Dud Murra | |
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Kolak of Wadai | |
In office November 1901 – 12 June 1909 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad al-Ghazali |
Succeeded by | Adam Asil |
Personal details | |
Born | Muhammad Salih bin Yusuf c. 1881[1] |
Died | September 1927 (aged 45–46) |
Parent | Yusuf II |
Muhammad Salih bin Yusuf, known as Dud Murra or Dudmurrah (the lion of Murra), was the last independent ruler, or kolak, of the Wadai Empire. He allied with the Sanusi, powerful traders of the eastern Sahara, and with the Sultan of Darfur to resist French aggression in the eastern Sahel, but was defeated. His sultanate was incorporated in the French military territory of Chad.