Abubakar Garbai
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Abu Bakr ibn Ibrahim Kura al-Kanemi, known as Abubakar Garbai and Bukar Garbai, was the last ruler of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, ruling as shehu in 1900 and in 1901–1902. He later served as the first she
Abubakar Garbai in 1912
Six emirs and sultans of Northern Nigeria gathered at the Great Durbar in Kano for a 1913 New Years celebration. Garbai is the third from the left.
Sanda Kura
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Umar Sanda ibn Ibrahim Kura al-Kanemi, known as Sanda Kura or Sanda Kori, was shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire for a few months in 1900, taking power with French support after the defeat of the warlord
Abubakar Garbai
…and British conflicts against the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr, who had ruled Kanem–Bornu in 1893–1900. After Rabih's defeat, Garbai's brother Sanda Kura was made shehu by the French. Sanda Kura's rule was dissatisfactory to the French, who replaced him with Garbai in July or August 1900. Garbai's reign…
Sanda Kura Shehu of Dikwa
The severed head of Rabih az-Zubayr
Sanda Kura in 1936