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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    History portal; History of Mayotte by period — the French island territory off the coast of southeast Africa. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. C. Centuries in Mayotte (5 C) D. Decades in Mayotte (9 C) M. Millennia in Mayotte (3 C) Y.
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    History of Mayotte — the French island territory off the coast of southeast Africa. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. History of Mayotte by period (4 C) D. Disasters in Mayotte (1 C) E. Elections in Mayotte (1 C, 6 P) Establishments in Mayotte (4 C) N.
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  4. purehistory.org

    History of the Comoros for the history of Mayotte before 1974. In 1500, the Maore or Mawuti (contraction of the Arabic جزيرة الموت Jazīrat al-Mawt -meaning island of the dead / of death and corrupted to Mayotte in French) sultanate was established on the island. In 1503, Mayotte was observed by Portuguese explorers, but not colonized.
  5. en.wikipedia.org

    Topographic map of Mayotte, the "seahorse island" The term Mayotte (or Maore) may refer to all of the department's islands, of which the largest is known as Maore (French: Grande-Terre) and includes Maore's surrounding islands, most notably Pamanzi (French: Petite-Terre), or only to the largest island.The name is believed to come from Mawuti, contraction of the Arabic جزيرة الموت ...
  6. britannica.com

    Jan 17, 2025People. Most of the people are Mahorais of Malagasy origin and are Sunni Muslim and strongly influenced by French culture; there is a Roman Catholic minority. French is the official language, but most of the people speak Comorian (closely allied to Swahili); there are some villages along the Mayotte coast in which a Malagasy dialect is the main language. A slight majority of the population is ...
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  7. commons.wikimedia.org

    history of Mayotte study and narration of the past of Mayotte ... History of Mayotte by period‎ (2 C): Categories of Mayotte by date‎ (2 C) A. Archaeological sites in Mayotte‎ (1 C) D. Dwyn Wen (ship, 1906)‎ (43 F) H. Historical images of Mayotte‎ (2 C, 1 F) M. Monuments historiques in Mayotte‎ (3 C)
  8. newworldencyclopedia.org

    In 1500 the Maore or Mawuti (corrupted to Mayotte in French) sultanate was established on the island. In 1503, Mayotte was observed by Portuguese explorers but not colonized.. In 1832, it was conquered by Andriantsoly, a former king of Iboina on Madagascar; in 1833 the neighboring sultanate of Mwali conquered the area.Two years later, it was again conquered, by the Ndzuwani sultanate; a ...
  9. Mar 16, 2024History of Mayotte: Mayotte is an island located in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Africa. It was first sighted by the Portuguese but was not invaded. In the early 1800s, the island was conquered and repeatedly handed over to local kings and kings. In 1843, France took control of the archipelago along with the rest of the Comoros Islands.
  10. globalsecurity.org-www.globalsecurity.org

    Mayotte was first and foremost regarded as a port of call and only began to be of interest to the French following their loss of influence on the ile-de-France (today Mauritius) in 1814. The history of French Mayotte began in the 19th century, when the last Sultan of Mayotte handed aver the island to Commander Passot on 25 April 1841.
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