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] | 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| 1892[2] | 129,499 km2 (50,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1892[2] | 5000000 | ||||||||||
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Bornu Empire Media
Map of the Kanem-Bornu Empire at its greatest extent, with the imperial core depicted in darker green color. Borders and locations of the two main capitals are based on a map in Waziri (2023), p. 9. The base map used is Africa map blank.svg.
Map of the Borno empire in 1810.
AFR V3 D425 Group of Kanem Bu Warriors
Arms of the Sayfawa dynasty, according to the Dulcert map (1339)
West Africa in the 15th century. The rise of the Songhai Empire (yellow) was a considerable threat to the Kanem–Bornu Empire (purple).
Political map of West Africa c. 1875, including Kanem–Bornu and the Sokoto Caliphate
Shehu Umar receives gifts from Wilhelm I of the German Empire
Map of Rabih Azzubair's dominions in their greatest extent*Source: - "Imbraturiyat rabih azzubair: Madhabih al isti'mar al frinsi fil sudan" (the empire of rabih azzubair: the massacres of the french colonialism in sudan) by kaimkam sa'deddin azzubair
Battle flags of Rabih az-Zubayr
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