Umar of Borno
Shehu of Bornu
"Umar von Bornu" on 6 June 1870 by Gustav Nachtigal in his travel's narrative, Sahara und Sudan, p.594
Reign8th June 1837 - 4th October 1853 (deposed by coup)
PredecessorMuhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi, Kanemi
SuccessorAbd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Reign3rd September 1854 - December 1881
PredecessorAbd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Amin
SuccessorBukar Kura
BornUmar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin
DiedDecember 1881
Borno
Burial
Kukawa
IssueBukar Kura
Abba Ibrahim
Hashim
DynastyKanemi
FatherMuhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi
ReligionMuslim

Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin (Arabic: اولعمر ابن محمد لرشيد) or Umar of Borno (died 1881) was Shehu (Sheik) of the Kanem-Bornu Empire and son of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi.

Reign of Umar

Umar came to power at the death of his father in 1837.[1][2] Umar did not match his father's vitality and gradually allowed the kingdom to be ruled by advisers (wazirs). Umar ruled from 1837 until November 1853 when he was deposed by his brother `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Amin who became Shehu. The latter only reigned until 1854 when Umar reconquered his throne.[3]

Umar ruled as Shehu for a second time from September 1854 to 1880. Borno began to decline, as a result of administrative disorganization, regional particularism, and attacks by the militant Ouaddai Empire to the east. The decline continued under Umar's sons, and in 1894 Rabih az-Zubayr, leading an invading army from eastern Sudan, conquered Borno.[4]

Dynasty

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louis Brenner, The Shehus of Kukawa: A History of the Al-Kanemi Dynasty of Bornu, Oxford Studies in African Affairs (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973), p.72.
  2. ↑ Herbert Richmond Palmer, The Bornu Sahara and Sudan (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.
  3. ↑ Louis Brenner, The Shehus of Kukawa: A History of the Al-Kanemi Dynasty of Bornu, Oxford Studies in African Affairs (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973), pp.78-79.
  4. ↑ Helmolt, Hans F., ed. (1903). The history of the world; a survey of a man's record, Volume III: West Asia and Africa. New York: Dodd, Meade and Company. p. 538. OCLC 1193060.

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