Allada [a.la.da] is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin. The current town of Allada corresponds to Great...
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Ravi Allada (born 1967) is an Indian-American chronobiologist studying the circadian and homeostatic regulation of sleep primarily in the fruit fly Drosophila...
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Kingdom of Ardra (redirect from Kingdom of Allada)
The Kingdom of Ardra, also known as the Kingdom of Allada, was a coastal West African kingdom in southern Benin. While historically a sovereign kingdom...
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was created to legitimate rule over the city of Allada and that connections to the royal family in Allada were likely of a limited nature. In oral tradition...
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Agaja (section Conquest of Allada and Whydah)
control of key trade routes for the Atlantic slave trade by conquering Allada (1724) and Whydah (1727). Wars with the powerful Oyo Empire to the east...
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it is generally claimed that he settled a large group of Aja people from Allada on the Abomey plateau amongst the local inhabitants in c. 1620. His son...
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Barbara Mandell (redirect from Allada Barbara Grenville-Wells)
Allada Barbara Grenville Wells (15 July 1920 – 25 August 1998), known professionally as Barbara Mandell, was a British journalist, broadcaster, newsreader...
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Allada, also known as Ardrah (Ardra), Ardrah Empire, Adja-Tado. and known to the French as Allada or Ardres. Named for its capital, the modern Allada...
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The Allada Normal School for Teachers (French: L'École Normale d'Instituteurs d'Allada, ENI) is a public training college for primary school teachers in...
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rulers were originally a part of the ruling class in the Aja kingdom of Allada (also called the Ardra kingdom). The Aja people had a major dispute; one...
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West-central Africa (Kongo, Mbundu) 15.2 Bight of Benin (Yoruba, Ewe, Fon, Allada and Mahi) 10.1 Windward Coast (Mandé, Kru) 4.8 Sierra Leone (Mende, Temne)...
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Gold Coast (Akan, Fon) 13.1 Windward Coast (Mandé, Kru) 5.2 Bight of Benin (Yoruba, Ewe, Fon, Allada and Mahi) 4.3 Southeast Africa (Macua, Malagasy) 1.8...
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Haiti. Louverture was born into slavery, the eldest son of Hyppolite, an Allada slave from the slave coast of West Africa, and his second wife Pauline,...
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India Company began sending servants regularly to the Ajaland capital of Allada from 1640 onward. The Dutch had in the decades before begun to take an interest...
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King Agaja of the Kingdom of Dahomey had conquered the coastal cities of Allada and Whydah. Dahomey had become a tributary of the Oyo Empire, and rivaled...
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they made up for in discipline and superior arms. In 1724, Agaja conquered Allada, the origin for the royal family according to oral tradition, and in 1727...
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major regional power in the 1720s when it conquered the coastal kingdoms of Allada and Whydah. With control over these key coastal cities, Dahomey became a...
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significantly expanded the Kingdom of Dahomey during his reign, notably conquering Allada in 1724 and Whydah in 1727. This increased the size of the kingdom and increased...
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that Allada was also called Grand Ardra, being the larger cousin of Little Ardra, also known as Offra. From 1660 onward, Dutch presence in Allada and especially...
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Houegbadja by Cyr Raoul A. Sehou-Houindo Reign c. 1645–c.1685 Predecessor Dakodonou Successor Akaba Died 1685 (1686) House Aladaxonou (Allada compound/house)....
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Aguegues Ahomey-Lokpo Ahouannonzoun Akassato Aklankpa Akpassi Akpro-Misserete Allada Angaradebou Aplahoue Athiémè Attogon Avakpa Avame Avlekete Avrankou Ayou...
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Kpodégbé Lanmanfan Toyi Djigla is the 16th king of the Fon State of Allada in central Benin. He rose to the throne on December 2, 1992 and is the first...
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Tado, the Ewe people. Around 1550, emigrants from Tado established the Allada (or Alada) kingdom, which became the center of the Fon people. Tado is also...
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speaking, there seems to have been a wave of migration from the region of Allada further west in the 1600s, which brought Te-Agbalin (or Te Agdanlin) and...
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Later, Kataya Vema died in a battle with Anna Deva Choda. After his death, Allada Reddi placed Kataya Vemas' son Komaragiri on the throne of Rajamahendravaram...
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themselves: Kokpon took the capital city of Great Ardra, reigning over the Allada kingdom; Do-Aklin founded Abomey, which would become capital of the Kingdom...
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Puthiyaramban is regarded to have been the greatest warrior of the region called Allada Swaroopam, possessing supernatural power as well as knowledge and skill...
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original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022. Wysham NG, Sullivan DR, Allada G (May 2013). "An opportunistic infection associated with ruxolitinib, a...
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Track listing No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length 1. "Njan Jackson Allada" Vinayak Sasikumar Anthony Daasan 4:27 2. "Aaradhike" Vinayak Sasikumar Sooraj...
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(1364–1386) Kumaragiri Reddy (1386–1402) Kataya Vema Reddy (1395–1414) Allada Reddy (1414–1423) Veerabhadra Reddy (1423–1448), last ruler of dynasty List...
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