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Name: Sultanate of Damagaram

Type: Polity

Start: 1732 AD

End: 1899 AD

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The Sultanate of Damagaram was founded in 1731 (near Myrria, modern Niger) by Muslim Kanouri aristocrats.

Establishment


  • January 1732: The Sultanate of Damagaram was founded in 1731 by Muslim Kanouri aristocrats.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1743: The Hausa kingdom of Gobir expands to include Zinder (Niger) and Sabon Birni (Nigeria).

  • January 1775: Mirriah, a city in West Africa, became the seat of an independent Sossébaki state under the rule of Bazaza, a prominent leader in the region, in 1774. The territory eventually came under the control of the Myrria Kingdom.

  • February 1804: The Sokoto Caliphate was a sovereign Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa that was founded during the jihad of the Fulani War in 1804 by Usman dan Fodio.

  • January 1841: In the 1830s, the small band of Bornu nobles and retainers conquered the Myrria kingdom.

  • July 1899: Meeting on 30 July at the Battle of Tirmini, 10 km from Zinder, the well-armed Senegalese-French troops defeated the Sultan and took Damagaram's capital.

  • Disestablishment


  • July 1899: Meeting on 30 July at the Battle of Tirmini, 10 km from Zinder, the well-armed Senegalese-French troops defeated the Sultan and took Damagaram's capital.
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