, much of what is now Israel fell under the perview of the Wali of Damascus, and later, of Sidon. However, a Mütesarrif was resident in the Jerusalem area (usually at nearby Ramla) in charge of the sanjak (sub-province). Ottoman Mütesarrifs (Lieutenant-governors) Abdullah Pasha (gov. Gaza & Jaffa 1818-1821).1827-1831 Husaum 'Abd al-Hadi (Governor-general).......1831- ? Mehmed Pasha.................................1846-1848 ? ...........................................1848-1863 Mehmed Hurshid Pasha.........................1863-1864 ? ...........................................1864-1869 Mehmed Kamil Pasha...........................1869-1871 d. 1879 Örfi-Pashazade Sarabçi Ali Pasha.............1871-1872 Besim Beg....................................1872-1874 d. 1892 Uzunetek Ali Beg.............................1874-1875 ? ...........................................1875-1878 Ra`uf Pasha..................................1878-1890 Ibrahim Hakki Pasha..........................1890-1897 Tevfik Bey...................................1897-1901 Mehmed Ã‡evad Pasha..........................1901-1902 Kiazim Bey...................................1902-1904 Reshid Bey...................................1904-1906 Ekrem Bey....................................1906-1907 Subhi Bey....................................1908-1910 Azmi Bey.....................................1910-1911 Çevdet Bey...................................1911-1912 Mehdi Bey.........................................1912 Mecid Bey....................................1913-1915 Midhad Bey...................................1916-1917 To Great Britain..................................1918-1948 Military administrators Sir Edmund Henry Allenby, Vct. Allenby (H. Cmdr. Egypt 1919-25)...1917-1918 Sir Arthur Wigram Money......................1918-1919 Sir Louis Jean Bols..........................1919-1920 High Commissioners Sir Herbert Louis Samuel.....................1920-1925 Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Bn. Plumer....1925-1928 Sir Harry Charles Luke, acting Aug-Dec. 1928 Sir John Robert Chancellor...................1928-1931 Mark Aitchison Young, acting 1931-2 Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope.................1932-1937 William Denis Battershill, acting 1937-8 Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael.................1938-1944 John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, Vct. Gort...1944-1945 Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham...................1945-1948 State of Israel...................................1948- See also, Jews of the Diaspora, for lists associated with Jewish communities from 135 to 1948.

JORDAN The eastern shore of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, together with the arid interior of northern Arabia west of Mesopotamia and south of Syria. To the Roman Empire................................106-261 To the Palmyran Kingdom............................261-271 To the Roman Empire................................271-395 To the Byzantine Empire............................395-529 Kingdom of GHASSAN A Byzantine client state utilized as a buffer against the Persian client at Hirah. It's rulers were granted the title of Patricius, but were gravely harassed by their erstwhile patrons in that they professed Monophysite Christianity instead of Alexandrian orthodoxy, and encouraged the Syrian Church. This suppression was a factor in Muslim victories in the 7th century. AMRID Jafnah I ibn Amr..............................220-265 'Amr I ibn Jafnah.............................265-270 Tha'labah ibn Amr.............................270-287 al-Harith I ibn Th'alabah.....................287-307 Jabalah I ibn al-Harith I.....................307-317 al-Harith II ibn Jabalah "ibn Maria"..........317-327 al-Mundhir I Senior ibn al-Harith II..........327-330 with... al-Aiham ibn al-Harith II.....................327-330 and... al-Mundhir II Junior ibn al-Harith II.........327-340 and... al-Nu'man I ibn al-Harith II..................327-342 and... 'Amr II ibn al-Harith II......................330-356 and... Jabalah II ibn al-Harith II...................327-361 Jafnah II ibn al-Mundhir I....................361-391 with... al-Nu'man II ibn al-Mundhir I.................361-362 al-Nu'man III ibn 'Amr ibn al-Mundhir I.......391-418 Jabalah III ibn al-Nu'man.....................418-434 al-Nu'man IV ibn al-Aiham.....................434-455 with... al-Harith III ibn al-Aiham....................434-456 and... al-Nu'man V ibn al-Harith.....................434-453 al-Mundhir II ibn al-Nu'man...................453-472 with... 'Amr III ibn al-Nu'man........................453-486 and... Hijr ibn al-Nu'man............................453-465 al-Harith IV ibn Hijr.........................486-512 Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith......................512-529 al-Harith V ibn Jabalah.......................529-569 al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith..................569-581 with... Abu Kirab al-Nu'man ibn al-Harith.............570-582 al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir...................582-583 al-Harith VI ibn al-Harith........................583 al-Nu'man VII ibn al-Harith Abu Kirab.........583- ? To Byzantine Empire directly.......................584- ? al-Aiham ibn Jabalah.......................... ? -614 al-Mundhir IV ibn Jabalah.....................614- ? Sharahil ibn Jabalah.......................... ? -618 Amr IV ibn Jabalah............................618-628 Jabalah V ibn al-Harith.......................628-632 Jabalah VI ibn al-Aiham.......................632-638 To the Caliphate...................................638-868 To Egypt...........................................868-1071 To the Seljuq Empire..............................1071-1098 To the Kingdom of Jerusalem.......................1098-1144 To Egypt..........................................1144-1517 To the Ottoman Empire.............................1517-1918 Under British Mandate.............................1918-1946 HASHEMITE Abdullah I........................................1921-1951 Talal.............................................1951-1953 Hussein...........................................1953-1999 Abdullah II.......................................1999-

LEBANON This list will focus on Beirut. For other important Lebanese communities in the region, see Sidon and Tyre and, at a much later period, Tripoli. This list finishes with an account of the modern Lebanese State. Known as Beyryt (place of wells) to the Phoenicians and Berytus to the Greeks, Beirut was a center of trade from ancient times. Founded c.1600 BCE by Phoenicians of Byblos Independent c. 1400 BCE ?? 'Ammunira..........................................c. 1300's Abibal.........................................fl. c. 1250 ?? To Tyre........................................c. 1000-609 To Egypt...........................................609-605 To Babylonia.......................................605-539 To Persia..........................................539-332 To Macedon.........................................332-323 To the Kingdom of Antigonus........................323-301 To Egypt...........................................301-198 To the Seleucid Empire.............................198-68 To the Roman Republic...............................68-27 To the Roman Empire.............................27 BCE-395 CE To the Byzantine Empire............................395-612 To Persia..........................................612-628 To the Byzantine Empire............................628-638 To the Caliphate...................................638-868 To Egypt...........................................868-1071 To the Seljuqs....................................1071-1110 To Jerusalem......................................1110-1187 de GUINES Lords of Beirut... Fulk.........................................1110- ? Peter Walter I Brisebarre..........................1125-1166 d. ? COMNENUS Andronicus (Byz. Emperor 1183-85)............1166-1166/7 d. 1185 de GUINES Walter II..................................1166/7-1178 Walter III................................c. 1178-c. 1187 To Egypt..........................................1187-1197 To Jerusalem......................................1197-1244 d'IBELIN John I the Old (also Lord of Nablus).........1197-1236 Balian (Lord of Nablus and Sidon)............1236-1247 To Tripoli........................................1244-1292 John II......................................1247-1264 Isabelle (fem.)...............................1264-c. 1283 Eschiva (fem.).............................c. 1283-1292 d. 1312 To Egypt (the Mamluqs)............................1292-1516 To the Ottoman Empire.............................1516-1918 Note Ma'anid and Shihabi Emirs, listed under Tripoli (1516-1842). Beirut was a separate vilayet 1875-1918 Ottoman Walis of Beirut Uzenetek Ali Beg.............................1875-1877 ? Örfi Pasazade Sarabçi Ali Pasha..............1888-1889 Ra'uf Pasha..................................1890–late 1890's ? Reshid Bey...................................1897–1903 Nazim Pasha.......................................1903 Halil Pasha..................................1903-1907 Nazim Pasha (restored).......................1907-1908 Edhem Bey....................................1908-1909 Nazim Pasha (re-restored)....................1909–1910 Nureddin Bey.................................1910-1911 Hazim Bey....................................1911–1912 Bekir Sami Bey...............................1913–1915 ? Azim Bey.....................................1916-1918 To Syria..........................................1918-1920 To France.........................................1920-1943 Republic of Lebanon...............................1943- Note: Although the Government of Lebanon retains international recognition as a sovereign entity, it needs to be noted that since 1975, the country has been occupied by a large number of foreign military organizations (notably the Israeli Army in the south until 2000, the Syrian Army in the east, and many different terrorist and/or nationalist groups in the center and the south since 2000).

