Abubakar Garbai of Borno

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Abubakar Garbai
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Shehu of Bornu
Reign1902–1922
Predecessor Sanda Kura
SuccessorSanda Kura
Died1922
Borno
Burial
Names
Abū Bakr Ġarbai b. Ibrāhīm al-Kānimī
Dynasty Kanemi
Father Ibrahim Kura
Religion Muslim

Abu Bakr bin Ibrahim al-Kanemi (Bukr Garbai, or Abubakar Garbai) CBE, was the Shehu of Bornu from 1902 to 1922.

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Bukar Garbai (or Abubakar Garbai) ibn Ibrahim was the Shehu of Bornu from 1902 to 1922 and previous to that served as Shehu of Dikwa. In 1907 he founded Yerwa as the capital. Abubakar Garbai was the son of Shehu Ibrahim Kura of Borno and the brother of Shehu Sanda Kura. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Hiribarren, Vincent (2017). A History of Borno: Trans-Saharan African Empire to Failing Nigerian State. London: Hurst & Company. pp. 63, 106. ISBN   9781849044745.
  2. Herbert Richmond Palmer, The Bornu Sahara and Sudan (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.

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Dynasty

Abubakar Garbai of Borno
Regnal titles
Preceded by 9th Shehu of Borno
1902–1922
Succeeded by