Facts: - dynasty: kanemi - issue: umar i ibn muhammad al-amin - death place: borno - reign: october -- november 1809 -- 8 june 1837 - successor: umar i ibn muhammad al-amin - death date: 8 june 1837 - predecessor: dunama ix lefiami , sayfawa - birth date: 1776 - name: muhammad al-amin al-kanemi - image: mohammed el - amin el-kanemi 1826.jpg - birth place: murzuq - religion: muslim Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of muhammad al-amin al-kanemi .
shehu al-hajj muhammad al-amin ibn muhammad al-kanemi -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1776 -- 1837 -rrb- was an islamic scholar , teacher , religious and political leader who advised and eventually supplanted the sayfawa dynasty of the kanem-bornu empire .in 1846 , al-kanemi 's son umar i ibn muhammad al-amin became the sole ruler of borno , an event which marked the end of the sayfawa dynasty 's eight hundred year rule .the current shehu of bornu , a traditional ruler whose seat remains in modern borno state , nigeria , is descended from al-kanemi .