Islamic kingdom southeast of Lake Chad, long contested between Bornu and Wadai.
Bagirmi became a French protectorate in 1897 after Sultan Gaourang signed a treaty with Émile Gentil; following the defeat of Rabih az-Zubayr at Kousséri in 1900, it was administered as a French-supervised chieftaincy within Chad.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Sultanate of Bagirmi — the shape you scrub through changes in 1522 · 1657.
Covers the kingdoms southeast of Lake Chad — Bornu, Bagirmi and Wadai — and their rivalries.
Broad continental history giving context to the central-Sudanic states (broad context).