Abdullah II of Kanem

{{Infobox monarch|

| name = Abdullah II

| succession = Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire

| reign = 1311–1322

| predecessor = Ibrahim I Nikale

| successor = Selema

| house = Sayfawa dynasty

| house-type = Dynasty

| spouse = Kime
Kagala

| issue = Selema
Kuri I Gana
Kuri II Kura
Muhammad I

| father = Kade I

| mother = Fatima

}}

Abdullah II (ʿAbdallāh bin Kade{{Cite book |last=Bosworth |first=Clifford Edmund |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Islamic_Dynasties/maQxEAAAQBAJ |title=The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual |date=2012 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year= |isbn=0-7486-2137-7 |pages=126 |orig-year=1996}}) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1311–1322.

Life

Abdullah was the son of Kade I and Fatima.{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Ronald |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonuniversity02bost |title=Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History |date=1966 |publisher=Boston University Press |pages=80 |chapter=The Bornu King Lists}} He succeeded his cousin Ibrahim I Nikale as mai in 1311, after Ibrahim had been murdered by a group led by a man named Yerama Muhammad.{{Cite book |last=Barth |first=Heinrich |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Travels_and_Discoveries_in_North_and_Cen/la_zIUj0oiwC |title=Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855 |date=1857 |publisher=Longmans |pages=638 |language=en}} Abdullah was a just ruler. He punished Ibrahim's murderers and defeated a figure named Bagharimi, who had apparently been a rival of some sort in Ibrahim's reign. After this, Abdullah is said to have "established his power with a strong hand".

Abdullah had multiple consorts, including Kime and Kagala. He was succeeded in 1322 by his son Selema.

References

Category:Rulers of the Kanem Empire

Category:14th-century monarchs in Africa