• Muhammad IX Ngileruma (Muḥammad Ngileruma bin ʿAlī bin Ḥamdūn) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1811–1814. Muhammad Ngileruma was a son of mai...
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    deposed by his courtiers in 1811, replaced with mai Muhammad IX Ngileruma. Under Muhammad Ngileruma, a new imperial capital was established at Kabela,...
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    palace revolt in which Dunama was deposed and replaced by his uncle, Muhammad Ngileruma.: 34–35  When al-Kanemi rose to power after the Fulani jihad, he did...
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  • own courtiers in a palace revolt, replaced as mai with his uncle Muhammad IX Ngileruma. Dunama was restored as mai in 1814 with al-Kanemi's aid. Al-Kanemi...
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    Muhammad, but his officers did not wish to make the journey to Omdurman, the Mahdist capital. Rabih saw himself as a disciple of the Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad...
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  • Muhammad III (Muḥammad) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1449–1450, ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict...
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  • Muhammad VII (Muḥammad bin Idrīs), called Muhammad Bukalmarami, was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1603–1618. Muhammad was the son of Idris III Alooma...
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  • sources. Enumerated as Muhammad II by Stewart (1989), since Stewart omits the Muhammad here enumerated as such. Later mais named Muhammad are similarly given...
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  • Dunama VII Hamdan Muhammad VIII Ergama Dunama VIII Gana Ali IV Ahmad Dunama IX Lefiami Muhammad IX Ngileruma Dunama IX Lefiami Ibrahim IV Ali V Minargema...
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  • Internet Archive. Prometheus Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-391-00217-3. Waziri, Muhammad (2000). Meanings of Kanuri Personal Names. Maiduguri: Gargam Publishers...
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  • Muhammad II (Muḥammad bin Idrīs) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1388–1389, ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external...
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  • Muhammad VIII Ergama (Muḥammad Ergama bin Ḥamdūn), also spelled Muhammad Erghamma, was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1731–1747. Muhammad VIII Ergama...
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  • Dunama II Dabbalemi (Dunama Dibalemi Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Jalīl) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1221–1259. Dunama Dabbalemi was the son of Abd...
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  • (Dunama Umemi Muḥammad bin Hummay) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1097–1150/1151. It is common for Kanem–Bornu rulers named Muhammad to also be...
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  • Dunama VII Hamdan Muhammad VIII Ergama Dunama VIII Gana Ali IV Ahmad Dunama IX Lefiami Muhammad IX Ngileruma Dunama IX Lefiami Ibrahim IV Ali V Minargema...
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  • Her father ruled for one year and was succeeded by a relative, Dunama VI Muhammad. During Dunama's reign, he had declared that all the sons of his predecessor...
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  • Muhammad IV (Muḥammad bin Kade) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1451–1456, ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external...
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  • Muhammad VI (Muḥammad bin Idrīs), called Muhammad Aminami, was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1525–1544. Muhammad was the son of Idris II Katagarmabe...
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  • Dunama VII Hamdan Muhammad VIII Ergama Dunama VIII Gana Ali IV Ahmad Dunama IX Lefiami Muhammad IX Ngileruma Dunama IX Lefiami Ibrahim IV Ali V Minargema...
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  • Muhammad V (Muḥammad bin Muḥammad) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1467–1472, ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external...
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  • Kanem–Bornu Empire Reign 1750–1791 Predecessor Dunama VIII Gana Successor Ahmad Issue Ahmad Muhammad IX Ngileruma Dynasty Sayfawa dynasty Father Hamdan...
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  • Dunama VII Hamdan Muhammad VIII Ergama Dunama VIII Gana Ali IV Ahmad Dunama IX Lefiami Muhammad IX Ngileruma Dunama IX Lefiami Ibrahim IV Ali V Minargema...
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  • (ʿAbdallāh bin Dunama Muḥammad), also called Dala, was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1563–1570. Abdullah was the son of Dunama VI Muhammad, who he succeeded...
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  • Muhammad I (Muḥammad bin ʿAbdallāh) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1328–1329. Muhammad was the son of Abdullah II and Kagala. He succeeded his...
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  • who appears to have made a pilgrimage". Hamdan was succeeded by his son Muhammad VIII Ergama in 1731. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic...
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  • Muhammad al-Mustafa ibn Umar al-Kanemi, called Masta Gumsumi, Manta Kura, and Abba Masta Kura, was the penultimate shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, ruling...
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  • became mai in 1456, succeeding Muhammad IV. He ruled until 1461, when he was defeated and killed in battle by Muhammad, ruler of the Bilala people in...
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  • was the son of Idris III Alooma and Gumsu. He succeeded his half-brother Muhammad VII Bukalmarami as mai in 1618. According to the German explorer Heinrich...
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  • powerful and successful rival Muhammad V. Over the course of a year, Muhammad gained the upper hand in their civil war. Muhammad deposed (and probably killed)...
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  • Idris and his consort Zainab had at least two sons, Muhammad VI Aminami and Ali II Zainami. Muhammad VI Aminami succeeded his father as mai in 1525. Bosworth...
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