Masta Gumsumi

Masta Gumsumi
Shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire
ReignDecember 1900 – February 1901
PredecessorAbubakar Garbai
SuccessorAbubakar Garbai
Died1904 (1905)
Dikwa, German Cameroon
Dynastyal-Kanemi dynasty
FatherUmar Kura

Muhammad al-Mustafa ibn Umar al-Kanemi, called Masta Gumsumi, Manta Kura, and Abba Masta Kura, was the penultimate shehu (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, ruling in 1900–1901. Masta Gumsumi was made shehu when his nephew Abubakar Garbai went missing in the aftermath of a battle and was deposed upon Garbai's return.

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