SYRIA The northern Levant, behind the mountains of Lebanon and below Anatolia. A center of civilization for an extremely long time. Paleolithic Peoples............................+500000-8000 Mesolithic Peoples................................8000-5500 Neolithic Peoples.................................5500-4000 Chalcolithic Peoples..............................4000-3300 Mostly to Egypt...................................3300-1200 Local Kingdoms....................................1200-724 To Assyria.........................................724-612 To Babylon.........................................612-539 To Persia..........................................539-332 Ushtanni.......................................c. 500 Megabyzus (Baghabuxsha).....................c.480-465 d. 440 Tattenai Abrocomas....................................late 400's Belesys.................................early-mid 300's Bagoses.......................................fl. 340's Mazaeus.......................................mid 300's d. ? Mazaeus fought against Alexander but surrendered to him and was eventually made satrap of Mesopotamia by the Macedonian king. To Macedon.........................................332-319 Laomedon of Mitylene.......................c. 325-319 The Antigonid Kingdom When Alexander's Empire began to crumble, one of his Generals, Antigonus Cyclops (One-Eye), gained mastery over a wide swath of territory in the Middle East and Anatolia. At first governing in the name of Macedon, by 306 he was in contention for the crown itself. He lost his life at the Battle of Ipsus, and most of his territory was taken by others. Nevertheless his son, Demetrius the Besieger, eventually succeeded in establishing the dynasty in Macedonia. Antigonus One-Eye..................................319-301 To Egypt...........................................301-198 To the Seleucid Empire.............................198-83 To Armenia..........................................83-69 To the Seleucid Empire..............................69-64 To Armenia..........................................64-63 To the Roman Republic...............................64-27 This list of the Roman Governors of Syria is hopelessly incomplete, but it will perhaps serve as a start. Marcus Aemilius Scarus............................61 Martius Philippus..............................61-60 Lentulus Marcellus.............................60-58 Aulus Gabinius.................................57-54 Gabinius was a political reformer and ally of Pompey. To rid the Mediterranean of pirates he introduced legislation in the Senate [67 BCE] that made Pompey supreme commander of the sea & all territory within a 50 mile radius. Pompey rewarded his loyalty by making him proconsul of Syria at a time when the Hasmonean Antigonus was inciting Jews to rebel against Roman dominion [57-54 BCE]. Gabinius countered by deposing Antigonus, restoring Hyrcanus II as high priest and dividing Judea into 5 autonomous districts. Such innovations, however, led to further local disturbances. When Gabinius returned to Rome [54 BCE], he was tried & exiled on charges brought by enemies in the Roman Senate. But after Julius Caesar's triumphant return to Rome [49 BCE], Gabinius was made commander of his troops in Dalmatia where he died in battle. Marcus Licinius Crassus (cos 70, 55)...........54-53 Sextus Julius Caesar..............................53 Gaius Cassius Longinus I.......................53-51 Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus......................51-50 Veientonus.....................................50-49 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Scipio..............49-47 Sextus Caesar..................................47-46 Caecilius Bassus..................................46 Lucius Statius Murcus..........................45-43 Gaius Cassius Longinus I (restored)............43-42 Decidius Sacsa.................................41-40 Socius.........................................38- ? Lucius Munacius Plancus........................35-33 Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus......................33-31 Quintus Didius....................................30 Note the presence in Syria and the East generally of Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), along with his consort, Cleopatra (VII) of Egypt, and their son, Ptolemy Philadelphus, in this period (37-30, Ptolemy from 34). To Roman Empire.................................27 BCE-261 CE Cassius Longinus...............................30-22 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (Vice-regent).........22-12 Titius............................................10 Gaius Sentius Saturninus (cos 4 CE).............9-6 Publius Quinctilius Varus (Legate)..............6-4 Gaius Sentius Saturninus (restored)...............4 Publius Sulpicius Quirinius.....................3-2 Publius Quinctilius Varus (restored)............2-1 Gaius Julius Caesar (cos 1 CE)..............1 BCE-4 CE Lucius Volusius Saturninus......................4-5 Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (Legate) (restored).6-12 Quintus Caecilius Creticus Silanus.............12-17 Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso.........................17-19 Valerius Gratus Petronius Gnaeus Centius Saturninus......................21- ? Alius Lamius...................................? -32 Publius Pomponius Flaccus......................32-35 Lucius Vitellius (cos 34, 43, 47)..............35-38 Lucius Petronius...............................39-42 Gnaeus Vibius Marcus...........................42-44 Gaius Cassius Longinus II......................44-49 Gaius Ummidius Quadratus.......................51-60 Domicius Corbulonus............................60-63 Caesennius Paetus Cestus Gallus................................. ? -67 Gaius Licinius Mucianus........................67- ? ? Publicius Marcellus...............................133 ? Gaius Pescennius Niger......................180's-194 Pescennius was declared Caesar by his troops but defeated by Septimus Severus To Palmyra.........................................261-272 To Roman Empire....................................272-395 To Byzantine Empire................................395-635 To the Caliphate...................................635-868 Caliphate governors (Emirs) of Syria (residence at Damascus), 635-661 and 750-1076 Halid ibn Abd al-Walid........................635-636 Abu Ubaid.....................................636-637 Amr ibn al-Aas (in Egypt 640-646).............637-640 Yazid ibn Abu Sufyen..............................640 Muawiyah (Caliph 661-680).....................640-661 Damascus made capital of Ummayad caliphs, 661-750 Abdallah ibn 'Ali.............................750-753 al-Salih ibn 'Ali.................................753 Abd al-Bahhab ibn Ibrahim al-Abbasi...........754-763 ? Abu Dja’far Harun al-Rashid (caliph 786-809)..782-786 ? Ibrahim al-Salih..............................791-793 Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki.....................793-794 Abd al-Malik ibn al-Salih.....................794-797 Dja’far ibn Yahya.............................797-803 Shuyat ibn Hadim..............................803-804 ? Yahya ibn Muad................................808-810 Abd al-Malik ibn al-Salih (restored)..........810-811 Sulayman ibn al-Mansur........................811-815 Tahir ibn al-Husein...........................815-821 Abdallah ibn Tahir............................821-822 ? Abu Ishaq Muhammad al-Mutasim (Caliph 833-42).828-829 al-Abbas ibn al-Mamun (Caliph 833-838)........829-833 'Ali ibn Ishaq................................833-841 Ridja ibn Ayyub al-Hadari.....................841-847 Malik ibn Sauq al-Taglibi.....................847-850 Ibrahim al-Muyad ibn Mutawakkil...............850-855 al-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki....................856-861 'Isa ibn Muhammad ibn al-Shayh................861-864 ? Amadjur.......................................871-872 Abu Ahmad Talha al-Muwaffak ibn Mutawakkil....872-877 To Egypt...........................................877-905 Tudj ibn Djauf....................................896 Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Ikhshidi (Egypt 935-46)..896-933 To the Caliphate...................................905-945 Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Kaigaliq...............933-935 ? Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Shahrzuri..............943-945 To Aleppo..........................................945-946 Muhammad ibn Raik.................................946 Saif ad-Dawlah Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Abu al-Shudja (restored)...946 To Egypt...........................................946-968 To the Qarmatians......................................968 To Egypt...........................................968-969 Abu Ali Djafar ibn Fallah al-Katami...........969-971 To the Qarmatians......................................971 To the Fatamid Caliphs (based in Egypt)............971-978 Zalim ibn Mauhub al-Ukayli....................973-974 Djaysh ibn Muhammad...............................974 Rayn al-Muizzi....................................974 Alp Tegin al-Muizzi...........................974-977 Qassam al-Turab....................................977-983 To the Fatamid Caliphs (based in Egypt)............983-1076 Bal Tegin al-Turki................................983 Bakdjur.......................................983-991 Munir al-Hadim....................................991 Magu Tegin....................................992-996 Sulayman ibn Fallah...............................996 Bishara al-Ikhshidi...........................997-998 Djaysh ibn Muhammad (restored)................998-1000 Sulayman ibn Fallah (restored)...............1000-1002 Abu’l-Hasan Ali ibn Djafar (Aleppo 1002-4)...1002-1004 Abu Salih Muflih al-Lihyani..................1004-1009 Hamid Ibn Mulham..................................1009 Wadjik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan...1010-1011 Badr al-Attar................................1011-1012 Abu Abdallah al-Muzahhir.....................1012-1014 abd ar-Rahman ibn Ilyas......................1015-1021 Wadjik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (restored)...1021-1023 Shihab ad-Dawlah Shah Tegin..................1023-1024 Wadjik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (re-restored)...1024-1028 Anushtegin ad-Dizbari........................1028-1041 Nasir ad-Dawlah Abu Ali al-Husein al-Hamdani.1041-1048 Baha ad-Dawlah Takiq al-Saklabi..............1048-1049 Uddat ad-Dawlah Rifq al-Mustansiri................1049 Muin ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawla......1049-1058 Makin ad-Dawlah Abu Alial-Hasan ibn 'Ali..........1058 Nasir ad-Dawlah Abu Ali al-Husein al-Hamdani (restored)...1058-1060 Sebuq Tegin.......................................1060 Muwaffaq ad-Dawlah Djauhar al-Mustansiri.....1060-1061 Husam ad-Dawlah ibn al-Bachinaki..................1061 Uddat ad-Dawlah ibn al-Husein.....................1061 Muin ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawla (rest.)...1061-1063 Badr al-Djamali...................................1063 Hisn ad-Dawlah haydar ibn Mansur.............1063-1067 Qutb ad-Din Baris Tegin......................1068-1069 Hisn ad-Dawlah Mualla al-Kitami..............1069-1071 ? Zain ad-Dawlah Intisar ibn Yahya al-Masmudi..1075-1076 To the Seljuq Empire..............................1076-1079 SELJUQ Tutush............................................1079-1095 To the Seljuq Empire..............................1079-1154 To Egypt..........................................1154-1176 To various local Ayyubid dynasts, 1176-1260. See Aleppo, Damascus, Hamath, Homs. To the Mongols....................................1260-1261 To Egypt..........................................1261-1516 Mamluq Emirs of Damascus (broad authority over Syria under Mamluk dominion) Sunkur al-Ashkar.............................1275-1280 Sunkur rebelled against the Mamluk Sultan al-Mansur Kalawun and declared himself Sultan, after a brief but bloody war he was deposed and executed. Ladjin al Askar (Sultan of Egypt 1296-99)....1280- ? Akush Beg.....................................fl. early 1290's Izz al-Din Aybak.............................. ? -1296 Shudja al-Din Adirlu.........................1296-1297 Sayf ad-Din Kipchak..........................1297-1312 Sayf ad-Din Tanqiz al-Nasiri.................1312-1340 Yilbugha al-Nasiri...........................1340-1350 Sayf ad-Din Manjak................................1350 Tash Timur...............................mid-late 1300's d. c. 1400 Yilbugha (restored)................................ ? -1393 Yilbugha was a Turk and governor of Aleppo who rebelled against the Mamluqs in 1389 and established brief hegemony over Syria. Sayf al-Din Tanibak..........................1393-1399 Sayf al-Din attempted to conquer Syria and march on Egypt but was defeated and executed. Sudun (nephew of Sultan Barquq)..............1399-1400 Occupied by Timur the Lame........................1400-1401 Taghribirdi al-Zahiri........................1401-early 1400's ? Kidjmas...........................................fl. 1470's Ghazali Arab......................................early 1500's Shihab ad-Din Ahmad...............................1516-1517 Janbirdi al-Ghazali...............................1518-1521 opposing... To Ottoman Empire.................................1516-1918 Walis (Viceroys) of Damascus With broad authority over most of Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Syria. Under the Ottomans the wali of Damascus held the coveted title Amir al Hadj or "Commander of the Pilgrimage". He took the head of the official caravan which travelled from Anatolia to Mecca each year and thus bore an extremely important ritual position within the Ottoman state. Yunus Pasha...................................fl. 1516 Aiyaz Pasha..................................1521-1522 Ferhad Pasha.................................1522-1523 Hurram Pasha.................................1523-1525 Sulayman Pasha al-Tawashi....................1525-1526 Lutf Pasha...................................1526-1528 Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli......................1528-1531 Mustafa Ablaq Pasha..........................1531-1534 Lutf Pasha (restored)........................1534-1535 Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli (restored)................1535 Mohammad Kuzal Pasha.........................1536-1537 Topal Sulayman Pasha.........................1537-1538 Ahmed Pasha I................................1538-1539 Qese Husrau Pasha............................1539-1541 Isa Pasha....................................1541-1543 Piri Pasha...................................1543-1545 Hadim Sinan Pasha............................1545-1550 Piri Pasha (restored)........................1550-1551 Mohammad Pasha Bartaki.......................1551-1552 Shamsi Ahmed Pasha...........................1552-1555 Hizr Pasha...................................1555-1561 Ali Pasha Lankun.............................1561-1563 Khusrau Pasha I...................................1563 Lala Mustafa Pasha...........................1563-1567 ? Murad Pasha Shaitan...............................1569 Ali Pasha Lankun (restored)..................1569-1570 Hadji Ahmed Pasha............................1570-1571 Lala Djafar Pasha............................1574-1575 ? Hasan Pasha I................................1577-1581 Bahram Pasha.................................1581-1582 Husein Pasha I...............................1582-1583 Hasan Pasha I (restored)..........................1583 Qubad Sulayman Pasha..............................1584 Hasan Pasha I (re-restored)..................1585-1586 Uways Pasha..................................1586-1587 Mohammad Pasha Farhad........................1587-1588 Uways Pasha (restored).......................1588-1589 Elwanzade Ali Pasha..........................1589-1590 Kocha Sinan Pasha.................................1590 Hasan Pasha I (re-re-restored)...............1590-1591 Mustafa Pasha I..............................1591-1592 Khalil Pasha.................................1592-1593 Qachirdji Mohammad Pasha.....................1593-1594 Hasan Pasha I (re-re-re-restored).................1594 Murad Pasha..................................1594-1595 Khusrau Pasha II.............................1595-1596 Razia Hutunzade Mustafa Pasha................1596-1597 Yusuf Sinan Pasha............................1597-1598 Ahmed Pasha II....................................1598 Ahmed Pasha III...................................1598 Khusrau Pasha (restored).....................1598-1599 Seyyed Mehmed Pasha..........................1599-1600 Othman Pasha.................................1601-1603 Farhad Pasha Bustandji.......................1603-1604 Mustafa Pasha II.............................1604-1607 Mahmud Pasha.................................1607-1608 Sufi Sinan Pasha.............................1608-1609 Ahmad al Hafiz...............................1609-1615 Silihdar Mehmed Pasha........................1615-1617 Ahmad al-Hafiz (restored)....................1618-1619 Mustafa Pasha III............................1619-1620 Sulayman Pasha I.............................1620-1621 Murtaza Pasha Bustandji......................1621-1622 Mehmed Pasha Rushand.........................1622-1623 Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq......................1623-1624 Nigdeli Mustafa Pasha........................1624-1625 Gurdju Mehmed Pasha I........................1625-1626 Tayar Oglu Mehmed Pasha......................1626-1628 Küçük Ahmed Pasha............................1628-1629 Mustafa Pasha IV.............................1629-1630 Nawaya Mehmed Pasha..........................1630-1631 Ilyas Pasha..................................1632-1633 Deli Yusuf Pasha.............................1633-1635 Küçük Ahmed Pasha (restored).................1635-1636 Dervish Mehmed Pasha I.......................1636-1638 Mustafa Pasha IV (restored)..................1638-1639 Chifteli Othman Pasha........................1639-1640 Mehmed Pasha I...............................1640-1641 Serdji Ahmed Pasha...........................1641-1642 Melik Ahmed Pasha............................1642-1643 Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha...........................1643 Silihdar Yusuf Pasha.........................1643-1644 Gurdju Mehmed Pasha II.......................1644-1645 Ibrahim Pasha I...................................1645 Mehmed Pasha Salami..........................1645-1646 Gurdju Mehmed Pasha II (restored).................1646 Silihdar Yusuf Pasha (restored)..............1646-1647 ? Mehmed Pasha II..............................1649-1650 Silihdar Murtaza Pasha............................1650 Siwasli Mustafa Pasha........................1650-1651 Aq Ahmed Pasha...............................1651-1652 Deftarzade Mehmed Pasha......................1653-1655 Qara Murad Pasha..................................1655 Qeprulu Fazil Ahmed Pasha....................1659-1661 Sulayman Pasha II............................1661-1663 Ribleli Mustafa Pasha........................1663-1665 Salih Pasha I................................1665-1666 Qara Mustafa Pasha...........................1666-1667 Mehmed Pasha Chewish Oglu....................1667-1669 Ibrahim Pasha Shaytan........................1669-1671 Abazekh Husein Pasha.........................1671-1672 Qara Mehmed Pasha............................1672-1673 Ibrahim Pasha Shushman.......................1673-1674 Qer Husein Pasha.............................1674-1675 Ibrahim Pasha II.............................1675-1676 Osman Pasha Bustardji........................1676-1679 Abazekh Husein Pasha (restored)..............1679-1683 Ibrahim Pasha III.................................1684 Osman Pasha Bustardji (restored).............1684-1685 Kaplan Pasha.................................1686-1687 Arab Salih Pasha.............................1687-1688 Hamza Pasha..................................1688-1689 Silihdar Mustafa Pasha.......................1689-1690 Murtaza Pasha................................1690-1691 Gurdju Mehmed Pasha III......................1691-1692 Ibshir Mustafa Pasha.........................1693-1694 Silihdar Osman Pasha.........................1695-1696 Silihdar Buuqli Mustafa Pasha................1696-1697 Ahmad Pasha Hacigirai........................1697-1698 Silihdar Husein Pasha.............................1699 Silihdar Hasan Pasha..............................1700 Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu..................1701 Salih Agha........................................1702 Mehmed Pasha Kurd Badjram....................1702-1703 Pasha-odjlu.......................................1703 Osman Pasha Arnavud...............................1703 Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracy-odjlu (restored).1703-1704 Mustafa Pasha V...................................1704 Firari Hüseyin Pasha.........................1704-1705 Mehmed Pasha Kurd Badjram (restored).........1705-1706 Pasha-odjlu (restored)............................1706 Baltaci Süleyman Pasha.......................1706-1707 Yusuf Pasha Qubtan Helvaci........................1707 Halebli Hüseyin Pasha.............................1707 ? Osmanzade Nasuh Pasha al-Aydini..............1708-1714 Cerkes Mehmed Pasha the Circassian................1714 Mehmed Pasha III..................................1714 Topal Yusuf Pasha.................................1715 Nevsehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha...............1716-1717 Köprülüzade Abd Allah Pasha..................1717-1718 Reçeb Pasha.......................................1718 Abu Tawq Matuqzade Osman Pasha....................1718 Küçük Osman Pasha............................1719-1720 Ali Pasha Maqtul-odjlu.......................1720-1723 Abu Tawq Matuqzade Osman (restored)..........1723-1725 Azamzade Ismail Pasha........................1725-1730 Osman Aça (restored)..............................1730 Qara Süleyman Aça (acting wali), 1730 Aidinli Abdallah Pasha.......................1730-1731 vacant Azamzade Suleyman Pasha......................1734–1738 d. 1743 Hüsein Pasha II...................................1738 Abu Tawq Matuqzade Osman Pasha (re-restored)......1739 Abdi Pashazade Ali Pasha..........................1740 Azamzade Süleyman Pasha (restored)...........1741–1743 Azamzade Esad Pasha..........................1743-1757 Mekkizade Hüseyin Pasha...........................1757 Abdallah Pasha I.............................1758-1759 Ishalyq Mehmed Pasha.........................1759-1760 Uthman Pasha al-Kurzi........................1760–1771 Azamzade Mehmed Pasha........................1771-1772 Hafiz Mustafa Pasha Bustanci.................1772-1773 Azamzade Mehmed Pasha (restored).............1773–1783 Osmanzade Mehmed Pasha............................1783 Osmanzade Dervish Pasha......................1783-1784 Ahmed Pasha al-Djazzar (see also in Akko)....1784–1786 d. 1804 Hüseyin Pasha Battal.........................1786-1787 d. 1801 Abdi Pasha...................................1787-1788 Ibrahim Pasha al-Halabi......................1788-1789 vacant Ahmed Pasha al-Djazzar (restored)............1790-1795 Azamzade Abdallah Pasha......................1795-1798 Ahmed Pasha al-Djazzar (re-restored).........1798-1799 Azamzade Abdallah Pasha (restored)...........1799-1803 Ahmed Pasha al-Djazzar (re-re-restored)......1803-1804 Azamzade Abdallah Pasha (re-re-restored).....1804-1807 Kunj Yusuf Pasha.............................1807-1810 Süleyman Pasha Silahdar......................1810-1818 Salih Pasha II....................................1818 Abdallah Pasha II............................1819-1821 Dervish Mehmed Pasha II......................1821–1822 Mustafa Pasha VI.............................1822–1826 vacant Benderli Selim Sirri Mehmed Pasha............1828-1831 Ali Pasha I..................................1831-1832 To Egypt..........................................1832-1840 Note that in point of technicality, Egypt was still a part of the Ottoman Empire, although as a practical matter it was entirely autonomous. Ibrahim Pasha IV (Egyptian cmdr; see also Akko)...1832 Ahmed Bey (wali).............................1831-1832 Muhammed Sharif Pasha........................1832-1838 ? vacant To the Ottoman Empire.............................1840-1918 Izzet Mehmed Pasha...........................1840-1841 Mehmed Reshid Pasha..........................1841-1844 Mehmed Namiq Pasha...........................1845-1846 Mirza Said Pasha.............................1841–1844 Riza Pasha...................................1845-1846 Musa Sefveti Pasha................................1846 Namiq Pasha.......................................1848 Mehmed Namiq Pasha (restored)................1848-1850 Osman Pasha Said Pasha.......................1850-1852 Izzet Mehmed Pasha (restored).....................1852 Açaf Pasha...................................1852-1854 Arif Mehmed Pasha............................1854-1855 d. 1865 Mehmed Namiq Pasha (re-restored)..................1855 Mahmud Nedim Pasha...........................1856-1857 d. 1883 Izzet Mehmed Pasha (re-restored)..................1857 Ali Pasha II......................................1858 Mu'amer Pasha.....................................1860 Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha.................1860-1861 d. 1869 Ahmed Pasha IV....................................1861 Emin Muhlis Pasha............................1861–1862 Mehmed Reshid Pasha..........................1862-1864 Mütercim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha..................1864-1865 d. 1882 Reshid Pasha.................................1865-1871 d. 1876 Subhi Pasha..................................1871-1873 Sherif Mehmed Re'uf Pasha....................1873-1874 d. 1923 Esad Pasha...................................1874-1875 Ahmed Hamdi Pasha............................1875-1876 d. 1885 Ahmed Pasha V................................1876-1877 Küçük Ömer Fevzi Pasha.......................1877-1878 Ali Haydar Midhat Pasha......................1878–1879 d. 1884 Hamdi Pasha..................................1880-1885 ? Sherif Mehmed Re'uf Pasha....................1893–1894 Haci Osman Nuri Pasha........................1894–1895 Hasan Pasha II...............................1896-1897 Nazim Pasha..................................1897-1906 Shukri Pasha.................................1906–1909 Ismail Fâzil Bey.............................1909–1911 Ismail Ghâlib Bey............................1911-1912 Kiazim Pasha.................................1912-1913 Arif Bey..........................................1913 ? Azmi Pasha...................................1915–1916 Tahsin Bey...................................1916–1918 Mehmed Gabriel Pasha..............................1918 HASHEMITE Faisal............................................1918-1920 d. 1933 To France.........................................1920-1946 Republic..........................................1946-1958 To Egypt (the United Arab Republic)...............1958-1961 Republic..........................................1961-

