Dunama VIII Gana
| Dunama VIII Gana | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1747–1750 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad VIII Ergama |
| Successor | Ali IV |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Muhammad VIII Ergama (?) |
Dunama VIII Gana[a] (Dunama bin Muḥammad[2]) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1747–1750.[2] Gana is a nickname, meaning "the little".[3]
Life
[edit]Dunama succeeded Muhammad VIII Ergama as mai in 1747.[2] Dunama was probably Muhammad Ergama's son[4] and was apparently young at the time of his accession.[3] According to the German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Bornu in the mid-19th century, Dunama ruled for 2 years and 7 months, and the only noteworthy event of his short reign was a very severe famine.[3]
Dunama was succeeded in 1750 by Ali IV.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Some chronologies of Kanem–Bornu rulers omit the 14th-century Dunama III, lowering the regnal numbers of later rulers of this name. This ruler is then considered Dunama VII.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. pp. 33–34, 146.
- ^ a b c d Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
- ^ a b c Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. p. 660.
- ^ Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 82.
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