THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1731–1899

Sultanate of Damagaram

Sultanate founded in 1731 near Mirriah by Muslim Kanuri aristocrats, at first a vassal of Bornu; it absorbed Bornu's other western vassals and made Zinder its capital. Source: Wikipedia 'Sultanate of Damagaram'.

In the 19th century Damagaram absorbed some 18 Bornu vassal states and was effectively independent; the Voulet–Chanoine column took Zinder in 1899. Source: Wikipedia 'Sultanate of Damagaram'.

See Sultanate of Damagaram on the map in 1851

On the map
1731–1899
Capital
Myrria, then Zinder; Zinder

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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