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Kyari Of Borno
Kyari or Khair bin Bukhar al-Kanemi (?–1894) was the '' shehu'' of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1893–1894. Reign of Kyari Kyari became ''shehu'' in 1893 when the country was invaded by Rabih az-Zubayr. One of his first acts was to kill his predecessor and uncle, Ashimi of Borno.Herbert Richmond Palmer, ''The Bornu Sahara and Sudan'' (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269. He attempted to reconquer Kukawa, which was already occupied by Rabih az-Zubayr Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah (; c. 1842 – April 22, 1900), also known as Rabih Fadlallah and usually known as Rabah in French, was a Sudanese warlord and slave trader who established a powerful empire east of Lake Chad, in today's Chad. B ... but he was captured during the battle. According to oral tradition, his last words for Rabih were Footnotes Bibliography * Adeleye, Rowland, ''Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria : 1804-1906, the Sokoto Caliphate and Its Enemies'' (London: Longman Group, 1971). * Amegboh, Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shehus Of Bornu
The ''shehu'' (sheikh) was the ruler of the late Kanem–Bornu Empire, at this stage often referred to as just Bornu or Borno, from 1809 (''de facto'') or 1846 (''de jure'') to the end of the empire in 1902. The ''shehu''s belonged to the al-Kameni dynasty, the descendants of the scholar and military leader Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi. Al-Kameni became the effective ruler of Bornu in the aftermath of the Fula jihads, supplanting the power of the earlier line of rulers (the List of mais of Kanem–Bornu, ''mai''s). The ''mai'' continued to be a figurehead ruler until 1846, when the last ''mai'' was killed and al-Kanemi's son Umar assumed full power over the empire. After 1902, the line of ''shehu''s has continued to rule the non-sovereign Borno Emirate in Nigeria, one of the country's List of Nigerian traditional states, traditional states. A junior branch of the family also serves as ''shehu''s of the Dikwa Emirate, also established in 1902. Numbering The ''shehu''s are numbered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanem–Bornu Empire
The Kanem–Bornu Empire was an empire based around Lake Chad that once ruled areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, and Chad. The empire was sustained by the prosperous trans-Saharan trade and was one of the oldest and longest-lived List of kingdoms and empires in African history, empires in African history. The foundation and early history of the Kanem–Bornu Empire is poorly known. The state is typically dated to have been founded around the year 700, though it may have been established centuries earlier or later. The ruling Duguwa dynasty ruled from their capital Njimi in the Kanem (region), Kanem region and used the ruling title ''List of mais of Kanem–Bornu, mai''. By the 11th century, the Duguwa had been replaced by the Sayfawa dynasty and the empire had converted to Islam. Economic factors and conflict with the Bilala people caused the empire to lose Kanem in the 14th century. ''Mai'' Omar I of Kanem, Omar I re-centered the empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashimi Of Borno
Ashimi or Hashim bin Umar al-Kanemi (1840s-1893) was the '' shehu'' of the Kanem–Bornu Empire from 1885 or 1886 to 1893. Reign of Ashimi Ashimi became ''shehu'' of Bornu in 1885 at the death of his brother Ibrahim Kura. As it had already been the case for his two predecessors, his reign was marked by an intense political and economical crisis in Kukawa. Parfait-Louis Monteil, a French army officer who met Ashimi in 1891, believed that he had little direct involvement with the running of the kingdom; he also reported that the ''shehu'' seemed pious, rather scholarly, and was someone who hated the thought of war. In 1893, Ashimi lost two battles against Rabih az-Zubayr who was trying to invade Bornu. His nephew Kyari, who was chosen to become the new ''shehu'', assassinated him in N'galagati near Geidam Geidam is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Geidam in the northwest of the area at . On 24 April 2021 terrorists from ISWAP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanda Wuduroma Of Borno
Sanda Wuduroma, or Abu Sanda bin Buqar al-Kanemi, (?–1894) was briefly the '' shehu'' of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1894. Reign At the death of his brother and predecessor Shehu Kyari, Sanda Wuduroma (also known as Abba Sanda Limannambe) became ''shehu'' in 1893 during the country's invasion by Rabih az-Zubayr Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah (; c. 1842 – April 22, 1900), also known as Rabih Fadlallah and usually known as Rabah in French, was a Sudanese warlord and slave trader who established a powerful empire east of Lake Chad, in today's Chad. B .... His reign was short-lived as he was captured and killed by one of Rabih's soldiers called Gadum in 1894. His name ''Wuduroma'' comes from the place of his assassination, Wuduro.Herbert Richmond Palmer, ''The Bornu Sahara and Sudan'' (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269. Footnotes Bibliography * Adeleye, Rowland, ''Power and Diplomacy in Northern Nigeria: 1804-1906, the Sokoto Caliphate and Its Enemies'' (London: Longm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanda Kyarimi
