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A UNIQUE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

THE UNITED NATIONS: MORE TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA

ARAB FIRST NAMES

HOW TO SPELL THE ARAB NAMES IN ENGLISH ?

THE MANY TITLES OF BLESSED CHARLES I, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA AND KING OF HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA

HABSBURG CROWN PRINCE OTTO OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST VISIONARY ROYAL PRETENDER

 

 

Afghanistan (Barakzai Dynasty)

AFGHANISTAN, A SHORT GLIMPSE OF HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Afghanistan became independent in the early 18th century when Ahmad Shah Durrani, an Afghan general of Persian Emperor Nadir Shah Afshar,
succeeded in creating today's ...
Afghanistan (Durrani Dynasty): On the assassination of Afshar Shah Nadir of Iran in 1747, his general Ahmad Shah Durrani founded a state including present Afghanistan and Punjab. The
Durrani lost their ...
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Meymaneh: Originally depending from Bukhara, Meymaneh became Persian. In 1747, Afghanistan conquered Meymaneh and the governor became independent.
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Herat: City in western Afghanistan, that was a center of a small state in the 13th and 14th centuries and again from 1819 until 1856 by Durrani Emir Mahmud, when deposed by the ...

Algeria: Algeria fell under Osmanli Turkish rule in the 16th century, but the Deys of Algiers soon became virtually independent until Algeria was annexed to France in 1830.
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Algiers

American Samoa

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Swains Islands: A 1 acre island-state, discovered by an American explorer, never recognized by the international community, that behaved as an independent state until 1925, when annexed by ...

Angola: A settlement of Bantu tribes from the early centuries, Angola was discovered by the Portuguese in 1583, allied with the Kingdom of Kongo and the slave trade was developed ...
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Baixa de Cassanje
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Cassanje
* Congo (Kingdom)
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Kassanje
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Kongo: African kingdom in present Angola, discovered by the Portuguese in the late 15th century. The kingdom was composed of 6 provinces: Mpemba, Mbata, Nsundi, Mpangu ...
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Kwanyama: A tribe founded c1550 ...
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Lower Cassanje: A traditional polity in north-central Angola ...
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Lunda: A state founded in the second half of the 16th century, by the election by Boungou chiefs of one of them as king. There are approximately 15 million Lunda living in Katanga and Bandungu in
Congo (ex-Zaïre), in Kazembe and Zambezi in Zambia and in Lunda and Moxico, Angola ...

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Anguilla: Located in the Antilles, this island separated from St Christopher and Nevis in 1967, a separation recognized on 12/9/1980. On 16/12/1980, Anguilla became fully independent ...

Antigua & Barbuda: Three islands of the Antilles that became a British colony by the Treaty of Breda in 6/1667. In 1871, they became part of the Federation of the Leeward Islands ...

Argentina: Spanish Juan Diaz de Solis was the first European to discover Argentina in 1515. Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires in 1535. Buenos Aires was destroyed the same ...

Armenia
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All Armenians (Armenian Church): A church founded by Apostles St Thaddeus and St Bartholomeous. In 554, the Armenian bishops rejected the definitions of the Council of Chalcedon at the
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THE MAIN LEGACY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE : THE MILLET


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Erevan, Irevan, Yerevan: The Azeri Khanate of Erevan, under Persian sovereignty for almost two centuries, was annexed to the Russian Empire as a result of the Russio-Persian wars of ...

Australia: Captain James Cook discovered the East Coast of Australia in 1770, inhabited then by many tribes. British settlements started in 1788 and Britain claimed officially Australia in ...
* Cocos Islands: The islands were discovered in 1609 by Captain William Keeling of the British East India Company. In May 1826, Alexander Hare established a settlement on the main island ...
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Keeling Islands

Azerbaijan: Northwest of Iran, Azerbaijan is the region composed of: 1° today's former Soviet Azerbaijan (named Albania of the Caucasus or Arran in Arab until 1804) or the Republic of ...
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Baku, Baky: A Khanate created after the death of of Persian Emperor Nadir Shah Afshar in 1747. The overlordship of Persia was ceded to Russia by the Golestan Treaty of 21/10/1813 ...
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Gabala
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Ganja: An Azeri Khanate considered independent in 1747 in the western part of what is today the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Khanate was bordered by Sheki, Erevan, Karabagh ...
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Guba
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Gutgashen
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Ilisu: A Sultanate created in 1562 by a branch of the Princes of Savakhvakho in Upper Kartli in Georgia, the title of Sultan created by Persia's Safavid Shahanshahs ...
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Javad: Small feodal state in Azerbaijan. The Khanate had borders with Talish, Qarabagh and Garadag Khanates. The capital city was Javad . The Khanate was founded by ...
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Karabagh: The Jevanshir family, who founded the Khanate of Karabagh, was part of the Bahmanli tribe that lived in Karabagh. The tribe was moved by (Persia's) Shahanshah Nadir Shah ...
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Kuba
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Kutkashen: A small Sultanate was located in the Northern part of today's Azerbaijan, corresponding today to the district and city of Qabala ...
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Nakhchivan: In the middle of the 18th century, the head of the Kangarli tribe declared himself as the Khan of Nakhchivan, a city created in 1500 BC. The Nakhchivan Khanate included Nakhchivan,
Sharur ...
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Qabala
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Qarabagh
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Qebele
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Quba: Located in the north eastern part of today's Republic of Azerbaijan with Quba as the capital city, the Khanate was founded in 1758 by Fatali Khan who was able to rule most of ...
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Qutqashen
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Saki
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Salyan: A Khanate or Sultanate created in northern Azerbaijan (today, the Republic of Azerbaijan) after the death of of Persian Emperor Nadir Shah Afshar in 1747, vassal of Quba until ...
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Samshadil: Azeri sultanate located on west side of the current Republic of Azerbaijan. The Sultanate was vassal of the Khanate of Ganja and from 1736 of King Teymuraz of Kartli ...
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Sheki: The history of Sheki as an independent state goes back to the 14th century. Sheki, under Sidi Ahmed Orlat, the last ruler of the Gara Keshih Oglu dynasty and was annexed ...
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Shirvan: A Khanate created in northern Azerbaijan after the death of Persian Emperor Nadir Shah Afshar in 1747 and returned to Persia as a result of the Russian-Persian wars at the ...
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Talish (Part 1): The Khanate of Talish was located in the south western part of the current territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the coast of the Caspian Sea, with capital city named ...
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Talish (Part 2)