Ibrahim II of Bornu
Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire
About Ibrahim II of Bornu
Ibrahim II (Ibrāhīm bin ʿUthmān ) was mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the early-to-mid 15th century, ruling approximately 1440–1444. (Different king lists (girgams) and chronicles translated in the 19th–20th centuries assign Ibrahim a reign of 7 years (Palmer) or 8 years (Barth, Urvoy).) He is omitted in the lists of Landeroin and Nachtigal. As a result of this, and due to different calculations for other mais, various dates have been given for his reign, including 1442–1450 (Barth), 1436–1443 (Palmer), and 1432–1440 (Urvoy). and 1442–1450, respectively. Bosworth assigned Ibrahim a 7-year reign, dated to 1433–1440. The girgam and diwan (later Kanem–Bornu sources) attribute Ibrahim a reign of seven or eight years and designates him as the successor of mai Abdullah III Dakumuni and the predecessor of Kade III.
Ibrahim ruled for seven or eight years. Ibrahim died at Zamtam in Bornu, north of modern-day Gamboru.
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