Ngazargamu

Gazargamo was the capital of Bornu Empire from 1460 bis 1809. The town was 150 km west of Lake Chad in Komadugu Yobe valley in the northeast of present-day Nigeria. The impressive remains of the 6.6 km long city wall, which in some places reached a height of four meters and the moat can still be seen to this day. The city was originally built by the king Ali Gayi (1455-1487) built after the expulsion of the last representatives of the Dawudiden branch of Sefuwa to consolidate its rule over Bornu.

The city was an important trade and scholarly center with up to 20,000 inhabitants.

After several attacks, the city was conquered in 1809 by the Fulani jihadists destroyed in 1809 and to the extent that it was never inhabited again later.

Bibliography

  • Barth, Heinrich: Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, 5 vols Gotha 1857-8, reprint 2005 ( here Vol. 4, pp. 22-24 ).
  • Louis Brenner: The Shehus of Kukawa, Oxford 1973 ( here pp. 20, 32-34 ).
  • Lange, Dierk: A Sudanic Chronicle: the Borno Expeditions of Idris Alauma, Wiesbaden 1987 ( here p 114-117 ).

13.04722222222212.227777777778Koordinaten: 13 ° 2 ' 50 " N, 12 ° 13' 40" E

  • History ( Nigeria)
  • Wüstung
  • Historical city
  • Yobe
  • Former capital (Nigeria )
Sayfawa dynasty Fula jihads Heinrich Barth
362883
de