Masarautar Mandara (wani lokacin ana kiranta Wandala ) ta kasance ce masarautar Afirka a cikin tsaunin Mandara wanda a yau ake da kuma yanzu ake kiran wurin da Kamaruzzaman.Mutanen Mandara sun fito daga zuriyar masarautar. Gargajiya ta bayyana cewa an kafa Mandara ne jim kadan kafin shekarar 1500 ta hannun wata mata mai suna Soukda da wani mafarauci wanda ba dan asalin Mandarawa mai suna Gaya. Fra Mauro (a cikin shekarar 1459) da Leo Africanus (a cikin shekarar 1526); sun ce sunan mandara a wancan lokacin ya kasance ba'a san sun sa ba. A cikin karni na farko a masarautar, sarakunan ta sunyi yaqi da kungiyoyin kawance dan kokarin fadada yankunan su. Bayan cin nasarar Dulo (ko Duolo) da kuma kafa babban birnin a Dulo c. 1580, daular Sankre, jagoran yaƙi, ya fara. Lokacin da Dulo yayi ƙoƙari don kwace mulki, masarautar Bornu ta goyi bayan iƙirarin Aldawa Nanda, ɗan gidan Sankre. Sarki Idris Alaoma na Borno da kansa ya nada Nanda a matsayin sarki a shekarar 1614. Don haka Bornu ya sami babban mukami a kan Mandara.