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Bilala people, the Glossary

The Bilala or Bulala are a Muslim people that live around Lake Fitri, in the Batha Prefecture, in central Chad.^[1]

19 relations: Ali Gazi, Batha (prefecture), Borno State, Census, Central Sudanic languages, Chad, Egypt, Kanem (region), Kanem–Bornu Empire, Lake Chad, Lake Fitri, Leo Africanus, Lisi people, Naba language, Ngizim people, Nomad, Sayfawa dynasty, Sultan, Yao, Chad.
Central Sudanic peoples
Ethnic groups in Chad
Kanem Empire

Ali Gazi

Ali Gaji was the Mai (ruler) of Bornu Empire from 1472 or 1476 until 1503 or 1507.

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Batha (prefecture)

Batha Prefecture (ﺇﻗﻠﻴﻢ البطحاء) was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad.

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Borno State

Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Sudanic languages

Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family.

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Chad

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Kanem (region)

Kanem (كانم) is one of the 23 regions of Chad.

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Kanem–Bornu Empire

The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya and Chad. Bilala people and Kanem–Bornu Empire are Kanem Empire.

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Lake Chad (Kanuri: Sádǝ) is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area of.

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Lake Fitri

Lake Fitri is located in the center of Chad about 300 km east of N’Djamena.

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Leo Africanus

Johannes Leo Africanus (born al-Hasan Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi, الحسن محمد الوزان الفاسي; &ndash) was an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa (Description of Africa) in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley.

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Lisi people

The Lisi people are three closely associated Chadian ethnic groups living in the same geographical area, represented by the Batha and Chari-Baguirmi prefectures: the Bilala (136,000), the Kuka (76,000) and the Medogo (19,000). Bilala people and Lisi people are ethnic groups in Chad and Muslim communities in Africa.

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Naba language

Naba is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by approximately 500,000 people in Chad.

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Ngizim people

The Ngizim people (Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngijim, Ngujam, Ngazar, Nkazzar, Ngisam) live in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria.

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Nomad

Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas.

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Sayfawa dynasty

Sayfawa dynasty, Sefouwa, Sefawa, or Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the Muslim kings (or mai, as they called themselves) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno (today north-eastern Nigeria). Bilala people and Sayfawa dynasty are Kanem Empire.

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