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Realm · approximate borders · 1516–1804

Kingdom of Kebbi

Kanta Kuta of Leka broke from Songhai in 1516–17, and under Muhammad Kanta Kebbi became the leading power of western Hausaland, taking tribute from the Hausa states (which stopped after 1556) and holding Zamfara and Gobir as tributaries until c. 1715.

Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Kebbi'. A reduced Kebbi along the Kebbi river after Zamfara and Gobir revolted (c. 1715), until the jihad defeated it (1805–08); the dynasty survived at Argungu. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Kebbi'.

See Kingdom of Kebbi on the map in 1516

On the map
1516–1804
Capital
Surame; Birnin Kebbi

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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