Kyari of Bornu

Kyari
Shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire
ReignNovember/December 1893 – February/March 1894
PredecessorAshimi
SuccessorSanda Wuduroma
DiedFebruary/March 1894
Gashegar, Bornu
IssueSanda Kyarimi
Dynastyal-Kanemi dynasty
FatherBukar Kura

Muhammad al-Amin bin Abu Bakr al-Kanemi, called Kyari or Kiyari, was briefly the shehu (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1893–1894. A son of shehu Bukar Kura (r. 1881–1884/1885), Kyari was twice passed over for the throne before he was appointed shehu in 1893, during Rabih az-Zubayr's invasion of the empire. Kyari rallied the imperial armies in the aftermath of Rabih's destruction of Kukawa, the capital, but was captured and executed by Rabih after ruling for only about three months.

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