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Tanibe kingdom (Madagascar)

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[Tanibe flag] by Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005 See also:

Tanibe kingdom

No idea where that was...
On this website is a flag:
c.1822 - 1828 - white, in each corner a fleur-de-lis, in the center a 5-pointed star, surrounded by two bent corn-ears, all yellow. Image based on a small image by Jaume Ollé, based on Flag Bull., X:2/3, 1971 - Lucien Philippe, Les anciens drapeaux de Madagascar, 6° ICV, IJssel Meer, 1975.

Data according to the above mentioned site:
Tanibe
20 Mar 1822          Kingdom of Tanibe
1828                      Annexed by Imernia/Madagascar.

Kings
20 Mar 1822 - 1828        Jacques Glond
Jarig Bakker, 18 Jul 2005

No idea either, but the name of the king does not sound very Malagasy. I guess it was a short-lived kingdom proclaimed by a French (or even a Belgian) adventurer. Before the establishment of the French protectorate, only a few trade posts had a significant administration, and they controlled only very limited areas.
Ivan Sache, 19 Jul 2005

There is a bit more info, in Italian, at <http://www.rbvex.it/africapag/madagasc.html> It seems Glond was a European and Tanibe had something to do with the east coast. The flag has the heading "Tanambao" above it and that is the name of a city on the east coast.
Ned Smith, 19 Jul 2005

Stielers' Handatlas (1877) is always quite accurate but doesn't list Tanibe or Tanambao - it does have a state of Betanimena, which accordi