Ẹ wo àmì-ọ̀rọ̀ fún Ìjọba Dahomey

{{Infobox country
|native_name = 
|conventional_long_name = Ìjọba Dahomey
|common_name = Ìjọba Dahomey
|demonym = Dahomean
|image_flag  = Royal banner of Béhanzin of Dahomey.svg
|flag_border = no
|flag_alt    = 
|flag_type   = Top: Flag of [[Béhanzin]] ({{circa|1890}}–{{circa|1894}})<br>Bottom: Flag of [[Ghezo]] (1818–1858)
|image_coat  = Coat of arms of Béhanzin.svg
|symbol      = 
|symbol_type = Coat of arms ({{circa|1890}}–{{circa|1894}})
|image_map   = Royaume du Danhomè 1894.svg
|image_map_caption = Ìjọba Dahomey ní ọdún 1894, ó wà ní ibi tí 
Republic of Benin wà lóní ní ìwọ̀ oòrùn Áfíríkà.
|symbol_type_article= 
|era       = 
|status    = Kingdom, vassal state of the [[Oyo Empire]] (1730–1823), [[Protectorate|French Protectorate]] (1894–1904)
|status_text= 
|government_type = Monarchy
|year_start  = {{circa|1600}}
|year_end    = 1904
|event1      = [[Dakodonu]] begins conquest on Abomey Plateau
|date_event1 = {{circa|1620}}
|event2      = [[Agaja|King Agaja]] conquers [[Allada]] and [[Kingdom of Whydah|Whydah]]
|date_event2 = 1724–1727
|event3      = [[Ghezo|King Ghezo]] defeats the [[Oyo Empire]] and ends tributary status
|date_event3 = 1823
|event_start = [[Aja people|Aja]] settlers from Allada settle on Abomey Plateau
|event4 = Annexed into [[French Dahomey]]
|date_event4 = 1894
|p1 = Kingdom of Ardra
|p2 = Kingdom of Whydah
|flag_p1 = 
|s1 = French Dahomey
|flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg
|flag_s2 = Flag of Benin.svg
|capital          = [[Abomey]]
|common_languages = [[Fon language|Fon]]
|religion         = [[West African Vodun|Vodun]]
|currency         = [[Cowrie]]
|leader1      = [[Do-Aklin]] 
|year_leader1 = {{circa}} 1600–1625 (first)
|leader2      = [[Agoli-agbo]] 
|year_leader2 = 1894–1900 (last)
|title_leader = [[King of Dahomey|Ahosu (King)]]
<!-- Area and population of a given year -->
|stat_year1 = 1700<ref name=Heywood /> 
|stat_area1 = 10,000
|stat_pop1  = 350,000
|today = [[Benin]]
|image_flag2=Flag_of_Ghezo_of_Dahomey.svg}}
'''Ìjọba Dahomey''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|h|oʊ|m|i}}) jẹ́ ìjọba kan ní ìwọ̀ oòrùn [[Áfríkà|Áfíríkà]] tí orílẹ̀ èdè [[Benin]] wà lọ́jọ́ òní. Ìjọba náà wà láti ọdún 1600 títí di 1904. Wọ́n kó Dahomey sí orí òkè Abomey, ìjọba náà di alágbára lágbègbè rẹ̀ ní àwọn ọdún 1700s, wọ́n sì ségun àwọn ilẹ̀ tí ó wà ní gúúsù wọn láti tan ilẹ̀ wọn, àwọn ilẹ̀ bi [[Ouidah|Whydah]] ti ìjọba Whydah tí etí odò [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] èyí tí ó mú wọn ní àṣẹ sí àwọn ilẹ̀ tí wọ́n ti ń ṣe [[triangular trade]].

Láàrin àwọn ọdún 1800s, ìjọba Dahomey di alágbára àgbègbè náà kí ó tó di pé [[Oyo Empire|Ìpínlẹ̀ Oyo]].<ref name=Heywood>{{cite book|title=Soundings in Atlantic history: latent structures and intellectual currents, 1500–1830|year=2009|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, MA|author=Heywood, Linda M.|author2=John K. Thornton|editor=Bailyn, Bernard & Patricia L. Denault|chapter=Kongo and Dahomey, 1660–1815}}</ref>

Àwọn ọmọ orílẹ̀ èdè ní orílẹ̀ [[Europe]] tí ó wá sí ilẹ̀ náà kọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nípa rẹ̀. Ìjọba Dahomey jẹ́ alágbára ní agbègbè náà tí ọ̀rọ̀ ajé wọn dá lórí [[Okoẹrú]]. 

Ìjà ilẹ̀ padà bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ń ní bọ́yọ̀ láàrin orílẹ̀ èdè [[France]] àti ìjọba náà, èyí fa [[First Franco-Dahomean War|Ìjà Franco-Dahomean àkọ́kọ́ ]] ní ọdún 1890, orílẹ̀ èdè Faransé sì ségun ogun náà. Ìjọba náà padà lólẹ̀ ní ọdún 1894 nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ ogun Faranse pa ọba Dahomey ní ogun [[Franco-Dahomean kejì]]. 
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