Editing Obock Region (section)

==History==
In the mid-19th century and earlier, Obock was ruled by [[Afar people|Afar]] [[sultan]]s, local authorities with whom [[France]] signed various treaties between 1862 and 1887 to first gain a foothold in the region.<ref name="Uwechue">Raph Uwechue, ''Africa year book and who's who'', (Africa Journal Ltd.: 1977), p.209.</ref><ref>Hugh Chisholm (ed.), ''The encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information'', Volume 25, (At the University press: 1911), p.383.</ref><ref name="Apcoatf">''A Political Chronology of Africa'', (Taylor & Francis), p.132.</ref> The March 11, 1862 agreement the Afar [[sultan]], Raieta Dini Ahmet signed in [[Paris]] was a treaty where the Afars sold the territory of Obock for 10,000 [[thalaris]], around 55,000 [[francs]] and the [[Obock Territory]] was established.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Henri|first=Brunschwig|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/cea_0008-0055_1968_num_8_29_3123|title=Histoire Africaine|publisher=Cahiers d'Études africaines|year=1968|pages=32–47}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tracer des frontières à Djibouti|url=https://djibouti.frontafrique.org/?toDo=docs&ID=4&posID=2&cherche=Ali|access-date=2020-10-23|website=djibouti.frontafrique.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tracer des frontières à Djibouti|url=https://djibouti.frontafrique.org/?toDo=docs&ID=27&posID=22&cherche=Ali|access-date=2020-10-23|website=djibouti.frontafrique.org}}</ref> The French developed Obock as a colonial port, while the Italians maintained a port to the north of Obock at [[Assab]].<ref name="AshAtkins2010">{{cite book|last1=Ash|first1=John|last2=Atkins|first2=John|title=Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea: An Atlas of Distribution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxfSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|date=30 June 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4081-3308-8|page=16}}</ref>

Obock region became a separate administrative entity in 1927, with [[Michel Azenor]] appointed as chief.<ref name="Simon2011">{{cite book|last=Simon|first=Imbert-Vier|title=Tracer des frontières à Djibouti, des territoires et des hommes au XIXe et XXe siècles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebEjbfy13-0C&pg=PA137|date=20 April 2011|publisher=KARTHALA Editions|language=fr|isbn=978-2-8111-3361-0|page=137}}</ref>