Saïd Akhmet (Bambao)

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Saïd Achmet (called: Mougné M'Kou ; born around 1793; died 1875) was Sultan of Bambao . During his reign he brought up to five of the 12 sultanates on the island of Grande Comore under his control. One of his daughters married Saidi Omar of Anjouan . He was one of the supporters of French politics in opposition to the influence of the Sultanate of Zanzibar and its partisans who were under the influence of the British .

Life

Saïd Achmet was the son of a refugee from the island Godfather . He became prosperous in exile in Anjouan and married a daughter of the Sultan of Anjouan Alaoui bin Hussein . When his maternal aunt became Sultana of Bambao in Grande Comore , he returned there. Then he used his fortune to overthrow the Sultan Bamba Ouma and became a sultan himself due to the matrilineal inheritance in the culture of the Comoros. First he subjugated the Sultan of Bagdin , then that of Itsandra by bringing Prince Boina , one of his stepfathers, to power there. However, Prince Fey Foumou , the old sultan of Itsandra and Sultan Tibé (Ntibé, Thibé) of Grande Comore, could get Boina to turn against Saïd Achmet and together they beat him. With the help of Abdallah II of Anjouan , Saïd Akhmet was able to free himself again and win back the Sultanate of Bambao. Around 1830 he again subjugated the Tibé, with the Sultan Boina Foumou . Then he went to Anjouan in 1833 where he married. It was around this time that he went on the Hajj to Mecca .

Fey Foumou resumed his hostilities against Saïd Achmet with help from Madagascar . He was able to win back the Sultanate of Itsandra and Bambao. In return, Fey Foumou offered him the small sultanate of Oichili. And even if Boina Foumou tried to usurp power, Mougné M'kou remained loyal to Fey Foumou. Only the following year Boina was successful and handed the Sultanate of Bambao back to Mougné M'kou. Around 1840 Fey Foumou regained power and passed the throne on to his son Foumbavou .

By 1844 he probably felt cornered and negotiated with the help of his son-in-law Saidi Omar for a protectorate of the French. In 1846 he attacked Tibé Foumbavou, although France had not responded to his inquiries. He suffered defeat and had to flee to Mitsamiouli . In 1852 he took Isandra back, but France was still unwilling to support him. Prince Moussa took over Isandra in 1861 and the skirmishes continued from 1867 to 1873. In 1873 Moussa succeeded in capturing him and imprisoning him. Before his death he was able to send a messenger to Mayotte who appointed his grandson Said Ali bin Said Omar as universal heir.

literature

  • Jean-Louis Guebourg: La Grande Comore. Des sultans aux mercenaires. L'Harmattan 1994: 272. ISBN 2738422993

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sophie Blanchy: Maisons des femmes, cités des hommes: filiation, âge et pouvoir à Ngazidja, Comores. [Collection Sociétes africaines; Vol. 22, ISSN 0293-9118] Société d'éthnologie 2010: 179 . ISBN 290116191X , 9782901161912
  2. ↑ Le rôle du sultan thibé dans l'organization pyramidale de la société comorienne .

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predecessor Office successor
[[]] Sultan of Bambao
-1875 		Said Ali bin Said Omar
personal data
SURNAME Said Akhmet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mougné M'Kou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sultan of Bambao
DATE OF BIRTH around 1793
DATE OF DEATH 1875