List of conflicts in Chad

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Map showing the present-day location of the Republic of Chad (green) within Central Africa.

This is a list of conflicts in Chad arranged chronologically from medieval to modern times. This list includes both nationwide and international types of war, including the following: wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that occurred within the territory of what is today known as the, "Republic of Chad" but was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, massacres, and genocides.

Medieval times[]

Kanem Empire[]

Map showing the influence of the Kanem Empire c. 1200.
  • c. 1203 — c. 1243 Dunama Dabbalemi, of the Sayfawa dynasty, mai of the Kanem Empire, declared jihad against the surrounding tribes and initiated an extended period of conquest.[1][2]
  • c. 1342 — c. 1388 Fall of Kanem
    • c. 1342 — c. 1352 Sao Resurgence
    • c. 1376 — c. 1388 Bulala Invasion

Modern times[]

Ouaddai Empire[]

  • 1870 — 22 April 1900 Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah's War
  • 1909 — 1911 Ouaddai War ()

French Chad[]

  • 1870 — 22 April 1900 Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah's War in French Chad
  • 1909 — 1911 Ouaddai War
  • 1915, 15 November 1917 (in Arabic: Kabkab Massacre, مجزرة كبكب) meaning cut-cut and referring to the beheading of 400 Muslim Scholars from various parts of Chad in one of the rarely recorded French massacres in Africa.

Republic of Chad[]

References[]

  1. ^ Barkindo, ""Early states", 237-9.
  2. ^ Lange, "Mune-symbol", 84-104.

See also[]

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