Dirke Kelem

{{Infobox monarch|

| name = Dirke Kelem

| succession = Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire

| reign = 13th century

| predecessor = Jalil or Bir II Ibrahim

| successor = Ibrahim I Nikale

| house = Sayfawa dynasty

| house-type = Dynasty

| father = Dunama II Dabbalemi

}}

Dirke Kelem (Dirke Kelem bin Dunama{{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 mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire at some point between 1259 and 1290, in a period of succession conflict between the sons of Dunama II Dabbalemi.{{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}} Dirke Kelem was a son of Dunama II and an unknown consort. Dirke Kelem was preceded as mai by Jalil or Bir II Ibrahim, and succeeded by Ibrahim I Nikale.

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{{Kanem–Bornu rulers}}

Category:Rulers of the Kanem Empire

Category:13th-century monarchs in Africa

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