Dahomey conquest of Save
| Conquest of Save | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Dahomey | Kingdom of Savé | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Béhanzin | Yoruba Allies | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Kingdom of Dahomey | Kingdom of Save | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Minor | Heavy | ||||||||
The Dahomey conquest of Savè' refers to a series of military incursions and destructive campaigns carried out by the Kingdom of Dahomey against the Yoruba kingdom of Savè (also known as Chabè or Ṣàbẹ́) during the 19th century.[1] The Dahomey campaigns brought repeated raids into Yoruba border states and destabilized Savè’s political structure.
Background
The Kingdom of Save Sabé (Yoruba: Ṣábẹ̀ẹ́) was a Yoruba kingdom located in the modern day Benin-Nigeria border centered around the city of ile-Save or ile-Sabe, it rose in the 18th century as a city state, and cultural groups connected with the Yoruba identity, descending from Oduduwa.[2]
Dahomey’s conquest
During King Ghezo's reign, Dahomey had started to expand and raid neighboring Yoruba-speaking kingdoms.[3] During his reign, Dahomey burned the capital city of Save in 1848, destroying an estimated "143 localities".[4] In 1855, it was destroyed again.[5] After this, the city was not fully inhabited for 25 years[6] because of the totality of the destruction. After this period the city was inhabited again, until a final and decisive phase of conflict occurred in 1885,[7] when Dahomey forces under the expansionist policies of Glélé launched a campaign that resulted in the definitive destruction of Ilé-Savè. Dahomey was conquered by France after the Second Fanco-Dahomean war in 1894, which returned the kingdom back to native rule.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Parrinder, G. (April 1947). "Yoruba-Speaking Peoples in Dahomey". Africa. 17 (2): 122–129. doi:10.2307/1156860. ISSN 1750-0184.
- ↑ Adediran, Abiodun (1983). "The Formation of the Sabe Kingdom in Central Benin Republic". Africana Marburgensia. 16 (2): 60–74.
- ↑ Bay, Edna G. (January 1979). "On the Trail of the Bush King: A Dahomean Lesson in the Use of Evidence". History in Africa. 6: 1–15. doi:10.2307/3171738. ISSN 0361-5413.
- ↑ Soumonni, Elisée (2001). "Dahomey y el mundo Atlántico" (PDF).
- ↑ Adediran, Biodun (1984). "From Constitutional Troubles to Civil War in Sabe: Internal Crises in a Nineteenth Century Yoruba Community". Africana Marburgensia. 17 (2): 3–21.
- ↑ Adediran, Biodun (1984). "From Constitutional Troubles to Civil War in Sabe: Internal Crises in a Nineteenth Century Yoruba Community". Africana Marburgensia. 17 (2): 3–21.
- ↑ Palau-Marti, Montserrat (1968). "Notes sur les noms et les lignages chez les Ṣabẹ́ (République du Dahomey)". Journal des Africanistes. 38 (1): 59–88. doi:10.3406/jafr.1968.1430.
- ↑ Igue, Ogunsola John (1979). "Sur L'origine Des Villes Yoruba". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 9 (4): 39–68. ISSN 0018-2540.