Sanda Kura
| Sanda Kura | |
|---|---|
Sanda Kura, wearing the ring collar of a European uniform. Photograph likely taken in 1900 after the defeat of Rabih az-Zubayr. | |
| Shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 14 January – July/August 1900 |
| Predecessor | Sanda Wuduroma (shehu) Rabih az-Zubayr (sultan) |
| Successor | Abubakar Garbai |
| Shehu of the Borno Emirate | |
| Reign | 1922–1937 |
| Predecessor | Abubakar Garbai |
| Successor | Umar |
| Born | 1842 |
| Died | 1937 (aged 94–95) Borno |
| Dynasty | al-Kanemi dynasty |
| Father | Ibrahim Kura of Borno |
Umar Sanda ibn Ibrahim Kura al-Kanemi, known as Sanda Kura, was the penultimate shehu of the Kanem–Bornu Empire for a few months in 1900, taking power after the defeat of the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr. Due to noncompliance with French colonial interests, Sanda Kura was deposed and replaced with his brother Abubakar Garbai, under whom what remained of Kanem–Bornu was incorporated into the French and British colonial empires.
Sanda Kura later served as the shehu of the Borno Emirate, a traditional state under the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate, from 1922 to 1937.