Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi

Shehu Muhammad el-Amin el-Kanemi[1]
"Alameen Ben Mohammed El Kanemy" by engraver Edward Francis Finden in Dixon Denham's memoir of his travel to Bornu, Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824. Vol I Fontpiece, (1826)
Shehu of Bornu
In office 1809 – 8 June 1837
Monarchs	Dunama IX Lefiami Muhammad Dunama IX Lefiami (restored) Ibrahim IV
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin
Personal details
Born	1776 Murzuq
Died	June 8, 1837(1837-06-08) (aged 60–61)
Resting place	Kukawa
Children	Umar I Abd ar-Rahman

Shehu Muhammad al-Amîn ibn Muhammad al-Kanemi (Arabic: محمد الأمين بن محمد الكانمي) (1776–1837) 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.