| LC control no. | n 84026271 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Andrianampoinimerina, King of Imerina, 1745?-1810 |
| Variant(s) | Imboasalama, King of Imerina, 1745?-1810 |
| Associated country | Madagascar |
| Birth date | 1750~ |
| Death date | 1810 |
| Place of birth | Madagascar |
| Place of death | Madagascar |
| Profession or occupation | Kings and rulers |
| Found in | Dox. Ny ombalahibemaso, 1978 (1982 printing): p. 1 (Andrianampoinimerina) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Andrianampoinimerina, King of Imerina, 1745?-1810; variant: Imboasalama) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Andrianampoinimerina; king, legendary figure; born c.1750 in Ikaloy, Madagascar; presented himself as a defender of ordinary commoners; slaves and some aristocrats joined his move to depose Andrianjafy (1787); as king, he offered his subjects a more centralized form of government; one of his more successful efforts was to promote a common Merina identity among his different subjects; tried to monopolize and regulate foreign trade in slaves and other items; intervened regularly in local affairs on behalf of commoners against officials and nobles, which increased his popularity as a "people's king"; presented himself as the chief intermediary between the spirit world of ancestors and that of the living; died 1810 in Madagascar) |
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