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Page 64
... Kanem . It is not only Al Muhallabi who stresses the divine kingship element in Kanem . Right up to Maqrizi in the fifteenth century , the strange nature of the Kanem monarchy continues to be a domi- nant theme in the Arab writings ...
... Kanem . It is not only Al Muhallabi who stresses the divine kingship element in Kanem . Right up to Maqrizi in the fifteenth century , the strange nature of the Kanem monarchy continues to be a domi- nant theme in the Arab writings ...
Page 104
... Kanem - Bornu and the Hausa kingdoms . The legends of origin for the eastern Guinea states , and the marked similarities in their political structure , indicate that the idea of the ' Sudanic ' state spread south and west from the ...
... Kanem - Bornu and the Hausa kingdoms . The legends of origin for the eastern Guinea states , and the marked similarities in their political structure , indicate that the idea of the ' Sudanic ' state spread south and west from the ...
Page 116
... Kanem had been forced to shelter in Bornu , the province of its empire to the south - west of Lake Chad , following the overrun- ning of Kanem by the Bulala . These were a people comparable to the Zaghawa , who were themselves being ...
... Kanem had been forced to shelter in Bornu , the province of its empire to the south - west of Lake Chad , following the overrun- ning of Kanem by the Bulala . These were a people comparable to the Zaghawa , who were themselves being ...
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