Campaign of the Sultanates
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The Campaign of the Sultanates refers to when in the mid-1920s, under Benito Mussolini’s Fascist regime, the Italian government ordered the full military occupation of the Italian protectorates Majeerteen Sultanate and Sultanate of Hobyo through the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops, which led to armed resistance and rebellions across the country. With the arrival of Governor Cesare Maria De Vecchi on 15 December 1923, things began to change in Italian Somalia; Italy had access to these areas under the successive protection treaties, but direct rule only in some areas, including in the majority of Benadir territory. Given the defeat of the Dervish movement in the early 1920s, and the rise of fascism in Europe, on 1925, Mussolini gave the green light to De Vecchi to start the takeover of the northern sultanates. The treaties abrogated, and the former Italian protectorates of Majeerteen and Hobyo were eventually directly annexed to the Italian colony of Somalia.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1424 | Campaigns of Jamal ad-Din II | Ethiopian Empire, Adal Sultanate, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2009 | Maersk Alabama hijacking | piracy off the coast of Somalia, hostage taking, Abduwali Muse, Richard Phillips, naval capture | Wikidata |