MESOPOTAMIA A general survey of the "Land Between the Rivers" in Classical and Modern times. To Persia......................................539-522 Gubaru....................................539-525 Ushtani................................c. 524-516 opposed by... Nidintu-Bel (rebel)................................522 To Persia......................................522-521 Arakha (rebel).....................................521 To Persia......................................521-481 Bel-Shimani (rebel)................................481 To Persia......................................481-480 Shamash-Erba (rebel)...............................480 To Persia......................................480-336 Nidin-Bel (rebel)..................................336 To Persia......................................336-331 To Macedon.....................................331-312 Mazaeus (former Persian Satrap of Syria)..fl. 320's Archon.................................... ? -323 Blitor (in the north).....................323-316 with... Seleucus Nicanor (in the south)...........323-316 opposed by... Eumenes.......................................318 Under Antigonos................................316-312 Peithon Agenoridas........................315-312 Independent Seleucid Satrapy, leading to empire 305 Seleucus (restored; king from 305).............312-305 d. 281 Original lands of the Seleucid Empire..........305-141 To Persia..................................141 BCE-115 CE To the Roman Empire............................115-117 To Persia......................................117-636 To the Caliphate...............................636-945 Caliphate Governors of Iraq Sa'id ibn Aby Wakkas......................638-643 'Umar ibn Yasir...............................644 Abu Musa al-Ashari............................644 Mughaire ibn Shuba........................644-646 Said ibn Abu Wakkas (restored)............646-647 Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abu Muyat..............647-651 Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Sa'id al-Amawi........651-655 Abu Musa al-Ashari (restored).............655-658 Abu masud Uqba ibn Amir...................658-661 'Abdallah ibn Amr.............................661 Mughaire ibn Shuba (restored).............661-670 Zaid ibn Abu Suffin.......................670-673 Ubaydallah ibn Ziad.......................673-679 Numan ibn Bashir al-Ansari................679-680 Ubaydallah ibn Ziad (restored)............680-683 Amir ibn Mas'ud...........................683-684 'Abdallah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi.................684 'Abdallah ibn Miti............................684 al-Haris ibn Abu Rabia....................685-690 Basir ibn Marwan..........................690-692 'Abdallah ibn Khalid......................693-694 al-Hadjadj ibn Yusuf......................694-714 Sulayman ibn Yazi.........................714-715 Yazid ibn al-Muhallab.....................715-721 Maslama ibn Abdulmalik....................721-722 'Umar ibn Hubayra.........................722-724 Khalid ibn Abdallah al-Qasri..............724-738 Yusuf ibn 'Umar...........................738-744 Mansur ibn Djumhur............................744 'Abdallah ibn 'Umar.......................744-747 Yazid ibn Omar............................747-750 Khalid ibn Abdallah al-Qasri..................750 Da'ud ibn 'Ali................................750 'Isa ibn Musa.............................750-764 In 762 Baghdad was founded as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphs. MUS'ABID (or TAHIRID) military governors of Baghdad Tahir I ibn al-Husayn ibn Mus'ab (Khorasan 821-2)...820-822 Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab..............822-849 Muhammad I ibn Ishaq......................849-850 'Abdallah ibn Ishaq.......................850-851 Muhammad II ibn 'Abdallah ibn Tahir I.....851-867 'Ubaydallah ibn 'Abdallah ibn Tahir I.....867-869 d. 891 Suleiman ibn 'Abdallah....................869-879 'Ubaydallah ibn 'Abdallah (restored)......879-884 d. 891 Muhammad III ibn Tahir II ibn 'Abdallah ibn Tahir I...884-890 'Ubaydallah ibn 'Abdallah (re-restored)...890-891 Turkic Slave-Commanders Badr al-Mu'tadidi.........................891- ? Mu'nis al-Khadim..........................fl. c. 910 MUS'ABID Muhammad IV ibn 'Ubaydallah (Deputy for Mu'nis)...fl. c. 910 BUYID See also Fars, Jibal, Kerman, and Rayy. Ahmad Abu'l Hussein Mu'izz ad-Dawla............945-967 Bakhtiar Abu Mansur 'Izz ad-Dawla..............967-978 Fana Khusrau Abu Shuja 'Adud ad-Dawla..........978-983 Marzuban Abu Kalijar Samsam ad-Dawla...........983-987 Shirzil Abu'l Fawaris Sharaf ad-Dawla..........987-989 Firuz Abu Nasr Baha' ad-Dawla..................989-1012 Abu Shuja Sultan ad-Dawla.....................1012-1021 Hasan Abu 'Ali Musharrif ad-Dawla.............1021-1025 Shirzil Abu Tahir Djalal ad-Dawla.............1025-1044 opposed by... Abu Khujar al-Marzuban........................1036-1044 Marzuban Abu Kalijar 'Imad ad-Din.............1044-1048 Khusrau Firuz Abu Nasr al-Malik ar-Rahim......1048-1055 To the Seljuqs................................1055-1156 Seljuq governors Shihna Bursaq............................1059-1064 Ertigin al-Sulayman......................1064-1072 Saad ad-Duwla Gauhar Ayin................1072-1074 Shihna Gauhar Ayin.......................1074-1093 Nadjm ad-Duwla Khumar Tegin al-Sharabi........1089 Shihna Yulbarad...............................1093 Ertigin Djabb.................................1094 Yusuf ibn Abuq...........................1095-1102 Nadjm ad-Din Ilghazi..........................1102 Gumush Tegin al-Djandar.......................1103 Nadjm ad-Din Ilghazi (restored)...............1104 Modjahid ad-Din Bohruz...................1104-1105 Shihna Aqsonqur al-Bursaqi...............1105-1127 Shihna Zenki ibn Aqsonqur.....................1127 Modjahid ad-Din al-Bursaqi (restored)....1127- ? Mahmud II ibn Muhammad.................... ? -1131 Toghril ? ...............................1131-1133 Mas'ud ibn Muhammad.............1131 ? 1133 ?- ? Bekabeh al-Mahmudi........................ ? -1135 Modjahid ad-Din Bahruz...................1135-1142 Mas'ud ibn Muhammad ? (restored ?).......1142-1152 Malik-Shah III...........................1152-1154 Muhammad II..............................1154-1156 d. 1160 To the Caliphate..............................1156-1258 To the Ilkhanate Mongols......................1258-1356 'Ali Bahadur.............................1258-1262 'Aladdîn 'Atâ-Malik......................1262-1283 Baiduû...................................1284-1295 Tudadjû..................................1295-1317 unknown name.............................1317-1336 'Ali Shah................................1336-1338 JALAYIRID Hasan-i Buzurg (the Great) Taj ad-Din....1340-1356 opposing... CHOPANID Hasan-i Kuchuk (the Small)...............1340-1343 and then... Malik Ashraf.............................1343-1356 To the Mongols (Golden Horde) directly........1356-1358 JALAYIRID Uwais I.......................................1358-1374 Hussein I Djalal ad-Din.......................1374-1382 Ahmad Ghiyath ad-Din..........................1382-1392 d. 1410 To the Timurid Mongols........................1392-1394 Mas'ud Sabzawari.........................1392-1394 Ahmad Ghiyath ad-Din (restored)...............1394-1400 d. 1410 To the Timurid Mongols (in Upper Mesop.)......1400-1410 opposed by... Abu-Bakr ibn Miranshah ibn Timur.........1400-1403 Dawlat Khwadja Inaq......................1404-1410 Ahmad Ghiyath ad-Din (re-rest., in Lower Mesop.)...1405-1410 Walad.........................................1410-1411 Mahmud.............................................1411 d. 1425 Baghdad falls to the Qara Koyunlu 1411, the Jalayirids retain Basra under Timurid hegemony until that, too, is taken by the Qara Koyunlu. To the Qara Koyunlu (Hrd. of the Black Sheep).1411-1469 To the Ak Koyunlu (Horde of the White Sheep)..1469-1508 To Persia.....................................1508-1534 Lâla Husain..............................1508-1515 Qonghoroz................................1515-1524 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1524-1529 Dulfaqar.................................1524-1529 To Persia.....................................1529-1534 Muhammad Khân ibn Sharafaddin............1529-1533 Tekkelu Muhammad Khan....................1533-1534 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1534-1623 Walis of Baghdad Suleimân Pasha ibn Qubâd.................1534-1545 Ayâs.....................................1545-1549 'Ali Tamarrud............................1549-1551 Mohammed.................................1551-1566 Murâd....................................1566-1575 'Alî Elwendzâdé..........................1575-1590 Tshighâlé-zâdé Sinân.....................1590-1594 Hasan ibn Muhammad.......................1594-1603 Qâsim (did not arrive at his post)............1603 Mustafà Sâryqdi..........................1603-1608 opposed by... Ahmad Tawil..............................1603-1608 Tshighâlé-zâdé Mahmud....................1608-1610 'Ali Qadi-zade................................1610 Dilawar.......................................1610 Mustafa.......................................1610 Hafiz Ahmad..............................1610-1628 opposed by... To Persia.....................................1623-1638 Safî Qulî Khân...........................1625-1631 Bektash Khan.............................1631-1638 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1638-1917 Kutshuk Hasan............................1638-1639 Dervîsh Muhammad.........................1639-1642 Kutshuk Hasan (restored).................1642-1644 Deli Husain...................................1644 Muhammad......................................1644 Mûsà.....................................1645-1646 Ibrâhîm.......................................1646 Mûsà Semiz....................................1647 Melek Ahmad...................................1647 Arslan Nogai-zâdé........................1648-1649 Qaplan Mustafà Merziwenli.....................1649 Husain...................................1649-1650 Qara Mustafà.............................1651-1652 Murtadà..................................1653-1654 Aq-Muhammad..............................1654-1656 Khassékî Muhammad........................1657-1659 Murtadà (restored)............................1659 Khassékî Muhammad (restored).............1659-1661 Kanbûr Mustafà...........................1661-1663 Pambûgh Mustafà..........................1663-1664 Qara Mustafà (restored).......................1664 Uzun Ibrâhîm.............................1664-1666 Qara Mustafà (re-restored)...............1666-1671 Silahdâr Husain..........................1671-1674 'Abd ar-Rahmân...........................1674-1676 Qaplan Mustafà Merziwenli (restored).....1676-1677 'Umar Pasha..............................1677-1681 Ibrâhîm..................................1681-1684 'Umar Pasha (restored)...................1684-1686 Serkhosh Ahmad Ketkhodâ.......................1686 'Umar Pasha (re-restored).....................1687 Hasan....................................1688-1690 Ahmad Bâzirgân................................1690 Ahmad....................................1691-1693 Hâddjî Ahmad Qalâilî.....................1693-1695 'Ali..........................................1695 Hasan....................................1696-1698 Ismâ'îl..................................1698-1700 'Ali.....................................1700-1702 Yûsuf....................................1703-1704 Hasan....................................1704-1723 Ahmad ibn Hasan..........................1723-1734 Ismâ'il.......................................1734 Topal Mohammed...........................1735-1742 Hâddjî Ahmad.............................1742-1748 Ahmad Kesriélî (of Castoria)..................1748 Mohammed Teriâqî.........................1748-1751 Mamluq Walis of Iraq (semi-independent under purely nominal Ottoman overlordship) Suleiman......................................1751-1761 'Alî..........................................1761-1763 'Umar.........................................1763- ? 'Abdallah Agha Hasan Agha..................................... ? -1780 Sulaiman......................................1780-1802 'Alî..........................................1802-1807 Suleiman......................................1807-1810 'Abdallâh.....................................1810-1812 Sa'îd.........................................1812-1816 Dâ'ûd.........................................1816-1831 Da'ud was deposed by the Ottomans and forced into exile after a Turkish army captured Baghdad in 1831. 'Ali-Ridâ Pasha..........................1831-1841 Haci Necip Pasha.........................1841-1849 Abdi Pasha....................................1849 Vecini Pasha..................................1850 Namik Pasha...................................1851 Mehmet Resid Pasha............................1852 Ibrahim Pasha............................1853-1857 Omer Pasha...............................1857-1859 Mustafa Nuri Pasha.......................1859-1861 Ahmed Tevik Pasha.............................1861 Namik Pasha..............................1861-1868 Tufiettin Pasha...............................1868 Midhat Pasha.............................1869-1871 Radif Pasha...................................1871 Midhat Pasha (restored)..................1871-1872 Radif Pasha (restored)...................1873-1877 Mehmet Akif Pasha.............................1877 Kadri Pasha...................................1878 Abdu'l Rahman Pasha...........................1879 Taqi'l Din Pasha.........................1880-1886 Mustafa 'Asim.................................1887 Sirri Pasha..............................1888-1891 Haji Hasan...............................1892-1895 'Ata'ullah Pasha.........................1896-1897 Namiq Pasha..............................1898-1902 Ahmad Faydhi Pasha.......................1902-1904 'Abd al-Majid Bey........................1905-1906 Hazim Bey................................1907-1908 Nadhim Pasha.............................July 1908 Fazil Pasha..............................1908-1909 Najm al-Din Bey..........................1909-1910 General Husayn Nadhim Pasha..............1910-1911 Yusif Pasha...................................1911 Jamal Pasha..............................1911-1912 Muhammad Zaki Pasha...........................1912 General Husayn Jalal Bey......................1913 General Javid (Jawad) Pasha...................1914 Dr. Rashid Bey................................1915 Sulayman Nadhif Bey...........................1915 Nur al-Din Bey...........................1915-1916 Khalil Pasha.............................1916-1917 Memduh Bey....................................1917 To Great Britain..............................1917-1932 Administrator Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson.................1919-1920 High Commissioners Sir Percy Zachariah Cox..................1920-1923 Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs............1923-1928 Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton...........1928-1929 Sir Francis Henry Humphrys...............1929-1932 HASHEMITE Faisal I.................................1921-1933 Ghazi.........................................1933-1939 Faisal II.....................................1939-1958 Faisal was a youth of 4 when he succeeded to the throne, and spent much of the 1940's in Great Britain, having been smuggled out of Iraq during the Rashid 'Ali rebellion of April 1941. After he attained his majority in 1953, he was in contention with his cousin King Hussein of Jordan for leadership of the Hashemite Clan - both were of the 41st generation. The issue was decided in Faisal's favour in February of 1958, and he became leader of an Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan, but he died under somewhat unclear circumstances only 5 months later, shot in a firefight between an army unit trying to arrest him and palace guards returning fire during the Republican revolution. `Abd al-Ilah (regent), 1939-1941 Sharaf ibn Rajih al-Fawwaz (regent), Apr-June 1941 `Abd al-Ilah (regent, restored), 1941-1953 1st Republic of Iraq..........................1958-2003 Saddam Hussein, 1979-2003 Coalition military occupation.................2003-2004 Civil Administrator Jay Garner............................Apr-May 2003 Paul Bremer..............................2003-2004 Provisional Government........................2004-2006 2nd Republic of Iraq..........................2006-

