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Post by nebsen on Sept 17, 2018 18:43:17 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Sept 18, 2018 21:29:43 GMT -5
Given the location and the age of the city, I would think it would've been one of the cities of the Kanem Bornu empire, although the article didn't mentioned that, they made seemed like a stand alone.
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Post by ramciel on Oct 11, 2020 14:51:49 GMT -5
This is a Kanuri capital that used to be called Zara Aura. Not much mystery here. It's just very well preserved due to little rain. Other Kanuri cities and trading outposts like Djaba, Fachi, Seguedine and Bilma are similar but more heavily eroded. www.researchgate.net/publication/320004300_Kanuri_Complete |
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Post by anansi on Oct 12, 2020 5:27:58 GMT -5
This is a Kanuri capital that used to be called Zara Aura. Not much mystery here. It's just very well preserved due to little rain. Other Kanuri cities and trading outposts like Djaba, Fachi, Seguedine and Bilma are similar but more heavily eroded. www.researchgate.net/publication/320004300_Kanuri_CompleteInteresting also that Housa mythology also claimed an Iraqi Prince Bayajidda, inserted himself in their royal house, not Yemeni but still reflect Arab contacts, what ever the truth of the matter thanks for the link, good reading so far. |
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Post by ramciel on Oct 12, 2020 17:38:07 GMT -5
Interesting also that Housa mythology also claimed an Iraqi Prince Bayajidda, inserted himself in their royal house, not Yemeni but still reflect Arab contacts, what ever the truth of the matter thanks for the link, good reading so far. Not just the Kanuri, many seemingly related ethnic groups in eastern Chad, Adamawa State, Gombe State, and Borno State claim descent from non-islamic Yemenis or Levantines that migrated together through Misra from the 7th and 8th century to Lake Chad where they encountered the Sao. The Kanuri specifically first settled a few hundred kilometers north of Lake Chad probably in Séguédine. The first Kanembu mai was Sef or Saif in the 8th century. After Islam spread in the 11th century people started to connect Mai Sef with the legendary Yemeni hero Sayf ibn Shi Yazan, which lead to the change of the name from the Sefuwa dynasty to the Sayfawa. A Bura Nigerian wrote a book about his own studies into the Bura/Pabir's origins from the east. The Bura are one of the groups said to have came with the Kanuri from Yemen. He also writes on the origin of the Kanem, Bornu, and Mandara states. www.amazon.com/dp/149690432X/On a related note, massive gold fields have been discovered in the Djado plateau since 2012, with mining centered in Djado and Chirfa. A lot of people have been digging around and searching with metal detectors and other equipment over the past decade. Wonder if they discovered anything. |
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