Sultanate of Bagirmi
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The Sultanate or Kingdom of Bagirmi was an Islamic sultanate southeast of Lake Chad in Central Africa. Founded in 1522, it was a tributary to the Bornu Empire for much of its existence, and lasted unt
"Horseman from Bagirmi" by Dixon Denham, 1823.
The Mbang Abd ar Rahman Gwaranga (left) with Wadai's Dud Murra (right)
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-
Sultanate of Bagirmi
…destroyed. Internal conflicts weakened the state further. In 1893, warlord Rabih az-Zubayr conquered Baguirmi and burnt down its capital Massenya. Mbang Abd ar-Rahman Gaourang II appealed to the French for support, making Bagirmi a French protectorate after the signing of a treaty in 1897. In 1900 the combined forces of the…
Émile Gentil made the first French treaty with Gaourang
Rabih's head in 1900