Bukar Kura
| Bukar Kura | |
|---|---|
Bukar Kura's official seal, 1881 | |
| Shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | December 1881 – 1884/1885 |
| Predecessor | Umar Kura |
| Successor | Ibrahim Kura |
| Born | c. 1830 |
| Died | Between November 1884 and March 1885 (aged c. 54–55) |
| Burial | |
| Issue | Kyari Sanda Wuduroma |
| Dynasty | al-Kanemi dynasty |
| Father | Umar Kura |
Abu Bakr bin Umar al-Kanemi, called Bukar Kura or simply Bukar, was the shehu (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1881–1884/1885. The empire began to experience a severe economic crisis in Bukar's reign. The shehu took several measures to halt the crisis, going so far as to implement the so-called kumoreji in 1883 which meant appropriating half the wealth of the peasants of the empire. Bukar was a proven military commander and had an energetic personality. Widely regarded as a promising ruler, Bukar died prematurely and unexpectedly in 1884 or 1885.