Rulers of the Bamum

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List of the rulers of the Bamum people, an ethnic group located in Cameroon.

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.)

Mfon = Ruler

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1394 Foundation of the Sultanate of Fumban by the Mfon of the Bamum (Mum)
Mfon (Sultans)
1757 to 1814 Mbouombouo, Mfon  
1814 to 1817 Gbetnkom, Mfon  
1817 to 1818 Mbeikuo, Mfon  
1818 to 1865 Ngouhouo, Mfon  
1865 to 1865 Ngoungoure, Mfon  
1865 to 14 July 1884 Nsangou, Mfon  
14 July 1884 Incorporated into Cameroon
14 July 1884 to 1889 Nsangou, Mfon (contd.)
1889 to 1931 Ibrahim Njoya, Mfon  
1931 to 1933 Interregnum  
1933 to 1992 al-Haji Seidou Njimoluh Njoya, Mfon  
1992 to present al-Haji Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, Mfon  [1]



[edit] References

DeLancey, Mark W., and Mokeba, H. Mbella (1990) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J., ISBN 0585070326 ;

[edit] See also

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