Djoumbe Fatima, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878

LC control no.	no2017167004
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Djoumbe Fatima, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Djoumbe, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Djoumbe Soudi, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Djumbe Fatima, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Fatima, Djoumbe, 1836-1878 Fatima, Djumbe, 1836-1878 Fatima bint Abderremane, Jumbe, 1836-1878 Fatima Soudi bint Abderremane, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Jombe Sudy, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Raketaka, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Raketaka Jombe Sudy, Queen of Moheli, 1836-1878 Soudi, Djoumbe, 1836-1878 Sudy, Jombe, 1836-1878
Associated country	Comoros
Associated place	France
Located	Moheli (Comoros)
Birth date	1836
Death date	1878
Profession or occupation	Moheli (Comoros)--Kings and rulers Queens Sultans
Found in	Mohéli ou Le destin conté de Djumbe Fatima, 2014: title page (Djumbe Fatima) page 90 (born 1836; crowned by French authorities in 1849; first marriage to Zanzibari, Mohamed Nasser Mkadar, 1852; agreement between Djumbe Fatima and [French trader] Joseph Lambert; abdication of Djumbe Fatima in favor of her son Mohammed, 1867; French Marine intervention; in Paris, 1868; became queen again in 1874 upon the death of her son, the sultan Mohammed; died in 1878) Oman and Zanzibar Virtual Museum website, viewed Dec. 21, 2017 (Queen/Princess Djoumbe Soudi (later Djoumbe Fatima); queen Djoumbe of Moheli) Dictionary of African biography, 2012, volume 2, viewed online Dec. 21, 2017: pages 232-233 (Djoumbe Fatima (1836-1878); ruler of the island of Mwali (Mohéli in French), the smallest of the Comoro Islands, 1842-1878; daughter of Ramanataka and Rovao, both members of the Merina royal family based in Madagascar; ascended to the throne at age 5 when her father died, with her mother as regent; the French brought in a governess for Djoumbe Fatima and arranged for her coronation in 1849 at age 12; in 1851 Djoumbe Fatima expelled the governess and married Saïd Mohammed Nasser M'Kadar, cousin of the sultan of Zanzibar; he ruled as prince consort with her until ousted by the French in 1860; Djoumbe Fatima remained in power, marrying two sultans in succession; met French trader Joseph Lambert and made commercial agreements with him in 1865, rescinded them 2 years later and renewed her ties with Zanzibar, entering into a protectorate arrangement, and abdicated in favor of her son, Mohammed bin Said Mohammed; in 1871 the French returned to Mwali and Djoumbe Fatima was restored to the throne; after Lambert's death in 1873 a British trader, William Sunley, gained influence; Djoumbe Fatima ruled without further interruption until her death; succeeded by her second son, Abderrahman) FOTW, Flags of the World website, Historical flags of Moheli (Comoros), last modified March 10, 2016, viewed Dec. 21, 2017 (Djumbe Fatima; Fatima Djumbe; Raketaka Jombe Sudy (Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane); Sultan Abd-er-Rahman's daughter Djumbe Fatima reigned in 1842 under the name of Raketaka; Queen Fatima Djoumbe, the last ruler of Moheli before colonization by France) Wikipedia, French version, viewed Dec. 21, 2017 (Fatima Soudi bint Abderremane; born in Ouallah, Moheli, about 1836; died in 1878; sultane or djombé of Moheli from 1849; when her mother became djumbé and remarried in 1843, France interevened and put an end to the vassal relationship between Moheli's sultanate and those of Zanzibar and Muscat) Wikidata, viewed Dec. 21, 2017 (Djoumbé Fatima; Raketaka; Djoumbé Soudi; Jombe Sudy; monarch (sultan/queen regnant) and regent of Mohéli (Mwali))