Agaja (also spelled Agadja and also known as Trudo Agaja or Trudo Audati) was a king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, who ruled from 1718...

son of King Agaja (1708–1740), but was selected following his father's death after winning a succession struggle with a brother. King Agaja had significantly...

at the capital, Abomey. These ceremonies were largely started under King Agaja around 1730 and involved significant collection and distribution of gifts...

1740 until 1774. While not the oldest son of King Agaja (1718-1740), he became king after Agaja's death following a succession struggle with a brother...

and they were followed by another son of Houegbadja who would become King Agaja. As the oldest son, Akaba became the king upon Houegbadja's death and ruled...

served as the regent of the Kingdom of Dahomey for a brief period before Agaja came to power in 1718. According to oral tradition, she became regent upon...

King Agaja, grandson of Houegbadja, came to the throne in 1718 and began significant expansion of the Kingdom of Dahomey. By 1720, King Agaja repudiated...

their presence. According to tradition, her brother and successor King Agaja successfully used them in Dahomey's defeat of the neighbouring kingdom of...

population of the area, and that he was added into the royal lineage story by Agaja in order to establish the legitimate rule of the Kingdom over the local...

Dahomey for a short period of time between the death of Akaba and the rule of Agaja. Bay argues that there is clear evidence that suggests Hangbe did rule for...

This generated religious change; early in the 17th century, Dahomey's king Agaja conquered the Xwedá kingdom (in what is now southern Benin) and the Xwedá's...

forces of King Agaja of Dahomey. On 19 March 1727, The Boston News-Letter gave this report: WHYDAH IN AFRICA: the beginning of this month, Agaja the king of...

Dahomey (complete list) – Akaba, King (1685–1716) Hangbe, King (1716–1718) Agaja, King (1718–1740) Vassal of the Oyo Empire, 1740–1823 Tegbessou, King (1740–1774)...

during the 18th century who is especially known for having visited in 1733 Agaja, the king of Dahomey, and for having kept a diary chronicling the trip....

Tomba was captured by African traders and sold into slavery. Dahomey King Agaja from 1718 to 1740, opposed the Atlantic slave trade and refused to sell...

Abomey plateau and began taking over areas along the coast. By 1727, King Agaja of the Kingdom of Dahomey had conquered the coastal cities of Allada and...

colonization of the region in 1872. In 1727, Whydah was conquered by King Agaja of the Kingdom of Dahomey. This incorporation of Whydah into Dahomey transformed...

Bossa Ahádee London: Printed for W. Lowndes. Ross, David. "Robert Norris, Agaja, and the Dahomean Conquest of Allada and Whydah" in History in Africa, 16...

Open Space; Vill Square, Ajokolo; Compound Square, Bariaco; Town Square, Agaja; Town Hall, Owubibi; Open Space. Light House; Open Space, Finitasingi; Old...

period, political refugees fleeing aggression from King Agaja Trudo migrated to Badagry. Agaja who was seeking an outlet to the sea was warring across...

1740–1774) became king in a contentious selection, two older sons of King Agaja were passed over for selection. The heirs of these two other brothers had...

eighteenth century, migrants in the west from Gbe communities fleeing King Agaja later assimilated with the Yoruba speaking people of Apa. Bamidele, Razaq...

ruled by King Trudo Agaja, conquers and annexes the Kingdom of Xwéda, after King Haffon is killed in battle (three years earlier, Agaja conquered the neighboring...

power since the 1720s. King Agaja (1718-1740) had expanded the kingdom to the key Atlantic ports of Whydah and Allada. Agaja's son King Tegbessou (1740-1774)...

kingdom of Dahomey expanded in early 18th century, particularly during King Agaja's rule through the 1740s, reaching the Atlantic coast from their inland capital...

rulers of Dwaben) Kingdom of Dahomey (1600–1900/present AD) (NSM in Benin) Agaja dynasty (1600–1818 AD) Ghezo dynasty (1818–1900 AD) Emirate of Trarza (1640–1902/present...

and Dahomey's dependency on firearms were too great. In 1730, under king Agaja, Dahomey was conquered by the Oyo Empire, and Dahomey had to pay tribute...

rulers who controlled quite limited domains. Ross, David. "Robert Norris, Agaja, and the Dahomean Conquest of Allada and Whydah". in History in Africa....

his subordinate Jacobus Elet to Abomey in order to negotiate with King Agaja. Although initially the expedition seemed successful, in the end the relationship...

younger brother, took power of Great Ardra. Hussar then allied himself with Agaja, the ruler of Dahomey, and returned to battle his brother for the throne...