Antemoro influences, such as calling their king by the title andrianony.

The Mahafaly kingdom was one of the few that did not come under the control of the Merina Kingdom in the 19th century. The last Mahafaly king was Tsiampondy, who began ruling in 1890. According to the General History of Africa, Tsiampondy's reign ended in 1911, while according to a French document named Observations sur les Mahafalys,