| Hamdan | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1726–1731 |
| Predecessor | Dunama VII |
| Successor | Muhammad VIII Ergama |
| Issue | Muhammad VIII Ergama Ali IV |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Dunama VII |
Hamdan (Ḥamdūn bin Dunama[1]), also known as Hajj-Hamdan (al-Ḥājj Ḥamdūn) and Hajj-Dunama (al-Ḥājj Dunama),[2] was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1726–1731.[1]
Life
[edit]Hamdan was the son of Dunama VII,[2] who he succeeded as mai in 1726.[1] He is known to have fought against the Mandara Kingdom, southwest of Bornu.[3] According to the German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Bornu in the mid-19th century, Hamdan was "a pious and indolent king, who appears to have made a pilgrimage".[4]
Hamdan was succeeded by his son Muhammad VIII Ergama[2] in 1731.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 82.
- ^ Gronenborn, Detlef (2001). "Kanem-Borno: A Brief Summary of the History and Archaeology of an Empire of the Central bilad al-sudan". West Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives. Bloomsbury. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4742-9104-0.
- ^ Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. p. 660.
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