The plateaux and dry valleys east of the Niger between the Azawagh and the Dallol Bosso (the Zarmaganda, the Tagazar, the Fakara and the Dallol Bosso itself, the lower course of the Azawagh).
On 1 January 1200 their peoples are not known by name in any written source. The Zarma (Djerma), who later held this country, arrived from the west after 1200 by their own tradition. Boubou Hama's reading of local tradition puts a Mossi state called Dyamare here, with its last capital at Rozi in the Dallol Bosso, from the eighth to the twelfth century, abandoned under Berber pressure about the twelfth century for a second centre at Minji; Izard reports this without endorsing it.
Who holds it
- Title
- not known
- Since
- not applicable
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Not pinned: farming and herding peoples with no attested lord; the Hausa-speaking Mawri of the Dallol Maouri to the east are the kan researcher's.
Overlord claims
None attested.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1200No dated event is recorded.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Only later tradition; the record exists so the ground is not written out.
On the map: Boundaries are conventions.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.