• Ngazargamu, Birni Ngazargamu, Birnin Gazargamu, Gazargamo or N'gazargamu, was the capital of the Bornu Empire from ca. 1460 to 1809. Situated 150 km (93 mi)...
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    and began the consolidation of Bornu. He built a fortified capital at Ngazargamu, to the west of Lake Chad (in present-day Nigeria), the first permanent...
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    the Kanuri people from Yemen. They reportedly traveled through Wadai to Ngazargamu, the former capital of the Kanem-Bornu empire. They initially settled...
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  • fulani clan were residents within the area of Borno empire's capital Ngazargamu. Being the son of a scholar and Business man, he was introduced to Islamic...
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  • created a new people and language, the Kanuri, and founded a new capital, Ngazargamu. Kanem–Bornu peaked during the reign of the outstanding statesman Mai...
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    etc. The tourist attractions sites in Yobe state include: Gooya Valley Ngazargamu Dagona Birds Sanctuary Gujba Forest Reserve Dufuna canoe Tertiary institutions...
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    Chad where it became known as the Bornu Empire ruled from its capital Ngazargamu on what is later the Niger-Nigeria border. Bornu "prospered" during the...
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  • IV Successor Idris Katakarmabi Born Ali ibn Dunama ibn Biri Died 1504 Ngazargamu Issue Idris Katakarmabi Dynasty Sayfawa dynasty Father Ahmad Dunama IV...
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  • fl. 11th century c. 1396 lost to Bulala invaders (eventually moved to Ngazargamu) Lumbala N'guimbo Mbunda Kingdom Angola c. 1500 1917 São Salvador (M'banza-Kongo)...
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  • century–1724 AD Benin Empire Benin City Empire 1440–1897 AD Bornu Empire Ngazargamu Empire 1380–1893 AD Denkyira Dunkwa-on-Offin Kingdom 1500–1701 AD Gao...
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  • 18th-19th century Fula jihads of West Africa, Fula jihadists destroyed Ngazargamu, the capital of the Bornu Empire. During the Battle of Gawakuke, the Sokoto...
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  • blind Mai who abdicated after the Fulani Jihad resulted in the capture of Ngazargamu. Mai Dunama enlisted the support of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi, to counter...
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    Dunama IX Lefiami, in 1808. They partly succeeded. They burnt the capital, Ngazargamu and defeated the main army of the Mai of Borno. The 19th century was a...
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  • for it to serve as his capital after the fall of the previous capital, Ngazargamu. The town was the end of one of the main trans-Saharan trade routes to...
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  • Njimi, the former capital. The empire's leaders, however, remained at Ngazargamu, the Bornu capital, because its lands were more productive agriculturally...
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  • places they settled at include; SanumKude (also known as Big San) near Ngazargamu and Kupto. Kupto was like the Biblical ‘Corinth’; a place where different...
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    Rockshelter (1403 CE) Bono Manso (1420 CE) Sidi Yahya Mosque (1440 CE) Ngazargamu (1488 CE) Bonduku (1586 CE) Agongointo-Zoungoudo Underground Town (16th...
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    expected to send a tribute of a hundred slaves to the Mai of Bornu in Ngazargamu. This tribute practice continued until the reign of Agwaragi (1784/5–1801/2)...
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  •  Borgu – Kingdom of Borgu Capital: New Bussa Bornu – Bornu Empire Capital: Ngazargamu Brunei – Bruneian Sultanate Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan  Buganda – Kingdom...
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  • Nangere / Potiskum Abubakar Idris ANPP Fune / Fika Almajir Geidam ANPP Ngazargamu Bello Shugaba ANPP Karasuwa / Machina / Nguru / Yusufari Ahmad Lawan ANPP...
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  • instability, the center of power shifted to Bornu with its capital at Ngazargamu, in what is now northwestern Nigeria, and territory was gradually reconquered...
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    Country Kanem-Bornu Empire Founded 700 AC Founder Saif Final ruler Ali Delatumi Historic seat Njimi Ngazargamu Kafela Titles Mai of Bornu Dissolution 1846...
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    Fulani jihad. In 1812, he destroyed the capital of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, Ngazargamu, 115 mi east north-east of Katagum, and was named king of Bornu by the...
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  • Portuguese 1462–1975 Africa: West Cape Verde Bornu Empire (Kanem–Bornu) Ngazargamu Empire 1380–1893 Africa: West Chad Gambia Colony and Protectorate Colony...
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  • democracy, on 6 January 2000, he re-implemented the new emirates, adding Ngazargamu, Gujba, Nguru, Tikau, Pataskum, Yusufari, Gudi, Fune and Jajere. The Emir...
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  • from Yemen, crossing the Red Sea, passing through Egypt and Sudan to Ngazargamu and later to Kukawa in Borno, where they had a long stay. They later moved...
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  • Kwanda who came from Konduga, Tstitihil from Maiva, Karagu from Birnin Ngazargamu and other places later formed the Kibaku people. Borno empire fell peacefully...
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    Empire (1396–1893) was a continuation, the Kanembu founding a new state at Ngazargamu. These spoke the Kanuri languages spoken by some four million people in...
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  • the Bornu Empire. By 1472, when the capital of the Bornu Empire, Birni Ngazargamu, was established, the Ngizim had gained a reputation as formidable warriors...
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  • reign of Mai Baule Wumne. Tula people happened to be the only people of Ngazargamu / Bornu Empire descent who fought a commander of the Sokoto Caliphate...
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