Abdallah I was the

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of and on

Anjouan Anjouan () is an autonomous volcanic island in the Comoro Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the Comoros, Union of the Comoros. It is known in Comorian languages, Shikomori as Ndzuani, Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and, until the early twentie ...

island (in the

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) two times: 1782-1788 and 1792–1796. In 1788, he abdicated in favor of his granddaughter Halima.Anjouan dans l'histoire. Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, 2000 He ruled a second time from 1792 to 1796.

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