Ahmadou mai Roumji

Ahmadu Dan Tanimu, known as Ahmadu Kuran Daga or Ahmadu Mai Rinji was the Sultan of the Sultanate of Damagaram from 1893 to 1899. His reign marked the height of Damagaram's military and political prowess. He inherited thousands of muskets and dozens of canons from his father, along with canon factories and ammunition plants. Ahmadu soon found himself in a power struggle with the Emirate of Kano under Aliyu Mai Sango, Bornu under Rabih Az-Zubayr, and French Colonialists. After the assassination of French officer Marius Gabriel Cazemajou and his interpreter in Zinder under Ahmadu's orders, he was subdued and killed by the French in retaliation.

Reign Ahmadu was the son of Damagaram's most accomplished ruler, Sultan Tanimu. He succeeded Sultan Suleimanu in 1893. Around the same time, the ill-famed Rabih az Zubayr captured Damagaram's suzerain, Bornu. The French were also actively expanding their colonies in Africa.

Relationship with the French As the French began encroaching into his Sultanate, he sent a message to the French party that he only recognized the authority of the Ottoman Empire. He soon invited the leader of the expedition, Captain Cazemajou to his court where he treated him courteously. But Ahmadu suspected an alliance between the French and Rabih and was warned by his marabouts about an impending christian domination. As Cazemajou prepared to depart Zinder, he and his interpreter, d'Olive were slaughtered and discarded in a well.