Kuri I Gana
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| Kuri I Gana | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1326–1327 |
| Predecessor | Selema |
| Successor | Kuri II Kura |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Abdullah II |
Kuri I Gana (Kure Gana bin ʿAbdallāh[1]) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1326–1327.[1]
Life
[edit]Kuri Gana was the son of Abdullah II and an unknown mother.[2] He succeeded his brother Selema as mai[2] in 1326,[1] after Selema's death in battle against the Sao.[3][4] The Sao lived south of Lake Chad[4] and had been greatly reduced, but not wiped out or completely subjugated, under earlier mais. The Sao rose up against the empire in Selema's time.[3] After a brief reign, Kuri Gana was likewise defeated and killed in battle by the Sao.[3][4] He was succeeded as mai by another brother, Kuri II Kura.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 80.
- ^ 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. 639.
- ^ a b c Niane, Djibril Tamsir, ed. (1984). General history of Africa, IV: Africa from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. University of California. p. 263. ISBN 978-92-3-101710-0. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
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