Gaourang II of Bagirmi
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Abd ar-Rahman Gaourang II was Mbang of Bagirmi from 1885 to 1918. He came to power at a time when the sultanate was in terminal decline, subject to both Wadai and Bornu. The Sudanese warlord Rabih az-
Mbang Gaourang (left) with Kolak Dud Murra of Wadai (right)
Émile Gentil made the first French treaty with Gaourang
Rabih's head in 1900
Rabih az-Zubayr
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Rabih az-Zubayr bin Fadlallah was a Sudanese warlord, adventurer, and slave trader who through conquests established a large and powerful empire in Central and West Africa in the late 19th century. A
Gaourang II of Bagirmi
…Bagirmi from 1885 to 1918. He came to power at a time when the sultanate was in terminal decline, subject to both Wadai and Bornu. The Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr made him his vassal in 1893. Gaourang signed a treaty that made his sultanate a French protectorate in 1897. After the final defeat of Rabih in 1900…
Statue of Rabih at the National Museum Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria
One of Rabih's cannons
Battle flags of Rabih
Rabih's palace at Dikwa