The story of a crazy Madagascar who was adopted by the king and killed half of its people in the most horrific way
Queen "Rana Valona I", who ruled her country with iron and fire, was adopted by the king from the common people, killing half of her family in the most horrific ways from giving poison to cutting the limbs and slicing the body in half until boiling with water, until historians described the period of her rule as the black period in the history of the people of Madagascar, which lasted 33 years From
?! 1828 AD until 1861 AD, she is really crazy, so what is the story
its inception:
Rana Valona I was born in 1788 from a very poor family in the Antananarivo region of Madagascar. The little one, Rana, annexed her to the royal family and lived with them in the confines of the royal family.
Rana Valona the first crazy Madagascar
How did you reach the throne or rule:
After the death of the king, his son, Radma I, took the throne and married Rana Valona, so she became the wife of King Radma I and one of his twelve wives. Then King Radma I died in 1828 AD at the age of 35, but he did not have children, so Hanam was not an heir to the throne, so Rana decided to acquire The throne and did not allow anyone else to take the throne from her, in fact, Rana succeeded in obtaining the throne with the support of a group of the army and ascended the throne and killed all those who disputed her rule from the royal family.
Her reign:
The rule of the first Rana Valona lasted for 33 years, as it turned in its rule to a brutal and barbaric method that caused the death of a large number of residents of the island of Madagascar. Knowing the oppressor from the oppressed and testing the loyalty of its people.
Conducting trials using the tangina test is one of the main procedures that Rana followed to maintain order in the kingdom. This tangina test is a philosophy based on the accused taking the poison extracted from the tangina bushes to determine whether the accused is innocent or convicted.
Nobles and freemen are subjected to dogs first to the test, and the poison was first given to you or a dog.
The accused was taking poison with three pieces of chicken skin added to it. If he vomited the three pieces, then he is innocent. But if he died or was unable to vomit, this is evidence of his conviction.
This tangina test caused the death of about 1000 people annually in the period from 1820 to 1829 AD, and the average number of deaths rose to about 3000 people annually from 1828 until 1861 AD.
Also, brutal methods were used during the application of the death sentence on the accused, from cutting the limbs to slicing the body in half and even boiling in hot water.
During her reign, Rana Valona also launched military campaigns on the remote areas of the country to subjugate them as she fought Christianity and took very harsh measures against Christians and said I do not accept a non-religious religion and the religion of my fathers and grandfathers. ended their life.
It forced its people to work as forced labor in state projects to improve the country's infrastructure and refused foreign intervention, which resulted in the death of large numbers of workers due to the harsh climate.
The country was also subjected to many epidemics and famines due to mismanagement, which led to a decline in the population of the island of Madagascar from 5 million in 1833 AD to only 2.5 million people, half of the number by 1839 AD.
her death:
On the sixteenth of August 1861 AD, Rana Valona passed away at the age of 83, after a 33-year rule, during which she caused the death of half of her people. It was also one of the harshest periods that Madagascar Island went through.
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