Muhammad al-Kânemî

Islamic scholar, teacher, religious and political leader

1776 CE to 1837 CE

Shehu al-Hajj Muhammad al-Amîn ibn Muhammad al-Kânemî (1776–1837) is an Islamic scholar, teacher, religious and political leader who advises and eventually supplants the Sayfawa dynasty of the Kanem-Bornu Empire.

In 1846, Al-Kanemi's son Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin becomes the sole ruler of Borno, an event that marks the end of the Sayfawa dynasty's eight hundred year rule.

The current Shehu of Bornu, a traditional ruler whose seat remains in modern Borno State, Nigeria, is descended from Al-Kanemi.

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