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More recently the word warlord has become a general pejorative term that refers to a person who has de facto military control of a subnational area by virtue of military force which is personally obedient to that warlord.
As of 2004 much of Afghanistan remains under warlord control, despite the presence of American-led non-regional military forces there.With the collapse of the Somali central government, groups of rival warlords constitute the only form of authority there.
Other countries with warlords include Chechnya, Lebanon, Burma, Colombia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
During most of the 16th century, before the Tokugawa era, Japan was tormented by repeated wars among rival warlords. Each warlord had several castles, neighbouring land with peasants, and a private army of samuraiSamurai ( or sometimes ) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan. A more appropriate term is bushi (lit. warrior or armsman") which came into use during the Edo period. However, the term "samurai" now usually refers to warrior nobility, nots.
Among the most powerful were:
Warlords exercised widespread rule in ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute several times in Chinese history, notably in the period from the overthrow of the empire in 19111911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 In London, a shootout between Russian anarchists and the Scots Guard January 10 Major Jimmi until the Northern ExpeditionThe Northern Expedition was a military campaign led by Chiang Kai-Shek in 1927 intended to unify China under the rule of the Kuomintang and ending the rule of local warlords. It was largely successful at these objectives. During the Northern Expedition, t in 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu.
Chinese warlords include: