Sanda Kyarimi

Sanda Kyarimi
Sanda Kyarimi in 1948
Shehu of Borno
Reign25 May 1937 – 29 December 1967
PredecessorSanda Kura
SuccessorUmar
Shehu of Dikwa
Reign1917 – 25 May 1937
PredecessorSanda Mandarama
SuccessorMasta Kyarimi
Born1872
Kukawa, Kanem–Bornu Empire
Died29 December 1967 (aged 95)
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Dynastyal-Kanemi dynasty
FatherKyari

Sir Umar ibn Muhammad al-Kanemi KBE (1872 – 29 December 1967), known as Sanda Kyarimi, Sanda Kiarimi, or just Sanda, was the shehu of the Borno Emirate, a traditional state in Nigeria, from 1937 to 1967. He previously served as the shehu of the Dikwa Emirate, another traditional state, from 1917 to 1937.

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