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Tsimanatona established Iboina state with Sakalava warriors.
g. Madagascar 2001
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The Sakalava kingdom of Iboina reached height under Andrianinevenarivo.
1733-44 2001
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Under his rule, Merina ceased to pay tribute to Sakalava.
1733-44 2001
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Similar observances are found in our own day on the Upper Nile; the Nuba and Nuer worship the bull; the Angoni of Central Africa and the Sakalava of Madagascar keep sacred bulls.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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The principal ethnological divisions are the Hova, the Betsileo, the Sakalava, the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The Sakalava think that a great part of the population dies of poison in this way.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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With the domination of the Indian Ocean by the Royal Navy and the end of the Arab slave trade, the western Sakalava lost their power to the emerging Merina state.
WN.com - Articles related to Do Indian laws apply to Hindu marriage outside country? 2010
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With the domination of the Indian Ocean by the Royal Navy and the end of the Arab slave trade, the western Sakalava lost their power to the emerging Merina state.
WN.com - Articles related to Do Indian laws apply to Hindu marriage outside country? 2010
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With the domination of the Indian Ocean by the Royal Navy and the end of the Arab slave trade, the western Sakalava lost their power to the emerging
WN.com - Articles related to Do Indian laws apply to Hindu marriage outside country? 2010
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The largest coastal groups are the Betsimisaraka (1.5 million) and the Tsimihety and Sakalava (700,000 each).
unknown title 2009
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