Ibrahim Kura of Borno

Ibrahim or Ibrahim Kura
Ibrahim or Ibrahim Kura
Reign	November 1884 to February or March 1885 - October 1885 to February 1886
Predecessor	Bukar Kura
Successor	Ashimi of Borno
Born	1840s
Died	October 1885 to February 1886; Borno
Burial	Kukawa
Dynasty	Kanemi
Father	Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Religion	Muslim

Last updated June 09, 2023

Ibrahim or Ibrahim bin Umar al-Kanemi (1840s-c. 1885) was Shehu of Borno from c. 1884 to c. 1885.

Reign of Ibrahim

Ibrahim became Shehu of Borno in 1884 at the death of his brother Bukar Kura. His uncle, Abba Masta Kura had been recognised Shehu before him but Ibrahim succeeded to bribe his way to the throne. His one-year reign was marked by an intense political crisis in Kukawa.^[2]^[3]

Dynasty

Regnal titles
Ibrahim Kura of Borno House of Kanemi
Preceded by Bukar Kura	5th Shehu of Borno c. 1884-c. 1885	Succeeded by Ashimi of Borno

Footnotes

↑ Lavers, John, "The Al- Kanimiyyin Shehus: a Working Chronology" in Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs, 268, Bd. 2, Frankfurt a. M. 1993: 179-186.
↑ 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.86-88.
↑ Herbert Richmond Palmer, The Bornu Sahara and Sudan (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.

Bibliography

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[1] Lavers, John, "The Al- Kanimiyyin Shehus: a Working Chronology" in Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs, 268, Bd. 2, Frankfurt a. M. 1993: 179-186.

[2] 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.86-88.

[Palmer-3] Herbert Richmond Palmer, The Bornu Sahara and Sudan (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.

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