Ibrahim Kura of Borno

Ibrahim or Ibrahim Kura
Reign November 1884 to February or March 1885 - October 1885 to February 1886[1]
Predecessor Bukar Kura
Successor Ashimi of Borno
Dynasty Kanemi
Father Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Born 1840s
Died October 1885 to February 1886
Borno
Burial Kukawa
Religion Muslim

Ibrahim or Ibrahim Kura (1840s-c. 1885) was Shehu of Borno from c. 1884 to c. 1885.

Reign of Ibrahim

Ibrahim became Shehu of Borno in 1884 at the death of his brother Bukar Kura. His uncle, Abba Masta Kura had been recognised Shehu before him but Ibrahim succeeded to bribe his way to the throne. His one-year reign was marked by an intense political crisis in Kukawa.[2]

Dynasty

Ibrahim Kura of Borno
House of Kanemi
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Bukar Kura
5th Shehu of Borno
c. 1884-c. 1885
Succeeded by
Ashimi of Borno

Footnotes

  1. Lavers, John, "The Al- Kanimiyyin Shehus: a Working Chronology" in Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs, 268, Bd. 2, Frankfurt a. M. 1993: 179-186.
  2. Louis Brenner, The Shehus of Kukawa: A History of the Al-Kanemi Dynasty of Bornu, Oxford Studies in African Affairs (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973), pp.86-88.

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