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Pre-colonial Ruler
Mai Hyema Tlaa
c. 1840 — 1912 · Mandara foothills · Marghi Central
Mai Hyema Tlaa united several highland settlements into a defensive confederacy at the height of colonial expansion into the northeast.
His negotiations preserved local judicial authority for a generation longer than in neighbouring districts.
Legacy
- —Consolidated the central Marghi confederacy
- —Preserved local judicial custom under pressure
- —Subject of the archive's oldest lineage manuscript
