Kyari of Borno

Kyari or Khair bin Bukhar al-Kanemi (?-1894) was Shehu of Borno in 1893-1894.

Kyari
Reign	November–December 1893 - February–March 1894
Predecessor	Ashimi of Borno
Successor	Sanda Wuduroma of Borno
Died	February–March 1894 Borno
Dynasty	Kanemi
Father	Bukar Kura
Religion	Muslim

Reign of Kyari

Kyari became Shehu of Borno in 1893 when the country was invaded by Rabih az-Zubayr. One of his first acts was to kill his predecessor and uncle Ashimi of Borno.[1]

He set to reconquer Kukawa already occupied by Rabih az-Zubayr but was captured during the battle. According to oral tradition, his last words for Rabih were

Tell this giant of a slave that if I had captured him I would not have asked him anything, I would have killed him on the spot. Let him not ask me any further questions. If he has anything to do, let him[2]

Dynasty

Kyari of Borno House of Kanemi
Regnal titles
Preceded by Ashimi of Borno	7th Shehu of Borno 1893-1894	Succeeded by Sanda Wuduroma of Borno

See also

• Rabih az-Zubayr

Footnotes

1. Herbert Richmond Palmer, The Bornu Sahara and Sudan (London: John Murray, 1936), p. 269.
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), p.128.

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