KUWAIT A small but wealthy Emirate at the head of the Persian Gulf. Nominally a dependency of the Ottoman Empire until 1914, it was a protectorate of Great Britain from 1914 to 1961. For earlier times, see Ur. To Persia......................................539-331 To Macedon.....................................331-312 To the Seleucid Empire.........................312-141 To Persia......................................141-125 Numenius...............................c. 150-125 Kingdom of CHARACENE (Charax) HYSPAOSINESID Hyspaosines....................................125-110 Apodacos.......................................110-90 Tiraios I Euergetes.............................90-61 Tiraios II Soter Euergetes......................61-44 Attambelos I Soter Euergetes....................44-40 Theonesios I....................................40-30 Attambelos II...............................30 BCE-12 CE Abinerglos Soter................................12-21 Adinnerglos Soter...............................21-51 Theonesios II Soter.............................51-53 Attambelos III Soter Euergetes..................53- ? Artabazos...................................... ? -100 Attambelos IV..................................100-109 Theonesios III.................................109-116 Attambelos V...................................116-135 Unknown name...................................135-149 Obadia Phrataphern.............................149-166 Undetermined number of rulers, names unknown...166-228 To Persia......................................228-380 Mihrshah..................................fl. 260's To Hirah.......................................380-602 To Persia......................................602-636 To the Caliphate...............................636-945 To the Buyids..................................945-1055 To the Seljuqs................................1055-1156 To the Caliphate..............................1156-1258 To the Ilkhanate Mongols......................1258-1340 To Baghdad (the Jalayrids)....................1340-1401 To the Timurid Empire (from Basra after 1411).1401-1432 To the Qara Koyunlu...........................1432-1469 To the Ak Koyunlu.............................1469-1508 To Persia.....................................1508-1534 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1534-1623 To Persia.....................................1623-1638 To the Ottoman Empire.........................1638-1914 Emirate of KUWAIT SABAH dynasty (Banu `Utub) Abu Abdullah Sabah I ibn Djabir..........1752-1762 Abdullah I...............................1762-1814 Djabir I.................................1814-1859 Sabah II.................................1859-1866 Abdullah II..............................1866-1892 Muhammad.................................1892-1896 Mubarak al-Lahab.........................1896-1915 Protectorate of Great Britain.................1899-1961 De facto 1899, formally from 1914. Djabir II................................1915-1917 Salim....................................1917-1921 Ahmad....................................1921-1950 Abdullah II...................................1950-1965 Sabah III.....................................1965-1977 Djabir III....................................1977-1990 d. 2006 To Iraq.......................................1990-1991 Djabir III (restored).........................1991-2006 Sa'ad...................................15-24 Jan. 2006 d. --- Sabah IV......................................2006-

