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Abdullah IV of Bornu

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Abdullah IV
Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire
Reign1563–1570
PredecessorDunama VI Muhammad
SuccessorAissa Koli
DynastySayfawa dynasty
FatherDunama VI Muhammad

Abdullah IV (ʿAbdallāh bin Dunama Muḥammad[1]), also called Dala,[2][3] was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1563–1570.[2]

Life

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Abdullah was the son of Dunama VI Muhammad,[4] who he succeeded as mai in 1563.[1][2] There were apparently few events of note in Abdullah's reign, other than a famine.[3]

Abdullah was succeeded as mai by Aissa Koli, widow of Ali II Zainami, in 1570.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
  2. ^ a b c d Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. p. 35.
  3. ^ a b Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. p. 649.
  4. ^ Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 82.