Dunama V Ahmad
| Dunama V Ahmad | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1445–1449 |
| Predecessor | Bir IV |
| Successor | Muhammad III |
| Spouse | Zainab |
| Issue | Ali I Gaji |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Bir III Othman |
Dunama V Ahmad[a] (Aḥmad Dunama bin Biri[2]) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1445–1449,[2] ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict.
Life
Dunama Ahmad was a son of Bir III Othman[3] (r. 1390–1422).[2] Dunama Ahmad is first recorded as a rival of mai Kade III, whom he defeated and killed in 1444.[4] Kade was succeeded as mai by Bir IV, who ruled only until 1445, when Dunama Ahmad became mai.[2] Dunama Ahmad ruled until 1449, when he was succeeded as mai by Muhammad III.[2]
Dunama and his consort Zainab had at least one son, Ali I Gaji.[3]
Notes
- ^ Some chronologies of Kanem–Bornu rulers omit the 14th-century Dunama III, lowering the regnal numbers of later rulers of this name. This ruler is then considered Dunama IV.[1]
References
- ^ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. pp. 34–35, 146.
- ^ a b c d e Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-7486-2137-8.
- ^ a b Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 81.
- ^ Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. pp. 641–643.