Ahmadu Zumaru
Ahmadu can refer to: Several leaders of the West African Massina Empire: * Seku Amadu (1773–1845), Islamic sheikh and founder of the Massina Empire * Amadu II of Masina (r. 1845–1852), his son * Amadu III of Masina (1852–1862), his grandson Other persons: * Ahmadu Tall or Ahmadu Seku (1864–1892), the last independent Toucouleur ruler before the arrival of French colonial rule * Ahmadu Bello, the first Premier of Northern Nigeria {{disambiguation ...
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Seku Amadu
Sheikhu Ahmadu ( ar-at, شيخ أحمد بن محمّد لبّو, Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo; ff, Seeku Aamadu ; ) (c. 1776 – 20 April 1845) was the Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger Delta, now the Mopti Region of Mali. He ruled as ''Almami'' from 1818 until his death in 1845, also taking the title ''Cisse al-Masini''. Early years Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Būbū bin Abī Bakr bin Sa'id al-Fullānī ( ff, Aamadu Hammadi Buubu) was born around 1776 and was raised by Hamman Lobbo, his father's younger brother. Amadu was a pupil of the Qadiriyya Sufi teacher Sidi Mukhtar al-Kunti. In the Inner Niger Delta region, alliances of Fulbe traders ruled the towns like Djenné, but non-Moslem Bambara people controlled the river. The Fulbe ''ardo'en'' were tributary to the Bambara of Ségou, and practiced a form of Islam that was far from pure. Seku Amadu may have served in the Sokoto ''jihad'' before returning to the Massina reg ...
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