Polity Maroua Sultanate

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Was a precolonial polity in Cameroon.

Establishment

  • January 1802: In 1801, Maroua lamidat was founded by Fulbe warrior Modibbo Adama. The territory was later incorporated into the Maroua Sultanate under the leadership of Sultan Seiny Boukar Lamine.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1901: Inglobated into German Kamerun. By the end of the XIX century the whole of Cameroon was conquered by Germany (however, the egular indigenous revolts continued).

Selected Sources

  • Konrad, S. (2008): Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte, Munich (Germany), p. 30