History of Djibouti - List of Colonial Heads of Djibouti, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Operation Magic Carpet (Paperback)

Chapters: List of colonial heads of Djibouti, French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Operation Magic Carpet, Djiboutian Civil War, French Somaliland, Mahmoud Harbi, Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar, Sagallo, Front de Liberation de la Cote des Somalis, United Nations Security Council Resolution 412, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Republic of Djibouti gained its independence on June 27, 1977. It is the successor to French Somaliland (later called the French Territory of the Afars and Issas), which was created in the first half of the 19th century as a result of French interest in the Horn of Africa. The history of Djibouti, recorded in poetry and songs of its nomadic peoples, goes back thousands of years to a time when Djiboutians traded hides and skins for the perfumes and spices of ancient Egypt, India, and China. Through close contacts with the Arabian peninsula for more than one-thousand years, the Somali and Afar ethnic groups in this region became among the first on the African continent to adopt Islam. Djibouti was part of Ottoman Empire in Habesh province between 1555-1884. Place Menelik, Djibouti, c1905.It was Rochet d'Hericourt's exploration into Shoa (1839-42) that marked the beginning of French interest in the African shores of the Red Sea. Further exploration by Henri Lambert, French Consular Agent at Aden, and Captain Fleuriot de Langle led to a treaty of friendship and assistance between France and the sultans of Raheita, Tadjoura, and Gobaad, from whom the French purchased the anchorage of Obock in 1862. Growing French interest in the area took place against a backdrop of British activity in Egypt and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Between 1883-87, France signed various treaties with the then ruling Somali Sultans, whic...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8041