Duguwa Dynasty
Duguwa is the name of the dynasty that ruled the kingdom of Kanem in the Lake Chad region since the beginning to 1068 AD.
Immigrants of the decaying Assyrian Empire: 600 BC
It was assumed initially that the direct ancestors of the Duguwa Sefuwa - Humewa were dated them despite the lack of synchronisms immediately before that time. However, Al- Ya'qubi mentioned n the 9th century BC a king Kak.rh that will not appear in the sofa. More recent research indicates that denote the first ten royal name of the sofa not the pre-Islamic sacral kings Kanems but kings of the ancient Near East. They were obviously used to provide clues to the history of the immigrants who built west BC as the successor state of the crumbling Assyrian Empire of Lake Chad the state of Kanem to 600.
First Dynasty Kanems: Descendants of ancient Near Eastern kings of Babylonian tradition
The Arab Chronicle sofa king dated Duku, the ancestor of Duguwa, together with Sef, the ancestor of Sefuwa, in the time of the biblical patriarch Abraham. She has the ranking Sef, Abraham (Arabic: Ibrahim ), Duku. Due to their descent from Sef and Duku the Duguwa are actually called Sefuwa - Duguwa. The Arab geographers mention the US-led Duguwa ruling class under the name Zaghawa, thus suggesting a certain resemblance to other historic Zaghawa of the western and central Sudan close. However, were the historically attested Zaghawa, in contrast to today's Zaghawa of the border region between Chad and Sudan, not nomads.
Abd -al- Jalil was the only one mentioned in the King of the divan Duguwa that actually prevailed in Kanem. His reign lasted from 1064 to 1068th In the context of the Islamization Sefuwa - Duguwa were overthrown in 1068 AD by the Sefuwa - Humewa. Gradually marginalized, they survive today in the blacksmith caste of the same name in Kanem east of Lake Chad.