The well-watered south-east round modern Fort Dauphin.
The Maliovola phase of the Efaho valley (eleventh to thirteenth centuries) shows small fishing and herding settlements (Mokala on the beach, Maliovola inland) with iron slag but little sign of rank. The Zafiraminia, a Muslim-descended group remembered as founders of the Antanosy and Antemoro ruling lines, arrive in later centuries.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known: no leader is named for this date
- Title
- Heads of lineages, villages and clans
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Independent villages.
Assemblies
Village and lineage elders settle disputes and allocate land; there is no chief over the whole people that the evidence can show for 1200.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- Through 1200No dated event is known.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Excavation (Wright and others, as summarised by Dewar and Wright).
On the map: Drawn from modern language areas, physical geography and a few dated sites; the 1200 extent is a rough guess.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.