Omani Slave Coast

State · 1814–1855 CE · at its largest around 1840 CE

Omani-controlled coastal territories in East Africa centred on Zanzibar, where Omani rulers developed clove plantations and a major slave and ivory trade.

On its lands while it lasted

• Menelik II (1844 CE – 1913 CE): Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 who expanded the empire, founded Addis Ababa and defeated Italy at Adwa in 1896.

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