BURMA (MYANMAR) An ancient land with a very rich and complex history, little understood by outsiders even today. The following lists detail monarchs controlling mainly the central regions of what is now the modern state. For other Burmese polities, see Arakan, Pegu, Pinya-Ava, Sagaing, and Thaton. VIKRAMA DYNASTY OF PYU (PROTO-BURMESE ?), capital: Shrikshetra (present Hmawza, southern Central Burma) ? Suryavikrama.......................................673-688 (or ?: 103-118) Harivikrama........................................688-695 (or ?: 118-125) Sihavikrama........................................695-718 (or ?: 125-148) ? Kingdom destroyed by Nan-chao (?) 832 Its former territories were incorporated in Burma by king Anawratha of Pagan c.1050 PAGAN Note: None of these early kings, except king Nyaung-u Sawrahan is mentioned in the inscriptions. Thamudarit.........................................107-152 Yathekyaung........................................152-167 Pyusawti...........................................167-242 Timinyi............................................242-299 Yimminpaik.........................................299-324 Paikthili..........................................324-344 Thinlikyaung.......................................344-387 Kyaungdurit........................................387-412 Thithan............................................412-439 usurpers, names not stated.........................439-497 opposed by... Tharamunhpya.......................................494-516 Thaiktaing.........................................516-523 Thinlikyaungnge....................................523-532 Thinlipaik.........................................532-547 Hkanlaung..........................................547-557 Hkanlat............................................557-569 Hkuntaik...........................................569-582 Htunpyit...........................................582-598 Htunchit...........................................598-613 Popa Sawrahan (usurper)............................613-640 Shwe Onthi.........................................640-652 Peitthon...........................................651-710 Ngahkwe............................................710-716 Myinkywe (usurper).................................716-726 Theinka............................................726-734 Theinsun...........................................734-744 Shwelaung..........................................744-753 Htunhtwin..........................................753-762 Shwemauk...........................................762-785 Munlat.............................................785-802 Sawhkinhnit........................................802-829 Hkelu..............................................829-846 Pyinbya............................................846-878 Pyinbya founded the city of Pagan and established it as his capital, thereby setting the name for his entire dynasty to succeeding generations. Tannet.............................................878-906 Sale Ngahkwe.......................................906-931 Nyaung-u Sawrahan (usurper)........................931-964 Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu.................................964-986 Kyiso..............................................986-992 Sokka-te...........................................992-1044 From this point on, ruler's names are attested to in the chronicles. Anawratha.........................................1044-1077 Sawlu.............................................1077-1084 Kyanzittha........................................1084-1113 Alaungsithu (of Mon descent)......................1113-1167 Mengshengtsau..........................................1167 Narathu I.........................................1167-1170 Naratheinka.......................................1170-1174 Narapatisithu.....................................1174-1211 Nataungmya (Htilominlo)...........................1211-1235 Kyaswa............................................1235-1250 Uzana I...........................................1250-1256 Man Yan................................................1256 Narathihapate "He who ran from the Chinese".......1256-1287 To the Mongols....................................1287-1303 Kyawswa......................................1287-1289 To the Shan............................................1289 > Sawhnit......................................1289-1325 Uzana II (Sawmunnit).........................1325-1369 Pagan dynasty disappears, territories incorporated in Ava. TAUNGU Various local chiefs...........................c. 1290-1347 Thinkaba..........................................1347-1358 Pyanchi...........................................1358-1377 Period of disorder Sawluthinhkaya....................................1421-1436 Period of disorder Sithukyawhtin.....................................1471-1482 Period of disorder Minkyinyo.........................................1486-1531 Tabinshwehti......................................1531-1550 Thamindwut.............................................1550 Thaminhtau........................................1550-1551 Bayinnaung........................................1551-1581 Nandabayin........................................1581-1599 Interregnum; internal disorders Anaukpetlun.......................................1605-1628 Minredeippa.......................................1628-1629 Thalun............................................1629-1648 Pindale...........................................1648-1661 Pye...............................................1661-1672 Narawara..........................................1672-1673 Minredyawdin......................................1673-1698 Sane..............................................1698-1714 Taninganwe........................................1714-1733 Mahadammayaza Dipati..............................1733-1752 The Taungu dynasty was finished by a Mon insurrection 1740-1752; see Pegu. KONBAUNG Alaung Min Thaya Gyi..............................1753-1760 Naungdaw Min Thaya Gyi............................1760-1763 Maung Gu Yuwa.....................................1763-1776 Singusa Min.......................................1776-1782 Maung Maung..................................5-11 Feb. 1782 Maung Shwe Waing..................................1782-1819 Bagyidaw..........................................1819-1837 Tharrawaddy.......................................1837-1846 Pagan Min Thaya Gyi...............................1846-1853 Mindon Min Thaya Gyi..............................1853-1878 Thibaw Min Thaya Gyi..............................1878-1885 d. 1916 To Great Britain..................................1886-1943 To Japan..........................................1943-1945 To Great Britain..................................1945-1948 Republic..........................................1948-

CAMBODIA A French protectorate from 1863-1953, aside from a brief Japanese occupation in 1945. FU-NAN The following rulers are poorly documented, and therefore I include either or both their Hindu names and the names by which they were referred to in Chinese annals, where known. Soma (fem.).........................................fl. latter first century with... Kaundinya I (Hun-t'ien)............................fl. latter first century unknown rulers Hun P'an-h'uang....................................fl. 2nd half of second century P'an-p'an..........................................fl. early third century Šri Mara ? (Fan Shi-man)........................c. 205-c. 225 Fan Chin-seng..........................................c. 225 Fan Chan (usurper)..............................c. 225-c. 240 Fan Hsün........................................c. 240- 287 > with... ? Fan Ch'ang.........................................fl. c. 245 and... ? Fan Hsiung ?....................................270 ? -285 > unknown rulers Chandan (Chu Chan-t'an)............................fl. 337 unknown rulers Kaundinya II (Chiao Chen-ju)....................... ? - < 434 Šrešthavarman ? or Sri Indravarman (Che-li-pa-mo or Shih-li-t’o-pa-mo)...fl. 434-435 unknown rulers Kaundinya Jayavarman (She-yeh-pa-mo).............< 484-514 Rudravarman (usurper)..............................514-539 > d. c. 550 ? Sarvabhauma ? (Liu-t’o-pa-mo) Same as above ? unknown rulers..................................c. 550-627 Annexed by Chenla, 627. CHENLA Kaundinya Jayavarman...............................487-514 Rudravarman........................................514-539 Bhavavarman I......................................fl. 550 Mahendravarman.....................................600-616 Isanavarman I......................................616-635 ? Bhavavarman II.....................................639-656 Jayavarman I.......................................657-681 Jayadevi (fem.).....................................fl. 713 Nripatindravarman..................................fl. 7th cent. Pushkaraksha Sambhuvarman.......................................fl. 8th cent. Rajendravarman I..............................fl. late 8th cent. Mahipativarman KHMER (Based at Angkor c. 890-1432; Phnom Penh thereafter.) Jayavarman II......................................802-850 Jayavarman III.....................................850-877 Indravarman I......................................877-889 Yasovarman I.......................................889-900 Harshavarman I.....................................900-c. 922 Isanavarman II..................................c. 922-928 Jayavarman IV......................................928-942 Harshavarman II....................................942-944 Rajendravarman II..................................944-968 Jayavarman V.......................................968-1001 Udayadityavarman I................................1001-1002 Jayaviravarman....................................1002-c. 1011 Suryavarman I.....................................1002-1050 Udayadityavarman II...............................1050-1066 Harshavarman III..................................1066-1090 Jayavarman VI.....................................1090-1107 Dharanindravarman I...,...........................1107-1113 Suryavarman.......................................1113-1150 Dharanindravarman II..,...........................1150-1160 Yasovarman II.....................................1160-1166 Tribhuvanadityavarman.............................1166-1177 vacant Jayavarman VII....................................1181-c. 1219 Indravarman II.................................c. 1219-1243 Jayavarman VIII...................................1243-1295 Indravarman III...................................1295-1308 Indrajayavarman...................................1308-1327 Jayavarman Paramesvara............................1327-1353 vacant Nippean Bat.......................................1362-1369 To Thailand.......................................1369-1375 Kalamegha (in Basan)..............................1371- ? Kambujadhitaja (regained Angkor)...................fl. 14th cent. Dharmasokaraja.....................................fl. 14th cent. To Thailand........................................ ? -1389 Ponthea Yat.......................................1389-1404 Narayana Ramadhipati..............................1404-1429 Sri Bodhya........................................1429-1444 Dharmara Jadhiraja................................1444-1486 Sri Sukonthor.....................................1486-1512 Ney Kan...........................................1512-1516 Ang Chan I........................................1516-1566 Barom Reachea I...................................1566-1576 Chettha I.........................................1576-1594 Reamea Chung Prey.................................1594-1596 Barom Reachea II..................................1596-1599 Barom Reachea III.................................1599-1600 Chau Ponhea Nhom..................................1600-1603 Barom Reachea IV..................................1603-1618 Chettha II........................................1618-1622 interregnum...........,...........................1622-1628 Ponhea To..............................................1628 Outey.............................................1628-1642 with... Ponhea Nu.........................................1630-1640 and then... Ang Non I.........................................1640-1642 Chan..............................................1642-1659 Barom Reachea V...................................1659-1672 Chettha III.......................................1672-1673 Ang Chei..........................................1673-1674 Ang Non I.........................................1674-1675 Chettha IV........................................1675-1795 d. c. 1725 Outey I...........................................1695-1699 Ang Em............................................1699-1701 d. 1730 Chettha IV (restored).............................1701-1702 d. c. 1725 Thommo Reachea II.................................1702-1703 d. 1747 Chettha IV (re-restored)..........................1703-1706 d. c. 1725 Thommo Reachea (restored).........................1706-1710 d. 1747 Ang Em (restored).................................1710-1722 Satha II..........................................1722-1738 Thommo Reachea II (re-restored)...................1738-1747 Thommo Reachea III.....................................1747 Ang Tong..........................................1747-1749 d. 1758 Chettha V.........................................1749-1755 Ang Tong (restored)...............................1755-1758 Outey II..........................................1758-1775 Ang Non II........................................1775-1779 Ang Eng...........................................1779-1796

