Muhammad VIII Ergama
| Muhammad VIII Ergama | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1731–1747 |
| Predecessor | Hamdan |
| Successor | Dunama VIII Gana |
| Issue | Dunama VIII Gana (?) |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Hamdan |
Muhammad VIII Ergama[a] (Muḥammad Ergama bin Ḥamdūn[2]), also spelled Muhammad Erghamma,[3] was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1731–1747.[2]
Life
[edit]Muhammad VIII Ergama was the son of Hamdan,[4] who he succeeded as mai in 1731.[2] According to the German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Bornu in the mid-19th century, very little was recorded of Muhammad's reign. Barth mentions only a famine, which lasted two years. According to Barth, the mais of Muhammad's general timeframe rarely left their palace residences and "indulged in luxury and ostentation, while the kingdom was falling to pieces and became unable to resist any shock which might come from without".[3]
Muhammad was succeeded in 1747 by Dunama VIII Gana,[2] probably his son.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Some chronologies of Kanem–Bornu rulers omit the 14th-century Muhammad II, lowering the regnal numbers of later rulers of this name. This ruler is then considered Muhammad VII.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. pp. 33–34, 146.
- ^ 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 Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. p. 660.
- ^ a b Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 82.
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