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Thomas M. Turk is a well research biographer of the ancient African civilization.

The is a well research biography of a prominent king in the west part of africa, Mai Idris Alooma and the greatness he archive in his life and what he brought to his people and Empire.

The Province of Bornu is located in the Northeast corner of Nigeria and surrounded in the East by the coasts of Lake Chad. The Kanuri, a people of Barbar extraction, is the most. important tribe in the kingdom while the Arabs (known locally as Shuwa), the Fulani(Fellata), and a considerable number of still primitive. still, primitive animals inhabit the Province including elephants, antelope, gazelle, and an immense variety of bird life.
The account of Ahmed ibn Fartua is not only charming in style, but if the fair adjustment is made for the normal worship of a ruling ruler by his lowly servant, it bears the mark of fact. That Mai Idris was the great warrior he is supposed to be may be subject to dispute. The deployment of Turkish musketeers against an adversary equipped with bows, arrows, and. spears would seem to h

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Today, I will be talking about Idris Alooma (also Idris Alaoma, or Idris Alauma), the only Bornu King whose name has survived the test of time. This article is long overdue, as it focuses on the Bornu and Kanem-Bornu empires.

Idris Alooma’s reign belonged to the great Sayfawa or Sefuwa dynasty which ruled the Bornu empire from the 16th and 17th centuries. According to the Diwan al-salatin Bornu, Idris Alaoma was the 54th King of the Sefawadynasty, and ruled the Kanem-Bornu empire located in modern-day Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria. In many works, he is known by his mother’s name, Idris Amsami, i.e. Idris, son of Amsa. The name Aloomais a posthumous qualificative, named after a place, Aloor Alao, where he was buried. He was crowned king at the age of 25-26. According to the Diwan, he ruled from 1564 to 1596. He died during a battle in the Baguirmi where he was mortally wounded; he was later buried in Lake Alo, south of the actual Maiduguri, thus the name Alooma.

Idris was an outstanding statesman, and under his rule, the Kanem-Bornu touched the

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Idris Alooma

Ruler of the West African empire of Bornu

al-HajIdris Alooma (born Idris ibn Ali) was Mai (ruler) of the Bornu empire (r. 1571–1602/03), covering parts of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria.^[3]^[4]^[5] His achievements are primarily chronicled by Ahmad bin Fartuwa, his chief Imam.^[6]^[7]^: 269 His reign marked the end of the Kanem civil wars within the state, reuniting N'jimi, the former capital, under Sayfawa control. Furthermore, he introduced significant legal reforms based on Islamic law, establishing qadi courts that operated independently from the executive branch. He was credited with leading the empire to what is often regarded as its zenith during the late 16th-century and early 17th-century.^[8]^: 151^[9]^[10]

Bornu faced instability before his reign, including famines, raids from neighbours, and internal conflicts. By the conclusion of his rule, he had successfully expanded Bornu's influence over vast territories, including the majority