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Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845

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Personal name headingShehu Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
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Variant(s)Aamadu Hammadi Buubu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Saʻid Lobbo, Shaykh, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Abī Bakr, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Būbū bin Abī Bakr bin Saʻīd al-Fullānī, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abū Bakr ibn Saʻīd, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmad Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadou ben Mohammed, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadou Hammadi, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadou Hammadi Boubou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadou Lobo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo, Shaykh, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadu Hammadi Bubu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadu ibn Hammadi, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Ahmadu Lobbo, Shehu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Amadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Bari, Cheikou Amadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Bari, Hamad, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Boubou, Ahmadou Hammadi, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Buubu, Aamadu Hammadi, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Cheikou Ahmadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Cheikou Amadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Cheikou Amadou Bari, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Cheikou Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Cheikou Ahmadu Lobo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Hamad Bari, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Lobbo, Amadu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Lobbo, Shehu Ahmadu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Lobo, Ahmadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Lobo, Seku Ahmadu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Lobo, Shehu Ahmadu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Seeku Aamadu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Sékou Ahmadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Sékou Amadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Sékou-Hamadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Seku Amadu, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Seku Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Seku Ahmadu Lobo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Shaykh Aḥmad, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Shaykh ʼAḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Saʻid Lobbo, al-Māsinī, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Shehu Ahmadu Lobo, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775 or 6-1844 or 5
Shékou Amadou, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
أحمدو بن محمّدو لبّو, شيخ, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
شيخ أحمدو بن محمّدو لبّو, 1775 or 1776-1844 or 1845
Associated countryMali
Associated placeHamdallahi (Mali)
Birth date[1775,1776]
[1771,1772]
1775
1776~
Death date[1844,1845]
1845
1844
1845-04-20
Field of activityMacina--History Inland Niger Delta (Mali)--History Hamdallahi (Mali)--History Jihad Caliphate
Profession or occupationMuslim scholars Caliphs
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inArsoukoula, Y. Notes de ma guitare, between 1975 and 1977 (subj.): t.p. (Sékou Amadou) p. 8 (Sékou Ahmadou) p. 11 (b. 1766 or 7 or 1775 or 6)
Encyc. Brit. Microp. (Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo, 1775-1844)
Imperato, P. J. Historical dictionary of Mali, 1977 (Cheikou-Amadou, 1775-1844; Peul Empire of Macina; a theocratic state established in the inland delta of the Niger in 1810 by Cheikou Amadou Bari)
