Sultanate of Hobyo | |||||||||||
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1878–1927 | |||||||||||
Status | Somali Sultanate Protectorate of Italy (1888–1927) | ||||||||||
Capital | |||||||||||
Common languages | Somali · Arabic | ||||||||||
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.