Sultanate of Hobyo | |||||||
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1878–1927 | |||||||
Status | Somali Sultanate Protectorate of Italy (1888–1927) | ||||||
Capital | |||||||
Common languages | Somali · | ||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||
Sultan | |||||||
• 1884–1912 | Yusuf Ali Kenadid | ||||||
• early 1912–1925 | Ali Yusuf Kenadid | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1878 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1927 | ||||||
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Today part of | Somalia |
The Sultanate of Hobyo (Somali: Saldanadda Hobyo, Arabic: سلطنة هوبيو), also known as the Sultanate of Obbia,[2] was a 19th-century Somali Sultanate in present-day northeastern and central Somalia and eastern Ethiopia. It was established in 1878 by Yusuf Ali Kenadid.