Bornu Empire
The Bornu Empire (1380-1893) was an African state of Nigeria from 1380 to 1893.
Bornu Empire | |||||||||||
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| 1380–1893 | |||||||||||
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 Bornu Empire extent c.1750 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Ngazargamu | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Kanuri | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| King (Mai) | |||||||||||
• 1381–1382 | Said of Bornu | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• | 1380 | ||||||||||
• | 1893 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1800[1] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| 1892[2] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1892[2] | 5000000 | ||||||||||
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Bornu Empire Media
Young woman from Bornu, mid-19th century
Kanembu warriors and their mounted chief in an illustration from Heinrich Barth's Travels and Discoveries, Vol. III, 1857
Shehu Sanda Kura after the killing of Rabih az-Zubayr (1900)
