Muhammad VII Bukalmarami
| Muhammad VII Bukalmarami | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1603–1618 |
| Predecessor | Idris III Alooma |
| Successor | Ibrahim III |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Idris III Alooma |
| Mother | Fanna |
Muhammad VII[a] (Muḥammad bin Idrīs[2]), called Muhammad Bukalmarami,[1][3] was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1603–1618.[2]
Life
[edit]Muhammad was the son of Idris III Alooma and Fanna.[4] He succeeded his father[4] as mai in 1603.[2] According to the German explorer Heinrich Barth, who visited Bornu in the mid-19th century, Muhammad was an "excellent prince, but less warlike and enterprising, as it would seem, than his father, whose vigour was no longer necessary, the empire being well established".[3]
Ibrahim was succeeded as mai by his half-brother Ibrahim III[4] in 1618.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Some chronologies of Kanem–Bornu rulers omit the 14th-century Muhammad II, lowering the regnal numbers of later rulers of this name. This ruler is then considered Muhammad VI.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. pp. 33–34, 146.
- ^ a b c d Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
- ^ a b Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. p. 659.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 82.
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