interregnum.......................................1796-1806 Pok, regent 1796-1806

Ang Chan II.......................................1806-1835 Ang Em, regent 1811-2 Ang Sguon, regent 1812-3

Ang Mey (fem.).....................................1835-1840 d. 1874 Ang Duong.........................................1841-1844 d. 1860 Ang Mey (fem.) (restored)..........................1844-1845 d. 1874 Ang Duong (restored)..............................1845-1860 Norodom...........................................1860-1904 Sisovath..........................................1904-1927 Sisovath Monivong.................................1927-1941 Norodom Sihanouk II...............................1941-1955 d. --- Norodom Suramarit.................................1955-1960 interregnum (Norodom Sihanouk II, head of state)..1960-1970 1st Republic (Lon Nol regime).....................1970-1975 2nd Republic (Pol Pot regime).....................1975-1979 Norodom Sihanouk II, Head of State 1975-1976 3rd Republic (Vietnamese-backed state)............1979-1991 Interim Government(headed by Norodom Sihanouk)....1991-1993 Norodom Sihanouk II (restored)....................1993-2004 d. --- Norodom Sihamoni..................................2004-

LAOS The Laotians are a people related to the Thai, who migrated out of southern China many centuries ago and established a number of principalities and kingdoms along the upper Mekong River. The modern Laotian state is a fusion of the old kingdoms of Luang Prabang and Vientiane. To Japan...............................................1945 To France.........................................1945-1953 With the return of the French at the conclusion of World War II, Lao provinces agitated for independence and, as a result, the French colonial authorities assembled the modern state of Laos with the old kings of Luang Prabang at it's head. Limited autonomy was achieved by 1949, and full independence followed in 1953. Sisavang Vong (K. of Luang Prabang 1904-1945).....1946-1959 Savang Vatthana...................................1959-1975 d. probably 1978 Republic..........................................1975-

SINGAPORE A large and vital port covering an island at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Originally a series of little villages, A free port was established by Sir Thomas Raffles in 1819. It expanded to become an important mercantile center from the 1860's onward. To Siam/Ayutthaya.................................. ? -1324 Temagi (Siamese governor)..................... ? -1324 opposed by... Rajas of Temasek SRIVIJAYA Sang Nila Utama (Sri Tri Buana, a fugitive prince of Srivijaya)...1299-1347 Sri Rana Wira Kerma...............................1347-1399 Paduka Sri Maharaja Parameswara...................1399-1401 d.1414 Parameswara was exiled in 1401. He founded Malacca, eventually returning and subjecting Singapore to its rule. To Malacca.....................................c. 1414-1511 To Johore.........................................1511-1613 To Atjeh..........................................1613-1615 To Johore.........................................1615-1819 To Great Britain..................................1819-1942 To Japan..........................................1942-1945 To Great Britain..................................1945-1957 To Malaya.........................................1957-1963 To the Federation of Malaysia.....................1963-1965 Republic of Singapore.............................1965

THAILANDA large and powerful state in upper southeast Asia, and one of the rare non-European states which avoided being absorbed by European interests during the Colonial Era; in large part due to the resiliance and enlightened self-interest of its rulers during the 19th century, and the fact that it was to Great Britains advantage to have a buffer state located between India and French Indochina. For a precursor Thai state within southern China, see Nan Chao. See also, Lan Na, for an early Thai state in the northern hills of what is now Thailand. AYUTTHAYA Rama T'ibodi I....................................1350-1369 Ramesuen I........................................1369-1370 d. 1395 Boromoraja I......................................1370-1388 T'ong Lan..............................................1388 Ramesuen I (restored).............................1388-1395 Ram Raja..........................................1395-1408 Int'araja I.......................................1408-1424 Boromoraja II.....................................1424-1448 Boromo Trailokanat................................1448-1488 Boromoraja III....................................1488-1491 Rama T'ibodi II...................................1491-1529 Boromoraja IV.....................................1529-1534 Ratsada................................................1534 P'rajai...........................................1534-1546 Keo Fa............................................1546-1548 Khun Worawongsa........................................1548 Maha Chakrap'at...................................1548-1569 Mahin..................................................1569 Maha Dharmaraja I.................................1569-1590 Naresuen..........................................1590-1605 Ekat'otsarot......................................1605-1610 Songt'am Int'araja II.............................1610-1628 Jett'atirat.......................................1628-1630 At'ityawong............................................1630 Prasat T'ong......................................1630-1656 Chao Fa Jai............................................1656 Sri Suthammaraja..................................1656-1657 Narai.............................................1657-1688 P'ra P'etraja Ramesuen II.........................1688-1703 P'rachao Sua......................................1703-1709 T'ai Sra Pumint'araja.............................1709-1737 Boromokot Maha Dharmaraja II......................1737-1758 Ut'ump'on..............................................1758 Ekat'at Boromoraja V..............................1758-1767 BANGKOK (Ramadhibadi from 1916) P'ya Taksin.......................................1767-1782 P'ra P'utt'a Yot Fa Chulalok Rama I...............1782-1809 Phendin-Klang Rama II.............................1809-1824 P'ra Nang Klao Rama III...........................1824-1851 Maha Mongkut Rama IV..............................1851-1868 Chulalongkorn Rama V..............................1868-1910 Maha Vajiravudh Rama VI...........................1910-1925 Prajadhipok Rama VII..............................1925-1935 Ananda Mahidol Rama VIII..........................1935-1946 Bhumibol Adulyadet Rama IX........................1946-

VIETNAM Vietnam is the modern name for this state, and I use it for the sake of clarity and recognition, but it must be said that the use of "Vietnam" is quite recent. Up until the dissolution of French Indochina, the eastern coastal regions were known as ANNAM and the northern regions were, overall, NAM-VIET. A French protectorate was established here 1883-1940, 1945-1953. Van Lang kingdom The earliest phase of Vietnamese civilization, the Van Lang state under the Hungs is shrouded in mythology, and not much in the way of factual information is known. Foundation dates for the state are generally given in the first half of the 3rd millenium BCE -some sources speak of 88 sovereigns, of whom only 18 names are known, others aver that each of the following 18 had reigns of about 150 years. HÙNG Duong (Loc Tuc) Hien (Lac Long Quân) Lân (vua) Viep Hy Huy Chiêu Vy Ðinh Hy Trinh Võ Viet Anh Trieu Tao Nghi Due................................................ ? -258 Au Lac kingdom THUC An Duong...........................................257-207 Nam-Viet kingdom (Chin. Nan Yue) TRIEU These dynasts were ethnic Chinese, and their Chinese names are given in Nan Yue. This Kingdom, established by "Vo Vuong" (Zhao Tuo), a Chinese military commander during the final collapse of the Qin Dynasty and it's replacement by the Han, consisted of much of northern Vietnam as well as most of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan Provinces. Vo Vuong...........................................207-137 Van Vuong..........................................137-122 Minh Vuong.........................................122-113 Ap Vuong...........................................113-112 Duong Vuong........................................112-111 To China.......................................111 BCE-544 CE Van Xuân empire LI Bon................................................544-548 Kuang Phuc.........................................548-571 with... Thien Bao..........................................549-555 Phat Tu............................................571-603 To China...........................................603-939 Khúc Thua Du..................................905-907 Khúc Hao......................................907-917 Khúc Thua My..................................917-930 Duong Ðình Nghe...............................931–937 Kieu Công Tien................................937–938 Ðai Viet empire NGO Kuyen..............................................939-945 Duong Tam Kha......................................945-951 Suong Ngap.........................................951-954 with... Suong Van..........................................951-965 To China...........................................965-968 DINH Dinh Tien..........................................968-979 Dinh De Toan.......................................979-981 (Early) LE Hoan...............................................981-1005 Trung Tong........................................1005-1009 (Later) LI Thai To...........................................1010-1028 Thai Tong.........................................1028-1054 Thanh Tong........................................1054-1069 d.1072 (Later) LE Thanh Tong (continued)............................1069-1072 Nan Ton...........................................1072-1127 Than Tong.........................................1127-1138 Anh Tong..........................................1138-1175 Kao Tong..........................................1175-1210 Hue Tong..........................................1210-1224 Tieu Hoang........................................1224-1225 (Early) TRAN Thai Tong.........................................1225-1258 Thanh Tong........................................1258-1277 Nan Tong..........................................1278-1293 Anh Tong..........................................1293-1314 Minh Tong.........................................1314-1329 Hien Tong.........................................1329-1341 Du Tong...........................................1341-1369 Nghe Tong.........................................1370-1372 Due Tong..........................................1372-1377 De Hien...........................................1377-1388 Tran Thuan Tong...................................1388-1398 Tran Thieu De.....................................1398-1400 HO Kui Li.................................................1400 Han Thuong........................................1400-1407 (Later) TRAN Hau Tran Jian Dinh De.............................1407-1409 Hau Tran..........................................1409-1413 To China..........................................1413-1428 (Later) LE Thai To...........................................1428-1433 Thai Tong.........................................1433-1442 Nan Tong..........................................1442-1459 Thanh Tong........................................1460-1497 Hien Tong.........................................1497-1504 Vi Muc De.........................................1504-1509 Tuong-Duc De......................................1509-1516 Tieu Tong.........................................1516-1522 Kung Hoang........................................1522-1527 MAC Dang Dung.........................................1527-1529 Dang Doanh........................................1529-1533 d. 1540 At this point the state devolved into a number of lesser Kingdoms - see Hue, Tonkin, Viet-Bac. The old dynasty of Le swiftly became ceremonial pawns in the hands of the Trinh of Hanoi (Tonkin), but survived until all were swept aside by the Tay-Son usurpers at the end of the 18th century. (Later) LE Trang-Tong........................................1533-1548 Trung-Tong........................................1548-1556 Anh-Tong..........................................1556-1573 The-Tong..........................................1573-1597 Nguyen Duong-Minh......................................1597 Nguyen Minh-Tri...................................1597-1599 Kinh-Tong.........................................1599-1619 Thanh-Tong........................................1619-1643 d. 1662 Chan-Tong.........................................1643-1649 Thanh-Tong (restored).............................1649-1662 Huyen-Tong........................................1662-1671 Gia-Tong...............................................1671 Hi-Tong...........................................1671-1705 Du-Tong...........................................1705-1729 De Duy-Phuong.....................................1729-1732 Thuan-Tong........................................1732-1735 I-Tong............................................1735-1740 Hien-Tong.........................................1740-1786 Man Hoang-De......................................1786-1788 TAY-SON Nguyen Van-Hue............................(1776-) 1788-1792 Nguyen Quang-Toan.................................1792-1802 NGUYEN Gia Long..........................................1802-1820 Minh Mang.........................................1820-1841 Thieu Tri.........................................1841-1848 Tu Duc............................................1848-1883 To France.........................................1883-1940 Duc Duc...........................................1883 Hiep Hoa..........................................1883 Kien Phuc....................................1883-1884 Ham Nghi.....................................1884-1885 Dong Khanh...................................1885-1889 Thanh Thai...................................1889-1907 Duy Tan......................................1907-1916 Khai Dinh....................................1916-1925 Bao Dai......................................1925-1940 d. 1997 To Japan..........................................1940-1945 Vietnamese Republic (Japanese Puppet).............1945 To France.........................................1945-1953 Bao Dai (restored)...........................1945-1955 d. 1997 Democratic Peoples Republic (Hanoi)...............1953-.... opposed by... Republic of Vietnam (Saigon)......................1953-1975

