Ottoman Zeila Saylac Cosmaniya | |||||||||
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| 1559–1874 | |||||||||
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 Zeila waterfront circa 1880 | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1559–1885) | ||||||||
| Capital | Zeila | ||||||||
| Common languages | Somali, Turkish, Afar | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1559–1561 | Özdemir Pasha (First) | ||||||||
• 1860–1862 | Abu Bakr Pasha (last)[1] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1559 | ||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||
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Ottoman Zeila was a region centered around Zeila that was under intermittent Ottoman control between the 16th and 19th centuries , after the collapse of the Adal Sultanate.
After the rise of Sharmake Ali Saleh,The Ottomans slowly lost control of the cities of Zeila and Berbera,due to the popularity of sharmake’s rule.
- ^ Bezabeh, Samson (2016). Subjects of Empires, Citizens of States: Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia. p. 18.