This man's naval efforts included ordering the construction of flat-bottomed boats and makingimprovements to the Yobe River.
This man's naval efforts included ordering the construction of flat-bottomed boats and makingimprovements to the Yobe River. Legend states that this man was nearly killed as a youth severaltimes by Dala, whose efforts were thwarted by his mother Amsa, and he then had to contend withQueen Aissa to claim the throne. This man's royal house remained on the throne until the death ofAli V (*) Dalatumi in 1846. This member of the Sayfawa Dynasty received two hundred Ottomandiplomats at Ngazargamu, one of many events of his life chronicled by Ibn Fartuwa. For 10 points, namethis great seventeenth-century "mai" or king of Kanem-Bornu.
This man's naval efforts included ordering the construction of flat-bottomed boats and makingimprovements to the Yobe River.
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