Rainiharo
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Field Marshal Rainiharo was from 1833 to 1852 prime minister of the Kingdom of Imerina in the central highlands of Madagascar.
Rainiharo's tomb is located on the road connecting the Isoraka and Isotry neighborhoods of Antananarivo.
Rainilaiarivony
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Rainilaiarivony was a Malagasy politician who served as the chief of state and co-king of Madagascar from 1864 to 1895, succeeding his older brother Rainivoninahitriniony, who had held the post for th
Rainiharo
…constructed in central Antananarivo by Frenchman Jean Laborde. This tomb would later hold the bodies of Rainiharo's two sons, Rainivoninahitriniony and Rainilaiarivony, who would each succeed him as Commander-in-Chief, Prime Minister and consort. He was buried in Fasan-dRainiharo, Isoraka…
Official portrait, c. 1880
Wearing a traditional striped lamba over his military uniform, Rainilaiarivony sits to inspect his troops at the Rova compound (around 1865).
Rainilaiarivony ordered the 1873 construction of Andafiavaratra Palace near the Queen's palace in Antananarivo.
Cover of L'Illustration magazine depicting Rainilaiarivony arriving at the port of Algiers (1896)