The Danakil Region between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the Ottoman Authority in 19th Century and Kaimakam Pertev Efendi

Abstract

At the present time, the Danakil Region, between Eritrea and Ethiopia, is one of the places that the Ottoman Empire has tried to preserve their authority around the Red Sea since the second half of 19th century. Although a lot of tribes had lived in this region, the Ottoman Empire had worried due to the tribe usually consist of Muslim in the coast and the Ethiopians' request. And this had led to fierce competition. The Ottoman Empire had tried to preserve their authority with the Governors in Musavva and the support of servants in Hijaz and Yemen. In this region, either the competition and the conflicts between te tribes, or the responses of governments such as France and England, or the frictions had shown up was responsible for a tribe in this region, rejected the proposal of French. With the ongoing competition between the major governments in the region, the Ottoman's attempts to remain in the region and the working conducted in this context had been incorporated into analyze. Nowadays, this research aims the coming of Ottoman's legacy to the light and becoming apparent that legacy in these regions, too far away from Turkey.