The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya and Chad. It was known to the Arabian geographers as the... 37 KB (4,132 words) - 23:23, 25 April 2024 |
Sayfawa dynasty (redirect from Rulers of Kanem-Bornu) Muslim kings (or mai, as they called themselves) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno (today... 9 KB (602 words) - 20:41, 28 November 2023 |
Kanuri people (category Bornu Empire) African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Kanem and Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon. As well as a diaspora community... 19 KB (1,861 words) - 22:48, 23 April 2024 |
Niger (section Kanem–Bornu Empire (700s–1700s)) Niger was on the fringes of some states, including the Kanem–Bornu Empire and the Mali Empire before more significant parts of its territory became included... 141 KB (13,957 words) - 21:11, 23 April 2024 |
Sokoto Caliphate (redirect from Fulani Empire of Sokoto) the state, which is the central fragment of the old Kanem-Bornu empire of the Kanuri people. Bornu, led by Shaikh al-Kanemi, had a history of resistance... 61 KB (7,183 words) - 13:59, 23 April 2024 |
course of the expansion of Kanem, which was centered to the northeast of Lake Chad. Bornu, initially the western province of Kanem, became independent in... 34 KB (4,087 words) - 23:12, 29 March 2024 |
Central Africa (section Kanem Empire) West-Central African kingdom of Kanem–Bornu Empire was centered in the Lake Chad Basin. It was known as the Kanem Empire from the 9th century CE onward... 36 KB (3,513 words) - 08:22, 15 April 2024 |
Kanembu people (category Bornu Empire) group of Chad, generally considered the modern descendants of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. The Kanembu are estimated to number 1,815,270 people, located primarily... 5 KB (604 words) - 10:34, 30 March 2024 |
several powerful West African kingdoms or empires, such as the Oyo Empire and the Islamic Kanem-Bornu Empire in the northeast, and the Igbo kingdom of... 9 KB (1,263 words) - 23:24, 13 February 2024 |
Girgam (category Bornu Empire) chronicle of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, written in Arabic. Girgam is also used as the name for written historical records in some kingdoms west of Bornu, including... 4 KB (461 words) - 22:41, 11 March 2024 |