Chad Traditional states
Note: Among the many, mostly minor,
traditional polities there are two that clearly stand
out, and they are listed below: Baghirmi and WadaŽi.
Baghirmi
(Bagirmi)
c.1480
Baghirmi state founded.
20 Sep
1897
French protectorate.
1960
State suppressed by national government of Chad.
14 Jun
1970
State reconstituted.
Rulers (title Mbang, often referred to
as Sultan)
1676 -
1704
`Abd al-Kadir Woli
1704 -
1719
Bar
1719 -
1734
Wanga
1734 -
1739
Bourkomanda Tad Lele
1739 -
1749
Loel
1749 -
1784
Muhamad II al-Amin
1784 -
1806
`Abd ar-Rahman Gawrang I
1806
Malam Ngarmaba Bira (1st time)
1806 -
1807
`Uthman Burkomanda III al-Kabir
(1st time)
1807
Malam Ngarmaba Bira (2nd time)
1807
`Uthman Burkomanda III al-Kabir
(2nd time)
1807
Muhammad III
1807 -
1846
`Uthman Burkomanda III al-Kabir
(3rd time)
1846 -
1858
`Abd al-Qadir II
al-Mahdi
(d. 1858)
1858 -
1870
Muhammad IV Abu Sekkin (1st time)
1870 -
1871
`Abd ar-Rahman II
1871 -
1884
Muhammad IV Abu Sekkin (2nd time)
1884 -
1885
Burkomanda IV as-Saghir
1885
Ngarmane Ermanala -Regent
1885 - 24 Jan
1918
`Abd ar-Rahman II
Gawrang
(b. 1858? - d. 1918)
1918 -
1936
`Abd al-Qadir III (= Muhammad Urada)
1936 -
1960
Yusuf
1960 - 1970
Interregnum
14 Jun 1970
-
Mahamat Yusuf
WadaŽi (Wadai)
1635
WadaŽi replaces the old Birgu state under a new dynasty.
3 Jun
1909
French protectorate.
1912
State suppressed by colonial power France.
1935
State reconstituted.
1960
State suppressed by national government of Chad.
1970
State reconstituted.
Rulers (title Kolak, often referred to
as Sultan)
1681 -
1707
Yakob Arous
1707 -
1747
Kharut as-Sarhir
1747 -
1795
Muhammad Jawda
1795 -
1803
Muhammad Salih Derret bin Jawda
1803 -
1813
`Abd al-Karim Sabun bin Salih (d.
1815)
Derret
1813
Muhammad Busata bin `Abd al-Karim
1813 -
1829
Yusuf Kharifayn bin `Abd al-Qadir
1829
Raqib bin Yusuf `Abd al-Qadir
1829 -
1835
Muhammad `Abd al-`Aziz Dhawiyi
bin Radama
1835
Adham bin Muhammad `Abd al-`Aziz
1835 -
1858
`Izz al-Din Muhammad al-Sharif (d.
1858)
bin Salih Derret
1858 -
1874
`Ali bin Muhammad
1874 - Aug
1898
Yusuf bin
Muhammad
(d. 1898)
Aug 1898 - Feb 1901
Ibrahim I bin Yusuf
Feb 1901 - Jan 1903
Ahmad Abu
al-Ghazali bin `Ali
Jan 1903 - 2 Jun
1909 Muhammad DaŽud Murra bin
Yusuf (b. c.1881 - d.
1927)
3 Jun 1909 - 9 Jun 1912
`Asil
(d. 1917)
1912 - 1935
Interregnum
1935 -
1945
Muhammad Urada I bin
Ibrahim (d.
1945)
1945 -
1960
`Ali Silek bin Muhammad DaŽud
Murra (1st time)
1960 - 1970
Interregnum
1970 -
1977
`Ali Silek bin Muhammad DaŽud
Murra (2nd time)
1977 - 11 Aug
2004
Ibrahim II ibn Muhammad
(b. 1929 - d. 2004)
11 Aug 2024 - 17 Aug 2019
Muhammad Urada II
(suspended by Chad government from May 2019)
17 Aug 2019 -
Abdelhadi Mahdi
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