Kingdom of Koya

Kingdom of Koya are Kohathites

Kingdom of Koya
1450–1898 1990–Present
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Status	State union
Capital	Robertsport
Common languages	English
Religion	Christianity
Government	Monarchy
• 1450-1515 (first king)	King Niger(Portaguese translation) King Negro
• 1618–1668 (signed King James agreement to the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the American colonies)	King Eliab Bai ll (from Kpelle King of Koya)
• 1840–1870	King Moribu Kindo Bai (from AfricanAmericans King of Koya)
• 1999–present (absolute monarchy within Liberia)	King Fondren Bai ll
Legislature	Federal republic of Liberia
History
• Established	1450
• Sold Western Kingdom of Koya (Sierra leon)	1775
• Federal republic of Liberia colony	1868
• ended	1898
• Reestablished	1990
• State union	Present
Area
2019	5,162 km2 (1,993 sq mi)
Population
• 2019	200,000
Currency	Liberian dollar and United States dollar Cowry Shell (Shell currency)
Preceded by Succeeded by African American Kru people Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate Liberia
Today part of	Grand Cape Mount County

The Kohathites empire rulers are related to Jesus Christ son of King David, King of Israel. Kohathites empire 1000 B.C.-1450 A.D. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izchar, Hebron and Uzziel. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam.

List of Kohathite rulers

Names and Dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (1989).

#	Name	Reign Start	Reign End
1	Uzziel		c. 1-	c. 100 A.D.	Izchar		2	F	c. 200	c. -300
3	Amram		c. 300-	400
4	Hebron		400-	500
5	Bukki	500-	600
6	Zerahiah		600-700
7	Heman		700-	800
8	Amminadab		800	900
9	Elkanah		900	1000 [citation needed]
10	Korah		1100	1200
11	Assir		1200-	1300
12
13	Tahath Guan Yu	Chief Kamakazi	1300	1450
14	general King King Niger Bai	1450	1600
15	King Eliab Bai		1600	1680
16		1680	1720
-	Ruler Naimbanna	Bundu (Regent)	1720	1845
17
18	King Moribu Kindo Bai	1845-1898
1	Sammy moore	1900	1934
2	Mary Jimenez	1934	1990
3	King Fondren Bai ll	1990-	Present Day

The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone.

The kingdom was founded by the Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by migrants from the north, seeking trade with the coastal Portuguese in the south.

The kingdom was ruled by a king called a Bai or Obai. The sub-kingdoms within the state were ruled by nobles titled "Gbana". The Koya Kingdom kept and maintained diplomatic relations with the British and French in the 18th century. Children of Temne nobles were allowed to seek western educations abroad. Koya also traded with Islamic states to its north and had Muslims within its borders.

Under Nembanga's reign (1775–1793), the Koya kingdom signed a treaty, which made it possible for the establishment of a British colony on the peninsula of Sierra Leone in 1788.

Koya participated in the trans-atlantic slave trade, though sources state that such commerce was much more privatized than in other kingdoms. Subjects of Koya traded in slaves on the coast even against the wishes of the state at times.

From 1801 to 1807, Koya fought a war with British colonists and the Susu. Koya lost the northern shoreline of Sierra Leone to the British and Port Loko to the Susu. However, they remained a power in the region. In 1815, the Temne fought another war with the Susu and regained the port. In 1841, the Temne defeated the Loko tribe of Kasona on the Mabaole River dispersing many of the people. In response to a British bombardment, the kingdom expelled the Church Missionary Society missionaries operating at Magbela in 1860.

The kingdom became a British protectorate on 31 August 1896 after which the Koya kings lost virtually all power. Revolts of the Temne and Mende in 1898 were fierce but futile. The British would govern the area of the former kingdom until 1961.