Ibrahim Njoya

King
Ibrahim Njoya
ꚩꚫꛑꚩꚳ ꚳ꛰ꛀꚧꚩꛂ
𖦊𖧏𖣙
A photograph of Ibrahim Njoya
17th Mfon of the Bamun
In office
c. 1886 or 1887 – 1933
Preceded byNsangou
Succeeded bySeidou Njimoluh Njoya
Personal details
Bornc. 1860
Diedc. 1933
Spouse~1200 concurrent wives
Children~350
Military service
AllegianceKingdom of Bamum

Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (Bamum: ꚩꚫꛑꚩꚳ ꚳ꛰ꛀꚧꚩꛂ, Iparəim Nʃuɔiya, formerly spelled in Bamum as 𖦊𖧏𖣙, and Germanicized as Njoja) c. 1860  c. 1933 in Yaoundé, was seventeenth in a long dynasty of kings that ruled over Bamum and its people in western Cameroon dating back to the fourteenth century, and Neographer having invented the Bamum syllabary. He succeeded his father Nsangu,[1] and ruled from 1886 or 1887 until his death in 1933, when he was succeeded by his son, Seidou Njimoluh Njoya. He ruled from the ancient walled city of Fumban.

  1. ^ Cornell Archived June 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine