Italian Somaliland (Italian:Somalia italiana, Arabic:الصومال الإيطالي‎ Al-Sumal Al-Italiy, Somali:Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaaliya), also known as Italian Somalia, was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day northeastern, central and southern Somalia. Ruled in the 19th century by the Somali Majeerteen Sultanate and the Sultanate of Hobyo, the territory was later acquired in the 1880s by Italy through various treaties.