Abdullah I Bikur
| Abdullah I Bikur | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1174/1176–1194 |
| Predecessor | Bir I Othman |
| Successor | Abd al-Jalil II |
| Spouse | Huwa |
| Issue | Abd al-Jalil II |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Dunama I Umemi |
| Mother | Zainab |
Abdullah I Bikur (ʿAbdallāh Bikur bin ʿUthmān[1]) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1174/1176–1194.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Abdullah was the son of Bir I Othman and Zainab.[3] He succeeded his father as mai in 1174/1176.[1][2] His reign was apparently uneventful; the German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Bornu in the mid-19th century, records no principal events of Abdullah I's reign, unlike virtually all the other mais.[4]
Abdullah's consort was named Huwa.[3] They had at least one son together, Abd al-Jalil II,[3] who succeeded Abdullah as mai in 1194.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
- ^ a b c Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. p. 146.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 80.
- ^ Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. p. 636.
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