The farthest extent of the medieval Kanem–Bornu state.
Sayfawa dynasty, Sefouwa, Sefawa, or Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the Muslim kings (or mai, as they called themselves) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire,[1] centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno (today north-eastern Nigeria).
The dynasty was rooted in the Tubu expansion by the Kanembu.[2]
"The legendary eponymous ancestor of the Saifawa, as the Maghumi are called, only became in Muslim times Saif, the 'lion of Yaman.'[3]: 9 The pre-Muslim dynasty is known as the Duguwa dynasty.[1]: 26
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Sayfawadynasty, Sefouwa, Sefawa, or Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the Muslim kings (or mai, as they called themselves) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, centered...
founder of the Sayfawadynasty. He ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from either 1085 to 1097 or 1075 to 1086, after 'Abd ul Jalil of the Duguwa dynasty was overthrown...
(1092-1150) was the king of the Kanem–Bornu Empire and a member of the Sayfawadynasty. He was born to Hummay and a Toubou wife and succeeded his father as...
arrived in Kanem in the ninth century and united the population into the Sayfawadynasty. This tradition however, is likely a product of later Islamic influence...
early kingdom came with the rule of Mai (King) Dunama Dabbalemi of the Sayfawadynasty, who reigned from 1221 to 1259. He was the first of the Kanembu to...
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty...
the transition of the beginning of the Bornu Empire. The once strong Sayfawadynasty was forced out of Kanem and back into the nomadic lifestyle they had...
late 11th century, the Islamic Sayfawa (Saifawa) dynasty was founded by Humai (Hummay) ibn Salamna. The Sayfawadynasty ruled for 771 years, making it...
1270. states that Manan was the capital of Kanem kingdom until the Sayfawadynasty rulers converted to Islam, conquered the region, and thereafter the...
Dunama Dabbalemi, or Dounama Dibbalém, of the Sayfawadynasty, was the mai (king) of the Kanem Empire, in present-day Chad, from 1210 to 1224. A fervent...
Crowder (ed.), History of West Africa, vol. I, 1st ed., London, 1971, 158–183. Yves Urvoy: L'empire du Bornou, Paris 1949. Sayfawadynasty Kanem Empire...
civil wars within the state, reuniting N'jimi, the former capital, under Sayfawa control. Furthermore, he introduced significant legal reforms based on...
The last major expansion of the jihadists was the toppling of the Sayfawadynasty in 1846. Muhammed Bello, the son of Usman dan Fodio, transformed the...
the al-Kanemi dynasty, dates to the accession of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi in the early 19th century, displacing the Sayfawadynasty which had ruled...
the emperor of the Kanem–Bornu Empire from 1376 to 1379 during the Sayfawadynasty. Africa, International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General...
are likely of Hausa origin.: 20 During the late 14th-century, the Sayfawadynasty, which had ruled Kanem for centuries, fled their capital of Birni Njimi...
sons responded by launching a war of succession, which weakened the Sayfawadynasty and made it vulnerable to external attacks and war with the Bulala...
14th century near lake Fitri as a nomadic clan led by scions of the Sayfawadynasty. They were originally a political entity that came about as a result...
1356 to 1369 during the Sayfawadynasty Othman II: ruled the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1369 to 1371 during the Sayfawadynasty Othman III: ruled the Kanem-Bornu...
the Djotodia administration c. 1203–1243 Dunama Dabbalemi, of the Sayfawadynasty, mai of the Kanem Empire, declared jihad against the surrounding tribes...
(1776-1837), ruler of the Sayfawadynasty (1809-1837) Umar of Borno, successor of his father and ruler of the Sayfawadynasty (1837-1881) Yusuf Karamanli...
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