▁of ▁the ▁Far ▁North . ▁ ▁Ad ama ▁focused ▁first ▁on ▁areas ▁south . ▁Then ▁he ▁turned ▁his ▁att ent ions ▁toward ▁the ▁Mand ara ▁kingdom . ▁Many ▁soldiers ▁who ▁had ▁fought ▁Mand ara ▁in ▁previous ▁engag ements ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁joined ▁his ▁ranks . ▁Ad ama ▁first ▁attacked ▁from ▁the ▁south ▁and ▁took ▁Gu ider ▁by ▁ 1 8 1 0 . ▁He ▁then ▁took ▁the ▁D ulo , ▁the ▁Mand ara ▁capital , ▁but ▁the ▁Mand ar awa ▁counter att ack ed ▁and ▁re capt ured ▁it . ▁Born u ▁and ▁Mand ara ▁al lied ▁against ▁the ▁Ful ani ▁inv aders ; ▁mean while , ▁several ▁of ▁Mand ara ' s ▁pag an ▁v ass al ▁states ▁re bel led . ▁Born u ▁took ▁advantage ▁of ▁Mand ara ' s ▁weak ness ▁and ▁bur nt ▁D ulo . ▁The ▁Ful ani ▁took ▁Born u ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁and ▁the ▁weak ened ▁Mand ar awa ▁eventually ▁fell ▁to ▁Ful ani ▁ag gression ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁Ad ama ▁took ▁Mar ou a ▁in ▁batt les ▁from ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁to ▁ 1 8 1 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁Ful ani ▁eventually ▁came ▁to ▁rule ▁the ▁territory , ▁with ▁the ▁exceptions ▁of ▁Mand ara , ▁Kot oko , ▁and ▁various ▁K ird i ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁that ▁had ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁mountains ▁and ▁sw amps . ▁The ▁region ▁had ▁been ▁dep op ulated ▁by ▁war , ▁sla very , ▁and ▁disease