Bukar Kura

Bukar or Bukar Kura
Reign	December 1881 – November 1884 to February or March 1885
Predecessor	Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Successor	Ibrahim Kura
Born	c. 1830
Died	November 1884 to February or March 1885 Borno
Burial	Kukawa
Dynasty	Kanemi
Father	Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Religion	Muslim

Bukar or Bukar Kura (c. 1830-c. 1884 or 1885) was Shehu of Borno from 1881 to c. 1884.

Bukar became Shehu of Borno in 1881 at the death of his father Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin. His three-year reign was marked by a deep economic crisis which forced him to impose a tax on his subjects. In Kanuri language, this tax was called kumoreji (splitting a calabash in half) which meant that Bukar appropriated half the wealth of his subjects.

In 1851, a British expedition led by Heinrich Barth arrived in Borno. Barth met Bukar when he was around twelve and according to him he was:

the eldest son of Omar who now unfortunately seems to have the best claim to the succession, he was a child devoid of intelligence, or noble feelings

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