Abu Bakr bin Ibrahim al-Kanemi (Bukr Garubai, or Abubakar Garbai) ibn Ibrahim was the Shehu of
Borno from 1902 to 1922.
Reign
Bukar Garbai (or Abubakar Garbai) ibn Ibrahim was the
Shehu of
Bornu from 1902 to 1922 and previous to that served as Shehu of
Dikwa
Dikwa is a town located in Borno State, Nigeria.
History of Dikwa
Dikwa used to be part of the kingdom of Borno before being captured by Rabih in 1893. The latter had the place fortified and Dikwa became the capital of his kingdom from 1893 ...
. In 1907 he founded
Yerwa
Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria. The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the ''Firki'' swamps in the areas around Lake Chad. Maiduguri was founded in 1907 as a mil ...
as the capital. Abubakar Garbai was the son of Shehu
Ibrahim Kura of Borno
Ibrahim or Ibrahim bin Umar al-Kanemi (1840s-c. 1885) was Shehu of Borno from c. 1884 to c. 1885.
Reign of Ibrahim
Ibrahim became ''Shehu'' of Borno in 1884 at the death of his brother Bukar Kura. His uncle, Abba Masta Kura had been recognised ...
and the brother of Shehu
Sanda Kura
Shehu Umar Sanda ibn Ibrahim Kura al-Kanemi was the Shehu of Borno from 1922 to 1937. He was the son of Shehu Ibrahim Kura of Borno and brother of Shehu Abubakar Garbai.Herbert Richmond Palmer, ''The Bornu Sahara and Sudan'' (London: John Murra ...
.
[Herbert Richmond Palmer, ''The Bornu Sahara and Sudan'' (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.]
File:Shehu Abubakar Garbai of Borno in 1906.jpg, Shehu Abubakar Garbai of Borno by Boyd Alexander
Lieutenant Boyd Alexander (16 January 1873 – 2 April 1910) was an English officer in the British Army, as well as an explorer and ornithologist.
Early life
Boyd was the oldest son (with a twin brother) of Lt Colonel Boyd Francis Alexander. ...
in 1906
File:Vol1BritishEmpireInAfrica 0017.jpg, Photograph of 6 emirs and sultans of Northern Nigeria at the Great Durbar in 1913 Kano
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
* Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
**Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
. Among them are Abubakar Garbai of Borno and Muhammad Abbass.
References
Bibliography
Bosworth, Clifford Edmond, ''The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual'' p. 128*Cohen, Ronald, ''The Kanuri of Bornu'', Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology (New York: Holt, 1967).
*''Dictionary of African Historical Biography'', p. 100.
*''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 15th Edition (1982), Vol. VI, p. 506.
* Isichei, Elizabeth, ''A History of African Societies to 1870'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), pp. 318–320, .
*
*Tukur, Mahmud Modibbo, ''The Imposition of British colonial domination on the Sokoto Caliphate, Borno and neighbouring states, 1879-1914: a reinterpretation of colonial sources'' (Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University, 1979).
*Tukur, Mahmud Modibbo, “Shehu Abubakar Garbai Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi and the establishment of British rule in Borno, 1902-1914” in ''The Essential Mahmud'', ed. Mahmud Modibbo Abubakar (Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University, 1989).
Dynasty
External links
Kanuri Studies Association
Royalty of Borno
1922 deaths
Year of birth missing
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