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
Sanda Kura Shehu of Dikwa
The severed head of Rabih az-Zubayr
Sanda Kura in 1936
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
Sanda Kura
…Rabih az-Zubayr (who had ruled the empire as emir in 1893–1900). Sanda Kura was deposed by the French after a brief reign and replaced with his brother Abubakar Garbai, under whom what remained of Kanem–Bornu was incorporated into the French and British colonial empires. Sanda Kura later served as the shehu of the…
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.