BRUNEI A sultanate on the northeast coast of Borneo, and one of the wealthiest states on Earth, due to oil revenues. Formerly in control over much of the island, it became a British Protectorate 1888-1984. BRUNEI Muhammad.......................................c. 1405-c. 1415 Ahmad..........................................c. 1415- ? Sharif 'Ali Bilfakih Suleiman.......................................c. 1433- ? Bolkiah Abdul Qahhar Saif ul-Rijal..................................c. 1578- ? Shah Berunai Hassan Abdul-Djalil Akbar Abdul-Djalil Djabbar Muhammad 'Ali Abdul-Mubin....................................c. 1662- ? Muhyi ud-Din Nasr ud-Din Kamal ud-Din Aladdin Omar 'Ali Saif ud-Din I Muhammad Taj ud-Din.................................. -1780 d. 1806 Muhammad Djamal ul-'Alam..........................1780-1793 Muhammad Taj ud-Din (restored)....................1793-1806 Muhammad Khanz....................................1806-1822 Muhammad 'Alam.........................................1822 Omar 'Ali Saif ud-Din II Djamal ul-Din............1822-1852 Abdul-Mumin.......................................1852-1885 Hashim Djalil ul-'Alam Akam ud-Din................1885-1906 Muhammad Djamal ul-'Alam II.......................1906-1924 Ahmad Taj ud-Din..................................1924-1941 d. 1950 To Japan..........................................1941-1945 Ahmad Taj ud-Din (restored).......................1945-1950 Omar 'Ali Saif ud-Din III.........................1950-1967 d. 1986 Hassan ul-Bolkiah.................................1967-

The PHILIPPINES An archipelago on the eastern edge of southeast Asia, facing the western Pacific and lying south of Taiwan. To Spain........................................1565-1764 Administrative subunit of New Spain (Mexico) 1565-1821 Miguel López de Legazpi....................1565-1572 Guido de Lavezaris.........................1572-1575 Francisco de Sande.........................1575-1580 Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza..............1580-1583 Diego Ronquillo............................1583-1584 Santiago de Vera...........................1584-1590 Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas.....................1590-1593 Pedro de Rojas..................................1593 Luis Pérez Dasmariñas......................1593-1596 Francisco de Tello de Guzmán...............1596-1602 Pedro Bravo de Acuña.......................1602-1606 Audiencia of Manila, 1606-1608 Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco................1608-1609 Juan de Silva..............................1609-1616 Audiencia of Manila, 1616-1618 Alonso Fajardo y Tenza.....................1618-1624 Audiencia of Manila, 1624-1625 Fernándo de Silva..........................1625-1626 Juan Niño de Tabora........................1626-1632 Audiencia of Manila, 1632-1633 Juan Cerezo de Salamanca...................1633-1635 Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera..............1635-1644 Diego Fajardo..............................1644-1653 Sabiniano Manrique de Lara.................1653-1663 Diego de Salcedo...........................1663-1668 Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz.............1668-1669 Manuel de León.............................1669-1677 Audiencia of Manila, 1677-1678 Juan de Vargas Hurtado.....................1678-1684 Gabriel de Curuzealegui y Arriola..........1684-1689 Audiencia of Manila, 1689-1690 Fausto Cruzat y Gongora....................1690-1701 Domingo Zabálburu de Echevarri.............1701-1709 Martín de Urzua y Arismendi................1709-1715 Audiencia of Manila, 1715-1717 Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamente y Rueda...1717-1719 Francisco de la Cuesta.....................1719-1721 Toribio José Cosio y Campo.................1721-1729 Fernándo Valdés y Tamon....................1729-1739 Gaspar de la Torre.........................1739-1745 Juan Arrechederra..........................1745-1750 José Francisco de Obando y Solis...........1750-1754 Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban........1754-1759 Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta....................1759-1761 Manuel Rojo................................1761-1762 Simón de Anda y Salazar....................1762-1764 opposing... To Great Britain................................1762-1764 To Spain........................................1764-1898 Francisco Javíer de la Torre...............1764-1765 José Raón..................................1765-1770 Simón de Anda y Salazar (restored).........1770-1776 Pedro Sarrio...............................1776-1778 José Basco y Vargas........................1778-1787 Pedro de Sarrio............................1787-1788 Félix Berenguer de Marquina................1788-1793 Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León....1793-1806 Mariano Fernández de Folgueras.............1806-1810 Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar.................1810-1813 José Gardoqui Jaraveitia...................1813-1816 Mariano Fernández de Folgueras (rest.).....1816-1822 Spanish crown colony, 1821-1898 Juan Antonio Martínez......................1822-1825 Marinao Ricafort Palacín y Ararca..........1825-1830 Pascual Enrile y Alcedo....................1830-1835 Gabriel de Torres...............................1835 Juan Crámen.....................................1835 Pedro Antonio Salazar Castillo y Varona....1835-1837 Andrés García Camba........................1837-1838 Luis Lardizábal............................1838-1841 Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri...............1841-1843 Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre......1843-1844 Narciso Clavería y Zaldua..................1844-1849 Antonio María Blanco.......................1849-1850 Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía..............1850-1853 Ramón Montero y Blandino...................1853-1854 Manuel Pavía y Lay..............................1854 Ramón Montero y Blandino (restored).............1854 Manuel Crespo y Cebrían....................1854-1856 Ramón Montero y Blandino (re-restored).....1856-1857 Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero.............1857-1860 Ramón María Solano y LLanderal..................1860 Juan Herrera Dávila........................1860-1861 José Lemery É Ibarrola Ney y González......1861-1862 Salvador Valdés.................................1862 Rafael de Echaque..........................1862-1865 Joaquín del Solar É Ibáñez......................1865 Juan de Lara É Irigoyen....................1865-1866 José Laureano de Sanz y Posse...................1866 Antonio Osorio..................................1866 Joaquín del Solar...............................1866 José de la Gándara y Navarro...............1866-1869 Manuel Maldonado................................1869 Cárlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada....1869-1871 Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutíerrez............1871-1873 Manuel Mac-crohon...............................1873 Juan Alminos y Pe Vivar....................1873-1874 Manuel Blanco Valderrama........................1874 José Malcampo y Monje......................1874-1877 Domingo Moriones y Murillo.................1877-1880 Rafael Rodríguez Arias..........................1880 Fernando Primo de Rivera...................1880-1883 Emilio Molíns...................................1883 Joaquín Jovellar...........................1883-1885 Emilio Molíns (restored)........................1885 Emilio Terrero y Perinat...................1885-1888 Antonio Molto...................................1888 Federico Lobaton................................1888 Valeriano Wéyler...........................1888-1891 Eulogio Despujol...........................1891-1893 Federico Ochando................................1893 Ramón Blanco...............................1893-1896 Camilo Polavieja...........................1896-1897 José de Lachambre............April 15—April 23, 1897 Fernando Primo de Rivera (rest.)...........1897-1898 Basilio Augustin..........April 11, 1898—May 1, 1898 Fernando Primo de Rivera (re-rest.)........1897-1898 Basilio Agustín.................................1898 Mario Jaudenes..................................1898 Agustin de los Rios.............................1898 Fermín Jáudens..................................1898 Francisco Rizzo.................................1898 Diego de los Ríos...............................1898 To the United States............................1898-1942 US Military Governors Wesley Merritt..................................1898 Elwell S. Otis.............................1898-1900 Arthur MacArthur, Jr. .....................1900-1901 Governors-General William Howard Taft........................1901-1904 Luke E. Wright.............................1904-1906 Henry Clay Ide..................................1906 James Francis Smith........................1906-1907 Newton W. Gilbert..........................1907-1908 William Cameron Forbes.....................1908-1913 Francis Burton Harrison....................1913-1921 Charles Yeater, acting 1921 Leonard Wood...............................1921-1927 Eugene Allen Gilmore............................1927 Henry L. Stimson...........................1927-1929 Eugene Allen Gilmore.......................1929-1930 Dwight Filley Davis........................1930-1932 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ...................1932-1933 Frank Murphy...............................1933-1935 Commonwealth of the Philippines.................1935-1942 The Commonwealth was a partially autonomous state in association with the United States. To Japan........................................1942-1945 Republic of the Philippines (Jap. client)..1943-1944 Commonwealth of the Philippines restored........1945-1946 Republic of the Philippines.....................1946-

JAVA The island of Java has hosted important states within the Indonesian archipelago longer than any other locale. It's historical development is complex, and made more so owing to the fact that the island has seldom been held by a single government. The following sequences are intended to point out the most important phases of Javan history, but should not be regarded as definitive or complete.

