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Meaning of "bornu"
Bornu is a noun that refers to a historic region in present-day northeastern Nigeria. It is also the name of the defunct Bornu Empire
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- An independent kingdom (1380-1893), descended from the Kanem–Bornu Empire (700-1380), that covered much of modern Chad and parts of Libya, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon
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Bornu thus attained an influential position over Mandara.
He was preparing to invade Bornu at the time of his death.
Bornu peaked during the reign of Mai Idris Alooma c.
Gaourang appealed for aid to both Bornu and Wadai.
The history of Bornu is perhaps one of the best examples of this kind.
Kousséri was part of the Bornu Empire.
The kingdoms of Bornu and the region of Fezzan provided the majority of caravans.
Sultanate of Bornu.
The Bornu Empire was a state in what is now northeastern Nigeria.
It was southwest of the Bornu Empire and south of the Hausa States.
By the end of that century, Kwararafa paid tribute to Bornu.
Over Bornu alone.
According to James Richardson testimony, when he visited Ghadames, most slaves were from Bornu.
The Bornu state.
Shift of the Sayfuwa court from Kanem to Bornu [ edit ].
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In the eighteenth century Bornu was affected by several long-lasting famines.
Gazargamo, Birni Ngazargamu or N'gazargamu, was the capital of the Bornu Empire from ca.
Later in his reign, the Bornu Empire conquered and made the state a tributary.
AD, and gave way to the Kanem and its successor state, the Bornu Empire.
From Bornu he traveled to Baguirmi, an independent state to the southeast of Bornu.
His grandmother was enslaved in Bornu ( now in Nigeria ) and brought to the Ottoman Empire.
Shortly after his death in 1754, it became a tributary state of the Bornu kingdom.
In the Kanem Bornu Empire, vassals were three classes beneath the nobles.
They visited Claud 's grave at Maifoni in Bornu and then continued to Ouadai.
In the 1670s the Kwararafa assaulted Katsina, sacked Zaria and launched an invasion of Bornu.
His grandmother came from Bornu ( now in Nigeria ) to the Ottoman Empire as a slave.
Then, around 1460 Mai Ali Dunamami defeated his rivals and began the consolidation of Bornu.
It paid tribute, mainly in slaves, to either Bornu or Wadai, or sometimes to both.
The Mali, Fulani, and Bornu were among the aggressors in these clashes.
