List of rulers of the Kingdom of Dagbon
This is a list of the monarchs of the traditional Kingdom of Dagbon, the kingdom of the Dagomba people, located in northern Ghana.

List of rulers of the Kingdom of Dagbon

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Table Section Text: This is a list of the monarchs of the traditional Kingdom of Dagbon, the kingdom of the Dagomba people, located in northern Ghana.

Tenure	Incumbent	Skin name	Title	Notes

c. 1250	Tohazie	Tohazie and his group of invader hunters arrive in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso c. 1250 to c. 1260.

c. 1300	Kpugnumbo	Son of Tohazie and princess of the King of the Mali Empire. Becomes chief of Biung c. 1300.

c. 1320 to c. 1365	Gbewa	First king of greater Dagbon.

c. 1365 to c. 1375	Zirli	First son of Na Gbewa.

c. 1375 to 1384	Tohagu	Third son of Na Gbewa. Moved greater Dagbon capital from Pusiga to Gambaga in c.

1384 to 1414	Sitobu	Yaa Naa	Youngest son of Na Gbewa. Establishes new Dagomba state c. 1409.

1415 to 1432	Nyagsi	Yaa Naa	Son of Sitobu. Built new capital at Diari.

1432 to 1442	Zulandi	Yaa Naa

1442 to 1454	Bierigudeera	Yaa Naa

1454 to 1469	Darigudeera	Yaa Naa	His son marries the daughter of a local chief in Bounaand their son, Bounkani, establishes the Bouna Kingdom.

1469 to 1486	Zolgu	Yaa Naa

1486 to 1506	Zongma	Yaa Naa

1506 to 1514	Ningmitooni	Yaa Naa

1514 to 1527	Dimani	Yaa Naa

1527 to 1543	Yanzoe	Yaa Naa

1543 to 1554	Darizegu	Yaa Naa

1554 to 1570	Luro	Yaa Naa

1570 to 1589	Titugri	Yaa Naa

1589 to 1608	Zagli	Yaa Naa

1609 to 1648	Zokuli	Yaa Naa

1627 to 1648	Gungobili	Yaa Naa

1648 to 1677	Zangyina	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1677 to 1687	Andani I Sighle Bangumanga	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1687 to 1700	Djingle "Binbiegu"	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1700 to 1720	Gareba	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1720 to 1735	(Nasalan) Ziblim Saa	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1735 to 1740	Ziblim Bandamda	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

???? to ????	Andani I Djangbarga	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

???? to ????	Mahama I Korgu	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1740 to 1760	Ziblim Kulunku	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1760 to 1778	Andani II Jangbariga	Yaa Naa

1778 to 1799	Sumani Zwole	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1799 to 1839	Yakubu I	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1864 to 1876	Abdulai Yakubu	Abdulai I	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1876 to 1899	AndanI Yakubu	Andani II	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1899 to 1899	Darimani	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1899 to 1917	Alasani	Yaa Naa

1920 to 1920	Bukari Andani	Yaa Naa	Abdicated.

1917 to 1938	Abdulai II	Yaa Naa	Ruled as regent until 1920; after Bukari Andani's abdication, ruled from 1920 to 1938.c. 1250

1938 to 6 February 1948	Mahama II	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1948 to 1953	Mahama III	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1953 to 1967	Abdulai III	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1968 to 1969	Andani III	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

12 September 1969 to 1974	Mahamadu Abdulai	Mahamadu IV	Yaa Naa	c. 1250

1974 to 27 March 2002	Yakubu Andani	Yakubu II	Yaa Naa	Murdered along with 39 of his elders.

January 18, 2019 -	Abukari Mahama	Abukari II (Gariba II)	Yaa Naa

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Darimani was King of the Kingdom of Dagbon, a kingdom located in the northern Ghana.

final_sentence: Darimani was King of the Kingdom of Dagbon, a kingdom located in the northern Ghana.