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bornu horsemen 1920s

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bornu was the one state of the "african knights" most dependent on its 50-100,000 strong cavalry, creating the first truly trans saharan empire stretching from libya to nigeria with armour typically consisting of chain-mail, steel/iron 1/2

helmets, with both men and horses fully covered in quilted cotton (lifidi) and brass swords (takoba)

primarily to protect their virtual trade monopoly in salt and natron in the sahel mined by the tubu (most were located in the desert) and re-export of leather from hausaland 2/2

also to remove the fezzani-berber intermediaries from the tunis route and fend off tuareg attacks

The Horse in West African History
R. Law
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The African Knights: The Armies of Sokoto, Bornu, and Bagirmi in the 19th cent.
C. Cairns
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