Ramanetaka

Ramanetaka (also: Abderremane, Sultan of Mohéli , Abderahmane , Ramanetaka-Rivo ; born around 1780; died 1841 ) was a member of the royal family of Madagascar . He played a role in Comoros politics .

biography

In 1828 Ramanetaka was already governor of Mahajanga (Majunga) in Madagascar when he escaped a massacre of members of the royal family by a trick.

Traders gave him the advice to go to the Comoros archipelago , where he enjoyed the right to host the Sultan of Anjouan , Abdallah II. Bin Allawi . However, Ramanetaka only brought hardship to his host. At first he refused to give up the slave trade (traite négrière), thereby straining the sultan's relations with the United Kingdom . When Abdallah was absent for a while, he succeeded in being proclaimed ruler by the residents of Anjouan and temporarily pushing his host into exile in Mozambique.

He became lord of Mohéli in 1832 , converted to Islam and took the name "Abderahmane". A few years later he took the opportunity when Boina Kombo bin Amadi , the young Sultan of Mayotte , called him to help when he had to defend himself against Andriantsoli . (Ramanetaka had already repulsed Andriantsoli after 1824 in Majunga as commander of the troops of Radama I. ) He convinced his old enemy to make common cause with him and to extort a deed of transfer for the island of Mayotte from Boina Combo. However, he was beaten by Andriatsoli and Abdallah, who took Mayotte from him again, but he kept his claims on Anjouan upright.

In 1836, when Mohéli was already besieged on all sides by Abdallah, he made a special act of cruelty: During the peace negotiations, he took advantage of a thunderstorm forcing his enemies to go ashore to kill Boina Kombo, Abdallah and capture and murder many of their loved ones.

Contacts with France , which made him a protégé and motivated plans to bring him to power in Madagascar, led him to concentrate on intrigues to gain the throne in his homeland. He died in 1841.

family

Ramanetaka was married to Ravao , Radama I's sister. His daughter, Djoumbé Fatima , succeeded him on the throne in Anjouan. Ravao temporarily served as regent. She married the former adviser, Tsivandini , in 1843 .

literature

• Mahmoud Ibrahime: Djoumbé Fatima: A pure comorienne face aux visées coloniales de la marine française. In: Tarehi - Revue d'Histoire et d'Archéologie 2, 10–17, 2001.
• Dominique Ranaivoson: Madagascar: dictionnaire des personnalités historiques. Sépia, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés; Tsipika, Antananarivo, 2011 (2e éd.): 146-147. ISBN 978-2-84280-101-4
• Claude Chanudet, Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa: Mohéli: une île des Comores à la recherche de son identité. Édition l'Harmattan January 1, 2000. ISBN 9782738487360

Web links

• Le testament de Ramanetaka

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ibrahime 2001.