Abubakar Garbai of Borno
Abu Bakr bin Ibrahim al-Kanemi (Bukr Garubai, or Abubakar Garbai) ibn Ibrahim was the Shehu of Borno from 1902 to 1922.
| Abubakar Garbai or Bukar Garbai | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reign | 1902–1922 |
| Predecessor | Sanda Wuduroma of Borno |
| Successor | Sanda Kura of Borno |
| Died | 1922 Borno |
| Burial | |
| Dynasty | Kanemi |
| Father | Ibrahim Kura |
| Religion | Muslim |
Reign
Shehu Abubakar Garbai of Borno by Boyd Alexander in 1906
Bukar Garbai (or Abubakar Garbai) ibn Ibrahim was the Shehu of Bornu from 1902–1922 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]
Reference
- Hiribarren, Vincent (2017). A History of Borno: Trans-Saharan African Empire to Failing Nigerian State. London: Hurst & Company. pp. 63, 106. ISBN 9781849044745.
- Herbert Richmond Palmer, The Bornu Sahara and Sudan (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.
Bibliography
- Bosworth, Clifford Edmond, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual p. 128
- Cohen, Ronald, The Kanuri of Bornu, Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology (New York: Holt, 1967).
- Dictionary of African Historical Biography, p. 100.
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th Edition (1982), Vol. VI, p. 506.
- Isichei, Elizabeth, A History of African Societies to 1870 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 318–320, ISBN 0-521-45599-5.
- Taher, Mohamed (1997). Encyclopedic Survey of Islamic Dynasties A Continuing Series. New Delhi: Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. ISBN 81-261-0403-1.
- Tukur, Mahmud Modibbo, The Imposition of British colonial domination on the Sokoto Caliphate, Borno and neighbouring states, 1879-1914: a reinterpretation of colonial sources (Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University, 1979).
- Tukur, Mahmud Modibbo, “Shehu Abubakar Garbai Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi and the establishment of British rule in Borno, 1902-1914” in The Essential Mahmud, ed. Mahmud Modibbo Abubakar (Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University, 1989).
Dynasty
Abubakar Garbai of Borno House of Kanemi | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sanda Wuduroma of Borno |
9th Shehu of Borno 1902-1922 |
Succeeded by Sanda Kura of Borno |
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