El-Kanemi dynasty

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The El-Kanemi dynasty was a ruling family that rose to power in the central Sudanic region, succeeding the Sayfawa dynasty and leading the Borno state through the 19th century amid Islamic reform and regional political change.

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Label Occurrences
El-Kanemi dynasty canonical 1
al-Kanemi dynasty of Bornu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African royal house ⓘ
Borno ruling family ⓘ
Muslim dynasty ⓘ
ruling dynasty ⓘ
basedIn Lake Chad region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin

present-day Niger borderlands ⓘ
present-day northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
present-day western Chad ⓘ
capital Kukawa ⓘ
Maiduguri ⓘ
coexistedWith Bagirmi Kingdom ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
Wadai Sultanate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Borno ⓘ
linked to: Bornu
endTime 1900s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
engagedIn diplomatic correspondence with Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
ethnicBase Kanuri people ⓘ
foundedBy Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasMember Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi ⓘ
Shehu Garbai ⓘ
linked to: Shehu

Shehu Kyari ⓘ
Shehu Sanda Kyarimi ⓘ
linked to: Shehu

Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin ⓘ
ideology Islamic reformism ⓘ
knownFor Islamic reform and state reorganization in Borno ⓘ
transition from Sayfawa to new Kanuri leadership ⓘ
language Kanuri language ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri
legacy continuing traditional Shehu of Borno institution in Nigeria ⓘ
legitimizedBy Islamic scholarship of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi ⓘ
notableEvent overthrow of the last Sayfawa mai of Borno ⓘ
relocation of the Borno capital to Kukawa ⓘ
resistance to Fulani jihad expansion from Sokoto ⓘ
politicalSystem Islamic monarchy ⓘ
predecessor Sayfawa dynasty ⓘ
region Central Sudanic region ⓘ
linked to: Sudanic belt
religion Islam ⓘ
replaced Sayfawa rulers of Borno ⓘ
linked to: Shehu of Borno
ruled Borno Empire ⓘ
linked to: Bornu Empire

Bornu Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Bornu Empire

Kanem–Bornu successor state ⓘ
linked to: Bornu Empire
startTime c. 1814 ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
subjectTo British colonial influence in the early 20th century ⓘ
German colonial pressure in the Lake Chad region ⓘ
titleOfRuler Shehu of Borno ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borno Emirate → linkedDynasty → El-Kanemi dynasty ⓘ
Shehu Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi → dynastyFounded → al-Kanemi dynasty of Bornu ⓘ
linked to: El-Kanemi dynasty