# Gaourang II of Bagirmi

> Abd ar-Rahman Gaourang II was Mbang of Bagirmi from 1885 to 1918. He came to power at a time when the sultanate was in terminal decline, subject to both Wadai and Bornu. 
The Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr made him his vassal in 1893. 
Gaourang signed a treaty that made his sultanate a French protectorate in 1897.
After the final defeat of Rabih in 1900 he ruled as a subordinate of the French in Chad until his death in 1918.

*Mbang (king) of the Chadian Bagirmi kingdom*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1858
- **Died:** 1918
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Abd ar-Rahman Gaourang II was Mbang of Bagirmi from 1885 to 1918. He came to power at a time when the sultanate was in terminal decline, subject to both Wadai and Bornu. 
The Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr made him his vassal in 1893. 
Gaourang signed a treaty that made his sultanate a French protectorate in 1897.
After the final defeat of Rabih in 1900 he ruled as a subordinate of the French in Chad until his death in 1918.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Gaourang II of Bagirmi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaourang_II_of_Bagirmi)
- [Abd ar-Rahman Gaourang II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_ar-Rahman_Gaourang_II)
- [Gaourang II del Baguirmi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaourang_II_del_Baguirmi)
- [Гауранг II](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3_II)
- [Гауранг II](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3_II)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27908497)

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