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Ali Gazi

Type Figure Region Central Africa Time c. 1440–1497 Also known as Ali Gazi、Ali ibn Dunama、Amir Ali、阿里·伊本·杜纳马、埃米尔·阿里

Ali Gazi (dates unknown, reigned c. 1465/1472–1497) was a Sayfawa sultan of Kanem-Bornu who advanced Islamic scholarship and administration, making B…

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  1. c. 1465–1470Bornu (Lake Chad Basin) · BornuInherited the Sayfawa throne, integrated the peoples and city-states around Lake Chad, and restored central control over trade routes and the tribute system, laying the political groundwork for the empire's mid-period expansion.
  2. 1471–1480Bornu (Lake Chad Basin) · BornuPromoted Islamic law and scholarly traditions, recruiting scholars from North Africa and locally; controlled trans-Saharan routes, accumulating wealth through the salt, livestock, and slave trades, and strengthened influence over the Hausa states and neighboring nomadic powers.
  3. 1481–1497Bornu (Lake Chad Basin) · BornuContinued to maintain the empire's territory and trade networks, creating conditions for further expansion by later Sayfawa rulers such as Idris Alawma; died c. 1497, after which the empire entered a new stage of development.

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