Draft:Sultanate of Rafaï
Sultanate of Rafaï | |||||||||
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| Mid 1800s–1909 or 1911 | |||||||||
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| Common languages | Pa-Zande, Bangala, Lingala, Sango and Juba Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Zande | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• Mid 1800s–1909 | Sultan Muhammad al-Sanussi (first and last sultan) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Establishment of the Sultanate | Mid 1800s | ||||||||
• French colonization of the Rafaï Sultanate • the capture of Sultan Muhammad al-Sanussi | 1909 or 1911 | ||||||||
| Currency | Barter, Cowrie shells and other traditional African currencies | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The Sultanate of Rafaï (Sango: Sultanâti tî Rafaï) or simply Rafaï (Rah-fah-EE), also known as the Kingdom of Rafaï, was a African sultanate, centered around Rafaï between the modern day border of the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Rafaï became a sovereign state around the mid 1800s, it declined in the 20th century. And later, it became apart of the Ubangi-Shari Colony in 1909 and their chances of return were destroyed when the French capture Sultan Muhammad al-Sanussi in 1911.