Al-Kanemi's Defence of Bornu

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1808 – 1812 · Bornu Empire (al-Kanemi) vs Sokoto jihadists

After Fulani jihadists sacked the Bornu capital Ngazargamu in 1808, the scholar-warrior Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi rallied resistance, halted the Sokoto jihad's eastward expansion, and became Bornu's effective ruler.

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