Umar ibn Muhammad al-Kanemi (1872–1967), known as Sanda Kyarimi, was the ''shehu'' of the Dikwa Emirate between 1917 and 1937 and the '' shehu'' of the Borno Emirate from 1937 to 1968. Reign In 1955, Umar attended the great durbar in Kaduna during the visit of Elizabeth II. The same year, he went on pilgrimage to Mecca. During his tenure as Shehu of Dikwa, the District Officer of Dikwa advised him that one of his armed guards was no longer fit for duty due to his age. At the time, Borno faced a significant issue with robbers, and in Dikwa, there were several posts manned by guards armed with old rifles who patrolled the area. The particular armed guard in question was ninety years old and had previously served as a soldier in Rabih az-Zubayr's army. Despite this guard having once been a part of the army that had killed the Shehu's father, the Shehu chose not to replace him as'....he was Rabih's mightiest leader in battle; he killed a score of men with his own right arm; his nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Kanemi Dynasty
The ''shehu'' (sheikh) was the ruler of the late Kanem–Bornu Empire, at this stage often referred to as just Bornu or Borno, from 1809 (''de facto'') or 1846 (''de jure'') to the end of the empire in 1902. The ''shehu''s belonged to the al-Kameni dynasty, the descendants of the scholar and military leader Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi. Al-Kameni became the effective ruler of Bornu in the aftermath of the Fula jihads, supplanting the power of the earlier line of rulers (the ''mai''s). The ''mai'' continued to be a figurehead ruler until 1846, when the last ''mai'' was killed and al-Kanemi's son Umar assumed full power over the empire. After 1902, the line of ''shehu''s has continued to rule the non-sovereign Borno Emirate in Nigeria, one of the country's traditional states. A junior branch of the family also serves as ''shehu''s of the Dikwa Emirate, also established in 1902. Numbering The ''shehu''s are numbered after uninterrupted periods of rule. The turbulent reigns of ''she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukar Kura
Bukar or Bukar Kura bin Umar al-Kanemi (c. 1830-c. 1884 or 1885) the '' shehu'' of the Kanem–Bornu Empire from 1881 to 1884 or 1885. Reign of Bukar Bukar became '' shehu'' in 1881 at the death of his father Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin. His three-year reign was marked by a deep economic crisis which forced him to impose a tax on his subjects. In Kanuri language, this tax was called ''kumoreji'' (splitting a calabash in half) which meant that Bukar appropriated half the wealth of his subjects.Louis Brenner, ''The Shehus of Kukawa: A History of the Al-Kanemi Dynasty of Bornu'', Oxford Studies in African Affairs (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973), pp.86-88.Herbert Richmond Palmer, ''The Bornu Sahara and Sudan'' (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269. Bukar as seen by Heinrich Barth In 1851, a British expedition led by Heinrich Barth Johann Heinrich Barth (; ; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa and scholar. Barth is thought to be one of the greatest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabih Az-Zubayr
Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah (; c. 1842 – April 22, 1900), also known as Rabih Fadlallah and usually known as Rabah in French, was a Sudanese warlord and slave trader who established a powerful empire east of Lake Chad, in today's Chad. Born around 1842 to an Arabic tribe in Halfaya Al-Muluk, a suburb of Khartoum, he first served with the irregular Egyptian cavalry in the Egyptian–Ethiopian War, during which he was wounded. When Rabih briefly left the army in the 1860s, he became the principal lieutenant of the Sudanese slaveholder Sebehr Rahma. Lieutenant of al-Zubayr (1874–1879) In the 19th century, Khartoum had become a very important Arab slave market, supplied through companies of ''Khartumi'' established in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, where they resided in zaribas (), thornbush-fortified bases kept by bāzinqirs (firearm-equipped slave soldiers, borrowed from ). The warlord and slaveholder al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur assumed control of the region's zaribas a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kukawa
Kukawa (Kanuri language, Kanuri for "Baobabs"), formerly Kuka ("Baobab"), is a town and local government areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno State, Borno, close to Lake Chad. History The town was founded as Kuka in 1814 by Shehu of Borno, Shehu Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi of the Bornu Empire. He intended for it to serve as his capital after the fall of the previous capital, Ngazargamu. The town was the end of one of the main trans-Saharan trade routes to Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast. It was visited by German explorer Heinrich Barth in 1851 who travelled from Tripoli seeking to open trade with Europe and explore Africa, and again in 1892 by the French explorer Parfait-Louis Monteil, who was checking the borders between areas of West Africa assigned to the French language, French and the British by the Treaty of Berlin. Historically the town was much larger than today, with a population estimated by the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royalty Of Borno
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1894 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts. February * February 12 – French anarchist Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, a massive revolt of followers of the Donghak movement. Both China and Japan send military forces, claiming to come to the ruling Joseon dynasty government's aid. ** French anarchist Martial Bourdin dies of an accidental detonation of his own bomb, next to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England. March * March 1 – The Local Government Act (coming into effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
