Editing Sultan (section)

===West and Central Africa===
*In [[Cameroon]]:
**[[Kingdom of Bamum|Bamoun]] (Bamun, 17th century, founded uniting 17 chieftaincies) 1918 becomes a sultanate, but in 1923 re-divided into the 17 original chieftaincies.
**[[Bibemi]], founded in 1770 – initially styled ''[[lamido]]''
**[[Mandara Kingdom|Mandara]] Sultanate, since 1715 (replacing [[Wandala]] kingdom); 1902 part of Cameroon
**[[Rey Bouba]] Sultanate founded 1804
*in the [[Central African Republic]]:
**[[Bangassou]] created {{Circa|1878}}; 14 June 1890 under [[Congo Free State]] [[protectorate]], 1894 under French protectorate; 1917 Sultanate suppressed by the French.
**Dar al-Kuti – French protectorate since December 12, 1897
**[[Rafai]] {{circa|1875}} Sultanate, April 8, 1892, under Congo Free State protectorate, March 31, 1909, under French protectorate; 1939 Sultanate suppressed
**[[Zemio]] {{circa|1872}} established; December 11, 1894, under Congo Free State protectorate, April 12, 1909, under French protectorate; 1923 Sultanate suppressed
*in [[Chad]]:
**[[Baguirmi Kingdom|Baguirmi]] (main native title: [[List of rulers of Baguirmi|Mbang]])
**[[Ouaddai Kingdom|Wada'i]] (main native title: [[List of rulers of Wadai|Kolak]]), successor state to Birgu
**[[Dar Sila]] (actually a wandering group of tribes)
*in [[Niger]]: [[Arabic]] alternative title of the following autochthonous rulers:
** the [[Amenokal]] of the [[Aïr]] confederation of [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]]
** the Sarkin Damagaram since the 1731 founding of the [[Sultanate of Damagaram]] ([[Zinder]])
*in [[Nigeria]] most monarchies previously had native titles, but when most in the north converted to Islam, Muslim titles were adopted, such as ''[[emir]]'' and sometimes ''sultan''.
** in [[Sayfawa dynasty|Borno]] (alongside the native title ''Mai'')
** since 1817 in [[Sokoto (city)|Sokoto]], the suzerain (also styled [[Amir al-Mu´minin]] and Sarkin Musulmi) of all [[Fulbe jihad state]]s and premier traditional Muslim leader in the [[Sahel]] (according to some once a caliph)