Sélimane dan Tintouma

Sélimane dan Tintouma († 1831 ; alternative spelling: Souleymane dan Tintouma ) was the first sultan of Zinder .

Life

Sélimane dan Tintouma came from a family of village chiefs in the Bornu empire who traced their descent to a pious man named Mallam who lived in the 17th century. Sélimane settled in the small village of Zinder in 1812 and founded the sultanate of the same name as part of Bornu. From there he first conquered the village of Damagaram . In addition to the title of Serki n'Zinder, he assumed the title of Serki n'Damagaram , as this was associated with more prestige. That is why the area of ​​the Sultanate of Zinder is also called Damagaram. Then Sélimane tried to conquer the Sossébaki state of Mirriah , which also belonged to Bornu and to which his ancestors still had to pay tribute, and initially failed despite several attempts. A family dispute in the Sossébaki dynasty finally enabled him to install a ruler subordinate to him in Mirriah. When the again Sélimane superior Sultan of Bornu did not agree and wanted to intervene militarily, Sélimane was able to defeat his soldiers and make rich booty, including a thousand camels. Subsequently, he enlarged the Sultanate of Zinder, including the domains of Dogo , Droum and Gouna . At Dakoussa he repulsed Tuareg advancing from the north . When Sélimane abdicated in 1822 for reasons of age, Zinder had risen to become the most powerful domain in the region. His successor was his son Ibrahim dan Sélimane .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Edmond Séré de Rivières: Histoire du Niger . Berger-Levrault, Paris 1965, pp. 135-136.