Dunama Dabbalemi

Dunama II (Dunama and Dunama Selmami, ("Dunama, son of Selema".) Both Stewart and Bosworth (2012) used Barth and Palmer's dates, 1221–1259.

A girgam (king list) translated by Richmond Palmer in 1912 records Dunama as "a warrior hotter than fire". Dunama extended the empire to control the entire Fezzan region in modern-day northwestern Chad and Libya; There is little concrete evidence of direct contact between the Chad Basin and the Nile Valley prior to the 15th century. so much so that the later Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi incorrectly identified him as the first Muslim of his dynasty. It is not clear what the mune was as no precise description survives,

Diplomacy and trade Dunama had good relations with Ayyubid Egypt and arranged for the establishment of a special hostel in Cairo to assists pilgrims who traveled from Kanem to Mecca Through his wars, Dunama captured many non-Muslim slaves, especially in the lands south of Lake Chad. These territories were a profitable hunting ground for non-Muslims, who did not fall under Islamic prohibition against slavery.

Dunama died at Zamtam in Bornu. He was succeeded as mai by his son Kade I Aujami but a decades-long succession conflict soon broke out between Dunama's sons.