Kurmina-fari

The Kurmina-fari or Kanfari was the title of a major administrative and military position in the Songhai Empire. The position was broadly in charge of the western half of the empire, and was based in Tindirma. The position was created by Askia Mohammad I in 1494 soon after he took power from Sonni Ali. His brother Umar Komadiago was the first Kurmina-fari, and several of his sons would hold the position after him.^[1]^: 226 The Kurmina-fari was often the eldest son or brother of the ruling Askia.

List of Kurmina-fari

This list comes from the Tarikh al-Sudan.^[2] Dates and english spellings are derived mostly from Michael A. Gomez's book African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa.

Umar Komadiago b. Abu Bakr, 1494–1520
Yahya b. Abu Bakr, 1520–1529
Uthman Yawbobo, 1529–1530
Mohammed Bonkana Kirya, 1530–1531
Uthman Tinfarin, 1531–1537
Hammad Aryao b. Mohammad Kirai, 1537–1539
‘Alī Kusira, 1539–1543
Dāwūd, 1543–1549
Kashiya b. ‘Uthmān Tinfarin, 1549-15??
Ya’qūb b. Askia Mohammad I, 15??-1578
Muḥammad Bonkana b. Dāwūd, 1578–1582
Al-Hādī b. Dāwūd, 1582–1584
Ṣāliḥ b. Dāwūd, 1584-March 1588
Mahmud b. Ismail, 1588-1592

References

^ Gomez, Michael (2018). African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691177427.
^ Sadi, Abd el Ramin (1900). Houdas, Octave Victor (ed.). Tarikh es-Soudan (in French). Paris: Leroux. p. 213. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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[Gomez-1] Gomez, Michael (2018). African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691177427.

[2] Sadi, Abd el Ramin (1900). Houdas, Octave Victor (ed.). Tarikh es-Soudan (in French). Paris: Leroux. p. 213. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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