Mohammed II of Bornu

Muhammad III (Muḥammad ) was briefly mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the mid-15th century, ruling approximately 1449–1450. (Different king lists (girgams) and chronicles translated in the 19th–20th centuries give Muhammad different regnal lengths: 5 months (Barth), 1 year (Urvoy), 2 years (Palmer), or 5 years (Landeroin, Nachtigal).) Matala is a female name. There is no mention of Matala having any royal status or what her connection was to the Sayfawa dynasty. As a title, matala was connected to the sister of the ruling mai; Muhammad may thus have been the nephew of one of his predecessors.

Muhammad ruled briefly, though the sources vary on the length of his reign. Muhammad died at Damasak. He was succeeded by Amarma.