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Name: dahlak

Type: Cluster

Start: 1094 AD

End: 1557 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Sultanate of Dahlak
  • Sultanate of Dahlak (Ethiopia)
  • Sultanate of Dahlak (Tahirids)
  • Establishment


  • January 1094: The Sultanate of Dahlak was a small Medieval kingdom covering the Dahlak Archipelago and parts of the African Red Sea coast in what is now Eritrea. First attested in 1093.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)


    Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

  • January 1558: The Sultanate of Dahlak was occupied by the Ottoman Empire, who made it part of the Habesh Eyalet.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1266: The Mamluks conquered the Red Sea areas of Suakin and the Dahlak Archipelago.

  • January 1501: By the 15th century, the economy of the sultanate was not only in decline, but it was also forced to pay tribute to the emperors of Ethiopia.

  • January 1514: By 1513 Dahlak had become a vassal of the Tahirids.

  • January 1517: The sultans of Dahlak and the Tahirids were overthrown by the Mamluks of Egypt.

  • January 1556: In the struggle for domination of the Red Sea the Portuguese ended up conquering Massawa (Maçua) and Arkiko in 1513.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1558: The Sultanate of Dahlak was occupied by the Ottoman Empire, who made it part of the Habesh Eyalet.
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