Warsangali Sultanate

Warsangali Sultanate
*Saldanadda Warsangeli* (Somali)
سلطنة الورسنجلي (Arabic)
Warsangali Sultanate Saldanadda Warsangeli (Somali); سلطنة الورسنجلي (Arabic)
Possibly late 12 century–1887
	Map of the historic Warsangali Sultanate circa, 1857
Capital	Las Khorey
Common languages	Somali
Religion	Islam
Government	Monarchy
Sultan
History
• Established	Possibly late 12 century
• Disestablished	1887
Area
• Total	54,231 km2 (20,939 sq mi)
	Succeeded by
British Somaliland
Today part of	Somalia

The Warsangali Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Warsangeli, lit. 'Boqortooyada Warsangali', Arabic: سلطنة الورسنجلي‎‎), was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern Somalia.^[1] In 1884, the United Kingdom established the protectorate of British Somaliland through various treaties with the northern Somali sultanates (Dir, Isaaq and Harti including the Warsangali). The Warsangali clan constituted 20,000 of British Somaliland's total population at the time, of 640,000 (3.1%).^[2]

^ Abdullahi, Abdurahman (2017). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. London, United Kingdom: Adonis & Abbey publishers ltd. p. 63. ISBN 978-1909112797.
^ Lewis, I. M. (1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. ISBN 9780852552803.

[1] Abdullahi, Abdurahman (2017). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. London, United Kingdom: Adonis & Abbey publishers ltd. p. 63. ISBN 978-1909112797.

[2] Lewis, I. M. (1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. ISBN 9780852552803.

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