Imperato. Historical dictionary of Mali, 4th edition, 2008: pages 49-50 (Cheikou Amadou (1755-1844); Moslem cleric who, in 1810, led religious revolt against the Diallo king Hamadi-Diko of Macina; his jihad in the Macina was quickly successful, starting as a preaching campaign against the pagan kings of Macina (Peul) and Ségou (Bambara); he established a dina (Islamic state) in Macina, established new capital at Hamdallaye in 1815; born Amadou Lobbo, the latter being the name of his mother, he was a member of the Bari clan of Peul from Fitouka; converted most of the Peul to Islam, previously most were animists; succeeded by his son Amadou Cheikou, (also) born Amadou Lobbo, later called Amadou Amadou ("Amadou son of Amadou"), and finally Cheikou Amadou) pages 240-241 (Peul Empire of Macina, a theocratic Islamic state (dina) established in the inland delta of the Niger in 1810 by Cheikou Amadou, replacing Peul Kingdom of Macina)
History of West Africa, 1976-1987 : v. 2, p. 348 ff. (centralized Islamic state called Caliphate of Hamdullāhi or Masina founded by cleric Amadu Lobbo, or Seku Amadu) p. 42 (Hamdullāhi, capital of Masina)
Ajayi, J.F.A. Hist. of W. Africa, 1971-1974: v. 1, index (Shehu Aḥmadu Lobbo see Seku Aḥmadu Lobbo) v. 2, p. 14 (Aḥmad Lobbo, 1775 or 6-1845)
Encyclopaedia Britannica online, August 9, 2019 (Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo, Fulani Muslim leader; alternative titles: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abū Bakr ibn Saʻīd, Ahmadu Hammadi Bubu, Ahmadu ibn Hammadi, Cheikou Ahmadu Lobbo, Cheikou Ahmadu Lobo, Hamad Bari, Seku Ahmadu Lobbo, Seku Ahmadu Lobo, Shehu Ahmadu Lobo; born 1775, died 1844; established a theocratic state in the Macina region of what is now Mali; influenced by the teachings of Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio, he began a holy war (jihad) in 1818 or possibly as early as 1810; his rule extended to the cities of Timbuktu and Djenné)
Dubois. Tombouctou le mystérieuse, 1897: page 142 (Cheikou-Ahmadou; Cheikou Ahmadou; died in 1844)
Dubois, trans. Diana White. Timbuctoo the mysterious, 1969: page 135 (Ahmadou Lobo; Cheikou Ahmadou)
Tarikh El-Fettach, 1913: page xii (Sékou-Hamadou; wished to be known as the last of the twelve great caliphs predicted by Mahomet; he possibly had destroyed all copies of the Tarikh el-fettâch that were not revised, particularly the beginning part which discusses these prophecies)
Cahiers d'études africaines, année 1968, 31; Brown, William A. Toward a chronology for the Caliphate of Hamdullahi (Māsina), viewed online August 9, 2019: page 428 (Shaykh ʼAḥmad b. Muḥammad b.̣ Saʼid Lobbo, al-Māsinī) page 430 (Shaykh ʼAḥmad b. Muḥammad Lobbo, al-Māsinī; Shaykh ʼAḥmad)
Wikipedia, August 9, 2019 (Seku Amadu; Fula: Seeku Aamadu, Aamadu Hammadi Buubu; Arabic: Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo; French: Cheikhou Amadou or Sékou Amadou; c. 1776 - 20 April 1845; Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger Delta, now the Mopti Region of Mali; ruled as Almami 1818 until his death in 1845, also taking the title Sise al-Masini)
Nobili, Mauro. Sultan, caliph and the renewer of the faith, 2020: ECIP title page (Ahmad Lobbo) page 18 (Aḥmad Lobbo; his full name appears in The Arabic Literature of Africa as Aḥmad b. Muḥammad Būbū b. Abī Bakr b. Saʻīd al-Fullānī; in the Middle Niger he is normally referred to as Seeku Aamadu, adaptation of the Arabic title "Shaykh" and name Aḥmad in Fulfulde; Aḥmad Lobbo is the most widespread form of the name in English literature on West African history) page 29 (member of the Sangaré-Bari sub-clan of the Fittoob̳e, and future caliph of Ḥamdallāhi) pages 32-34 (by May 1818 he emerged as the leader of a new state centered in Masina; by the mid-1820s, he had consolidated control over the southern Middle Niger and the plains between the Niger and the Bandiagara cliff; his capital, Ḥamdallāhi, was founded around 1821; he died in 1845; the caliphate that he founded lasted for almost half a century) page 82 (Cheikou Ahmadou (Aḥmad Lobbo)) page 83 (the Sheik, the Emir of the Faithful, Ahmadou ben Mohammed (Aḥmad Lobbo)) page 102 (Shaikh Aḥmad (Aḥmad Lobbo)) page 104 (Shehu Ahmadu (Aḥmad Lobbo)) pages 153-154 (amīr al-mu'minīn Aḥmad b. Muḥammad (the full name of Aḥmad Lobbo)) page 188 (little known about his early life, but the village of Malangal on the left bank of the Diaka River, northeast of today's Ténenkou, favored as likely site; birth date of 1189/1775-6 given by some sources, or around 1773; but a contemporary source gives death date of 1261/1845, age 71, pushing birth date back to 1190/1771-2) pages 193-194 (Kitāb al-Iḍṭirār, well known in West Africa, appears to be his only lengthy treatise) page 201 (especially well versed in jurisprudence (fiqh)) page 60 (Shékou Amadou) page 197 (Ahmadou Hammadi; Ahmadou Hammadi Boubou) page 291 (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr)
Associated languageara