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Kadai

Mai of the Bornu

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Kade III (Kade bin ʿUthmān ) was mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the mid-15th century, ruling approximately 1440–1444. (Different king lists (girgams) and chronicles translated in the 19th–20th centuries give Kade different regnal lengths: 1 year (Barth, Palmer), 6 years (Urvoy, Nachtigal), or 7 years (Landeroin).) and 1450–1451, respectively. Bosworth followed Cohen's 4-year figure and dated Kade's reign to 1440–1444. Ibrahim was also a son of "Uthman" and thus possibly Kade's brother.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Kadai

· Wikidata: Q104028697

· DBpedia: Kade III

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