Tarumanagara A kingdom at the western third of Java, including the region around the modern Indonesian capital of Djakarta. Rajadirajaguru Jayasingawarman.....................358-382 CE Dharmayawarman.....................................382-395 Purnawarman........................................395-434 Wisnuwarman........................................434-455 Indrawarman........................................455-515 Chandrawarman......................................515-535 Surayawarman.......................................535-561 Kertawarman........................................561-628 Linggawarman.......................................628-650 To Srivijaya.......................................650-669 Partitioned between kingdoms of Sunda and Galuh 670... Tarusbawa (in Sunda only from 670).................669-670 d. ea. 670's GALUH Western Java, from the Tarum River in the west to Mount Slamet in the east, with it's usual capital at Kawali, a town some 128 miles (206 km.) east-southeast of Djakarta. Wretikandayun......................................670-702 Mandiminyak........................................702-709 Bratasena..........................................709-716 Purbasora..........................................716-723 Reunited with Sunda, 723 SUNDA Far western Java, from the Sunda Straits to the Tarum River, with it's usual capital around the area of the modern city of Bogor, some 25 miles (40 km.) south of Djakarta. Tarusbawa (all Tarumanagara 669-70)................670-early 700's Jamri Prabu Harisdarma Sanjaya.............early 700's-732 Tamperan or Rakeyan Panaraban......................732-739 Wuwus..............................................819-891 Darmaraksa.........................................891-895 Prabu Guru Darmasiksa Rakeyan Jayadarma Probably to (Elder) Mataram......................900's-c. 1100 Probably to Kediri.............................c. 1100-1222 Probably to Singhasari............................1222-1292 Probably local conditions only, involving the turbulence surrounding the usurpation of 1292, the Mongol invasion fleet in 1293, and the subsequent establishment in eastern Java of Majapahit. It is said that the first king of Majapahit came from Sunda. Prabu Ragasuci....................................1297-1303 Prabu Citraganda..................................1303-1311 Prabu Lingga Dewata...............................1311-1333 Prabu Ajiguna Wisesa..............................1333-1340 Prabu Maharaja Lingga Buana.......................1340-1357 Prabu Mangkubumi Suradipati/Prabu Bunisora........1357-1371 Prabu Raja Wastu/Niskala Wastu Kancana............1371-1475 ? Sri Baduga Maharaja...............................1482-1521 To Portugal.......................................1522-1579 Prabu Surawisesa Jayaperkosa Ratu Sang Hiang......1521-1535 Sang Ratu Jaya Dewata.............................1535-1543 Ratu Sakti........................................1543-1551 Nilakendra Tohaan di Majaya.......................1551-1567 Prabu Surya Kencana Raja Mulya....................1567-1579 To Banten.........................................1579-1684 To the Netherlands................................1684-1811 To Great Britain..................................1811-1816 To the Netherlands................................1816-1942 To Japan..........................................1942-1945 To the Netherlands................................1945-1949 To Indonesia......................................1949- DJAKARTA A note regarding the city of Djakarta is appropriate... To Banten.........................................1527-1611 The modern city was established as a fortification (named Jayakerta [Sundanese: "Glorious Victory"]) by the Sultan of Banten, following the defeat of the Portuguese. To the Netherlands East Indies Company............1611-1811 The Dutch razed the place, and established their capital in the East Indies on the site, naming it Batavia. To Great Britain..................................1811-1816 To the Netherlands................................1816-1942 To Japan..........................................1942-1945 To the Netherlands................................1945-1949 To Indonesia......................................1949- Established as the capital of the Indonesian state, under a modern version of the older name. Sailendra Nine hypothetical kings, names unknown....fl. c. 625 ?-c. 725 ? Bhanu..............................................fl. 752 Vishnu (= Dhramatunga)......................before 775-782 Indra (Sangramadhanamjaya).........................782-812 ? Samaratunga......................................812 ?-832 ? Balaputra(deva) (in Srivijaya (Sumatra) c. 860)..832 ?-856 d. aft. 860 ? The Sailendra Kingdom reduced, and Balaputra escaping into exile in Sumatra, where he reestablishes his dynasty. Mataram (Old Mataram, or Mataram I) A powerful early state in central Java, long remembered as a golden age of splendour and influence. Sanjaya............................................fl. 732 Rakai Panangkaran..................................746-784 Rakai Panunggalan..................................784-803 Rakai Warak Dyah Manara............................803-827 Dyah Gula..........................................827-828 Rakai Patapan......................................828-847 Rakai Pikatan Dyah Saladu..........................847-855 Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah Lokapâla......................855-885 Dyah Tagwas............................................885 Rakai Panumwangan Dyah Dewendra....................885-887 ? Rakai Wungkal Humalang Dyah Jbang..................894-898 Balitung Rakai Watukara............................898-910 > Daksha.............................................fl. c. 913 Tulodong....................................fl. c. 919-921 Wawa........................................fl. c. 927-928 Mpu Sindok.........................................929-948 This sovereign moved the capital from central Java to eastern Java for unclear reasons. Isanatungavijaya Makutavamçavardhana Dharmavansa.....................................c. 990-1016/7 BALI Airlinga.......................................c. 1019-c. 1042 Rakai Halu (in Jangala).........................fl. c. 1060 with... Anak Wungsu (in Panjalu).......................c. 1050-1078 Kediri A later phase of Mataram, the name is that of a town in east-central Java, and is used as a dynastic label and the name of a Kingdom - the distinction is not precise. Jayavarsa.......................................fl. c. 1104 Bamesvara I................................fl. c. 1117-1130 Varmesvara.................................fl. c. 1135-1159 Sawesvara I................................fl. c. 1159-1161 Aryesvara.......................................fl. c. 1171 Kroncharyadipa..................................fl. c. 1181 Bamesvara II...................................c. 1182-1185 Sawesvara II...................................c. 1190-1200 Sringa.....................................fl. c. 1194-1222 Singhasari A Hindu Kingdom located in eastern Java. The state was created by a local adventurer who used a conflict between the King of Kadiri and the priestly class to foment a rebellion which toppled Kadiri. Ken Angrok (Sri Ranggah Rajasa)...................1222-1227 Anûshapati........................................1227-1248 Tohjaya................................................1248 Jayawishnuwardhana (Rangga Wuni)..................1248-1268 with... Narasimhamûrti (Mahisa Campaka)...................1248- ? Kertanagara.......................................1254-1292 Usurper Jayakatwang of Kediri.............................1292-1293 In 1291, Kertanagara was approached by Mongol ambassadors from the court of Qublai Khan, in China, who demanded tribute from Singhasari. He had them mutilated and sent back to China (this seems to happen frequently to Mongol ambassadors - see also Khwarazm). The next year, Kertanagara was deposed by a usurper, who thereupon found a Sino-Mongol navy at his gate... To China (Mongols).....................................1293 Majapahit This Hindu Empire was established when a Singhasaran prince, Vijaya, feigned collaboration with the Chinese until, the rival usurper eliminated, he turned on his erstwhile allies and created Majapahit upon their expulsion. Based in eastern Java, and controlling at minimum that region and the island of Bali, some evidence suggests that it's influence was much wider, extending throughout much of modern Indonesia and parts of Malaysia. Kertarajasajayawardhana (Raden Vijaya)............1293-1309 Jayanagara........................................1309-1328 Tribhuwanawijayatunggadewi (Bhre Kahuripan)(fem.)..1328-1350 Rajasanagara (Hayam Wuruk)........................1350-1389 Wikramawardhana (Bhre Lasem Sang Alemu)...........1390-1428 with... Bhre Virabumi.....................................1390-1401 d. 1406 Suhita (Prabustri) (fem.)..........................1429-1447 Brawijaya I Dyah Kertawijaya (Bhre Tumapel).......1447-1451 Brawijaya II Rajasawardhana (Bhre Pamotan)........1451-1453 Interregnum Brawijaya III Girishawardhana (Bhre Hyang Purwawisesa)...1456-1466 Brawijaya IV Singhawikramawardhana (Bhre Pandan Solas)...1466-1474 with... Brawijaya V Bhre Kertabumi........................1468-1478 Brawijaya VI Girindrawardhana (Dyah Ranawijaya)...1478-1519 Pateudra (Pati Udara ?)............................ ? -1527 ? Majapahit disrupted by advancing Islamic interests... By the 14th century, Java was subdivided into a number of petty kingdoms, and any pretension to overall unity was lost. Additionally, Islam was introduced in this era, and provided further division. Demak An Islamic sultanate in northern Java; its centre was Demak, east of Semarang. It was one of the successor states of the Hindu kingdom of Majapahit - the founder was a son of the last Majapahit ruler. Raden Patah Senapati Jimbun........................ ? -1518 Adipati Yunus (Pangeran Sabrang Lor)..............1518-1521 Pangeran Sultan Tranggana.........................1521-1546 Pangeran Sultan Prawata...........................1546-c. 1550 Aria Pangiri (Adipati?)........................c. 1550- ? Pangeran Mas To Pajang.....................................2nd half 16th cent. Banten This sultanate, founded 1526 in far northwestern Java, has it's own article, HERE. Pajang An Islamic sultanate in central Java; its centre was Pajang, then later Surakarta. Jaka Tingir Pangeran Adivijaya Surya Alam...1546(1568)-1586 Pangeran Benawa........................................1586/7 ?

To (Younger) Mataram...................................1586/7 See Surakarta post 1755 for a re-establishment of local rulers, under Dutch hegemony... Mataram (Younger Mataram, or Mataram II) The name of Mataram was once more utilized in the later 16th century by a new state in central Java hearkening to its tradition of a glorious past... Vassal of Pajang, to c. 1586/7 Kjai Gede Pamanahan........................... ? -c. 1575 Mas Ngabehi Sutavijaya Senapati Ingalaga.......c. 1575-1601 Mas Jolang Panembahan Seda Krapyak................1601-1613 Sultan Agung Tjakrakusuma Ngadurrahman Rangsang...1613-1645 Amangkurat I......................................1645-1677 Amangkurat II.....................................1677-1703 Sunan Mas Amangkurat III..........................1703-1705 To the Dutch East Indies Company..................1705-1755 Sunan Puger Pakubuwono I.....................1705-1719 Jawa Amangkurat IV...........................1719-1725 Kombul Pakubuwono II.........................1725-1742 d. 1749 Amangkurat V.............................June-Dec 1742 Kombul Pakubuwono II.........................1742-1749 Swarga Pakubuwono III........................1749-1755 d. 1788 A succession crisis (1749-1755) resulted in partitioning. See Jogjakarta and Surakarta.

MALAYSIA A state comprising the bulk of the Malay Peninsula on the Asian mainland, together with a wide strip of territory along the northern verge of the island of Borneo. It is a federal government with an unusual system of non-hereditary monarchy at the top. The sovereign (Yang Di-Pertuan Agong) rotates through 5-year terms from among the 9 native Sultans who govern provinces and comprise the nobility of the land. Much if not all to the Netherlands........17th century-1795 To Great Britain piecemeal in the late 18th/19th cent.-1941 To Japan..........................................1941-1945 To Great Britain..................................1945-1957 Federation of Malaya 1957-1963; of Malaysia 1963- Abdul Rahman (Negeri Sembilan 1933-1960)..........1957-1960 Hishamuddin Alam Shah (Selangor 1938-42, 1945-60)......1960 Syed Harun Putra (Perlis 1945-2000)...............1960-1965 d. 2000 Ismail Nasirrudin Shah (Trengganu 1945-1979)......1965-1970 d. 1979 Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (Kedah 1958- )...........1970-1975 d. Yahya Putra (Kelantan 1960-1979)..................1975-1979 Ahmad Shah al-Mustain Billah (Pahang 1974- )......1979-1984 d. Mahmud Iskandar (Johore 1981- )...................1984-1989 d. Azlan Muhibbudin Shah (Perak 1984- )..............1989-1994 d. Ja'afar (Negeri Sembilan 1967- )..................1994-1999 d. Salehuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Selangor 1960-2001)...1999-2001 d. Syed Sirajuddin (Perlis 2000- )...................2001-2006 d. Mizan Zainal Abidin Shah (Trengganu 1998- ).......2006-