List of shehus of Bornu

The shehu (sheikh) was the ruler of the late Kanem–Bornu Empire, at this stage often referred to as just Bornu or Borno, from 1809 (de facto) or 1846 (de jure) to the end of the empire in 1902. The shehus belonged to the al-Kameni dynasty, the descendants of the scholar and military leader Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi. Al-Kameni became the effective ruler of Bornu in the aftermath of the Fula jihads, supplanting the power of the earlier line of rulers (the mais). The mai continued to be a figurehead ruler until 1846, when the last mai was killed and al-Kanemi's son Umar assumed full power over the empire.