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Boina kingdom (Madagascar)

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Boina kingdom

Boina was centered around Boina Bay in north-west Madagascar.
Flag: vertical red - white - red, with on white a red cross.  Image based on a small image by Jaume Ollé, based on Flag Bulletin, X:2/3, 1971 and Lucien Philippe, Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar, 6° ICV, IJssel Meer, 1975.
This website has this data:
c.1690                     Boina kingdom
1832 - 18..              Occupied by Imernia/Madagcascar.
1840                       Annexed by Madagascar.

Kings (personal names in parentheses)
c.1690 - 1720 Andriamandisoarivo (Tsimanata)
c.1720 - 1730 Andrianamboniarivo
c.1730 - 1760 Andriamahatindriarivo
c.1760 - 1767 Andrianahilitsy
1767 - 1770   Andrianiveniarivo
1770 - 1771   Andrianihoatra
1771 - 1777   Andrianikeniarivo
Queens
1777 - 1778   Andrianaginarivo (f)
1778          Tombola (f)
c.1778 - 1808 Ravahiny (f)
1808 - 1822?  Tsimalomo
1808          Maka (Andrianaresy) (pretender)
King
1822 - 1832   Andriantsoly        (d. 1846)
1828 - 1829   Oantitsy (f) -Regent
Queens
1832 - 1836   Oantitsy (f)
1836 - 1840   Tsiomeko (f)        (b. 1828 - d. 1843)

This was in an area which was in contact with the Portuguese settlements in Mozambique. It was one of the Sakalava kingdoms (Sakalava is from Arabic Saqaliba, which in its turn was derived from Latin "esclavus": slave) - see also: Menabe. Alternative name: Iboina. Its main town was Majunga. In the second half of the 18th century Iboina was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Madagascar, levying tribute from states on the east coast.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005