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Realm · approximate borders · 1522–1897

Kingdom of Baguirmi

Sultanate on the Chari south-east of Lake Chad. It was a tributary of Bornu for much of its history (fully independent in the 18th century), was conquered by Wadai in 1805 and by Rabih az-Zubayr in 1893, but kept its own mbang.

French protectorate 1897. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Baguirmi'.

See Kingdom of Baguirmi on the map in 1522

On the map
1522–1897
Capital
Massenya

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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