Back مملكة باقرمي Arabic Baqirmi sultanlığı Azerbaijani Sultanat de Baguirmi Catalan Sultanat Baguirmi German Reino de Baguirmi Spanish Bagirmi Finnish Royaume du Baguirmi French Sultanate of Bagirmi Hausa Regno di Baguirmi Italian Bagirmi Lithuanian
Sultanate of Bagirmi | |||||||||
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| 1480/1522–1897 | |||||||||
 Bagirmi (pink) in the Lake Chad region around 1890 | |||||||||
| Status | Sultanate, tributary state of the Bornu Empire | ||||||||
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| Common languages | Bagirmi | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam, African Traditional Religion | ||||||||
| Mbang, later Sultan | |||||||||
• 1480/1522–1536 | Abd al-Mahmud Begli/Birni Besse | ||||||||
• 1885–1912 | Gaourang II | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established | 1480/1522 | ||||||||
• Islam becomes state religion | 1568–1608 | ||||||||
• French protectorate established | 1897 | ||||||||
• French dominance secured | 1901 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 70.000[1] sq mi (181.30 km2) | ||||||||
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The Sultanate or Kingdom of Bagirmi or Baghermi[2] (French: Royaume du Baguirmi) was a kingdom and Islamic sultanate southeast of Lake Chad in central Africa. It was founded in either 1480 or 1522 and lasted until 1897, when it became a French protectorate. Its capital was Massenya, north of the Chari River and close to the border to modern Cameroon. The kings wore the title Mbang.
- ^ Zehnle 2017, p. 30.
- ^ EB (1878).
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