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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...

to the belly;: 29  it may also be called the Kréda or Ganaston: 404  the Bornu of north-eastern Nigeria: 462  and the Haoussa or Hausa in northern Nigeria...

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...

today is Nigeria. The authority of many African Islamic states such as the Bornu Empire also rested in large part on their ability to subject neighboring...

Garbai) CBE, was the Shehu of Bornu from 1902 to 1922. Bukar Garbai (or Abubakar Garbai) ibn Ibrahim was the Shehu of Bornu from 1902 to 1922 and previous...

al-Haj Idris Alooma (born Idris ibn Ali) was Mai (ruler) of the Bornu empire (r. 1571–1602/03), covering parts of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. His...

Dallazawa, and was a vassal to neighboring empires such as Songhai and Bornu. At its peak, Katsina's capital was a prominent city in the western Sudan...

adversaries. There is no record of horses being used in the Adamawa region by non-Fulanis before the jihad. Unlike in Mandara and Bornu where they could be found...

which Bornu was ruled by his mother Aicha. Shortly after his accession to the throne, he procured Turkish musketeers from North Africa as well as horses, camels...

should remain at Bornu as Vice-Consul, while Denham and Clapperton were to 'explore the Country to the Southward and Eastward of Bornu, principally with...

1836–1882) was a traveler, translator, soldier, and author. Born in Kukawa, Bornu Empire, Said fell victim to the Trans-Saharan slave trade. His father, Barca...

This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion...

18th centuries had been the Bornu Empire. However, revolutions and the rise of new powers decreased the power of the Bornu empire and by 1759 its rulers...

Africanus, the sultan of Bornu would accept payment for slaves only in horses, with an exchange rate of up to one slave per twenty horses. The range of tasks...

Bornu Empire and eastern Sahelian kingdoms c. 1750 The extent of the Bornu Empire, c. 1750 Shilluk Kingdom (yellow) and its neighbors, c. 1800 Bornu Empire...

the horse breeds in the DAD-IS, the Domestic Animal Diversity Information System, a database of the FAO. In 2024 there were approximately 1600 horse breed...

(1370–1408) Muhammad VII of Bornu of the Sayfawa dynasty (1731–1747) Muhammed VIII, Sultan of Granada (1411–1431) Mohammed VIII of Bornu of the Sayfawa dynasty...

from the 9th century AD onward and lasted as the independent kingdom of Bornu until 1893. At its height it encompassed an area covering not only much...

the region, Niger was on the fringes of some states, including the Kanem–Bornu Empire and the Mali Empire before more significant parts of its territory...

Libya and flee to Chad, where the surrounding states such as Wadai and Bornu were far weaker than the Ottoman Empire. Between the Tibesti Mountains and...