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{{Short description|15th/16th-century kanfari of the Songhai Empire}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Umar Komajago
| image =
| caption =
| honorific-suffix =
| office = [[Kanfari]] or Kurmina-fari
| predecessor =
| successor = Yahya
| monarch = [[Askia Mohammad I]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = February 22nd, 1520
| death_place = [[Tindirma]]
}}
'''Umar Komajago''', also spelled '''Konjaago''', '''Komadiaga''' and many other variants, was the [[Kanfari]], or ruler of the western provinces, of the [[Songhai Empire]] under his brother [[Askia Mohammad I]] from 1494 until his death in 1520.
Deputized by his brother to subdue the rebellious city of [[Dia, Mali|Dia]] soon after seizing power, Umar's victory was so complete that he was given the title 'Kumadiagha', meaning 'the conqueror of Diagha [Dia]'. Askia Mohammad also created the position of ''Kurmina-fari'' (often shortened to ''Kanfari'') for him. Two years later Umar re-built the town of [[Tindirma]] to serve as his capital.{{sfn|Gomez|2018|p=225}} During the Askia's [[Hajj|pilgrimage to Mecca]], Umar ruled the empire loyally and competently in his absence.{{sfn|Gomez|2018|p=231}}
In 1512 Umar defeated and killed the [[Fula people|Fula]] leader [[Tenguella]] after a 2-month march through the desert, bringing the [[Kingdom of Diarra]] into the Songhai sphere of influence.{{sfn|Kane|2004|pp=123}}
Umar's family became a pillar of the royal clan of Songhai, and his son [[Askia Mohammad Benkan|Mohammad Benkan Kirya]] ruled as Askia from 1531-37.
==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |last1=Gomez |first1=Michael |title=African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |page= |isbn=9780691177427}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kane |first1=Oumar |title=La première hégémonie peule. Le Fuuta Tooro de Koli Teηella à Almaami Abdul |date=2004 |publisher=Karthala |location=Paris |url=https://www.cairn.info/la-premiere-hegemonie-peule--9782845865211-page-114.htm |access-date=12 July 2023}}
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{{Short description|15th/16th-century kanfari of the Songhai Empire}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Umar Komajago
| image =
| caption =
| honorific-suffix =
| office = [[Kanfari]] or Kurmina-fari
| predecessor =
| successor = Yahya
| monarch = [[Askia Mohammad I]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = February 22nd, 1520
| death_place = [[Tindirma]]
}}
'''Umar Komajago''', also spelled '''Konjaago''', '''Komadiaga''' and many other variants, was the [[Kanfari]], or ruler of the western provinces, of the [[Songhai Empire]] under his brother [[Askia Mohammad I]] from 1494 until his death in 1520.
Deputized by his brother to subdue the rebellious city of [[Dia, Mali|Dia]] soon after seizing power, Umar's victory was so complete that he was given the title 'Kumadiagha', meaning 'the conqueror of Diagha [Dia]'. Askia Mohammad also created the position of ''Kurmina-fari'' (often shortened to ''Kanfari'') for him. Two years later Umar re-built the town of [[Tindirma]] to serve as his capital.{{sfn|Gomez|2018|p=225}} During the Askia's [[Hajj|pilgrimage to Mecca]], Umar ruled the empire loyally and competently in his absence.{{sfn|Gomez|2018|p=231}}
In 1512 Umar defeated and killed the [[Fula people|Fula]] leader [[Tenguella]] after a 2-month march through the desert, bringing the [[Kingdom of Diarra]] into the Songhai sphere of influence.{{sfn|Kane|2004|pp=123}}
Umar's family became a pillar of the royal clan of Songhai, and his son [[Askia Mohammad Benkan|Mohammad Benkan Kirya]] ruled as Askia from 1531-37.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Sources==
*{{cite book |last1=Gomez |first1=Michael |title=African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |page= |isbn=9780691177427}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kane |first1=Oumar |title=La première hégémonie peule. Le Fuuta Tooro de Koli Teηella à Almaami Abdul |date=2004 |publisher=Karthala |location=Paris |url=https://www.cairn.info/la-premiere-hegemonie-peule--9782845865211-page-114.htm |access-date=12 July 2023}}
{{Mali-bio-stub}}
{{Africa-royal-stub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Komajago, Umar}}
[[Category:History of Mali]]
[[Category:History of Niger]]
[[Category:16th-century Muslims]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:16th-century monarchs in Africa]]
[[Category:Zarma-Songhai people]]
Okumaya devam et...