Sayfawa dynasty
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The Sayfawa dynasty is the name of the kings (or mai, as they called themselves) of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1396, in Borno (today Nigeria). Local oral traditions attribute the foundation of the dynasty to an Arab, Sayf ben Dhi Yazan, in the 9th century AD. The dynasty, one of Africa's longest living, lost the throne in 1846.
| Kanem Period | |
|---|---|
| Hummay | 1085–1097 |
| Dunama I | 1098–1150 |
| Biri I | 1150–1176 |
| Bikoru | 1176–1193 |
| Abd al-Djel Selma | 1193–1210 |
| Dunama II Dabbalemi | 1210–1224 |
| Kade | 1224–1242 |
| Kachim Biri | 1242–1262 |
| Djil | 1262 |
| Dari | 1262–1281 |
| Ibrahim I Nikale | 1281–1301 |
| Abdullah I | 1301–1320 |
| Selma | 1320–1323 |
| Kure Gana | 1323–1325 |
| Kure Kura | 1326–1327 |
| Mohammed I of Kanem | 1327–1329 |
| Idris I | 1329–1353 |
| Daoud | 1353–1356 |
| Othman I of Kanem | 1356–1369 |
| Othman II of Kanem | 1369–1371 |
| Abu Bakr Lagatu | 1371–1372 |
| Idris Dunama III | 1372–1380 |
| Omar I | 1380–1388 |
| Sa'id | 1388 |
| Kade Alunu | 1388–1389 |
| Bornu Period | |
| Biri II | 1389-1421 |
| Othman Kalinuama | 1421-1422 |
| Dunama IV | 1422-1424 |
| Abdullah II | 1424-1432 |
| Ibrahim II | 1432-1440 |
| Kadai | 1440-1446 |
| Dunama V | 1446-1450 |
| Mohammed II | 1450-1451 |
| Amarma | 1451-1453 |
| Mohammed III | 1453-1458 |
| Ghazi | 1458-1463 |
| Othman III of Bornu | 1463-1473 |
| Omar II | 1473-1474 |
| Mohammed IV of Bornu | 1474-1479 |
| Ali Gazi | 1479-1507 |
| Idris II Katakarmabe | 1507-1529 |
| Mohammed V | 1529-1544 |
| Ali I of Bornu | 1544-1548 |
| Dunama VI | 1548-1566 |
| Abdullah III of Bornu | 1566-1573 |
| Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama (fem.) | 1573-1580 |
| Idris III Alaoma | 1580-1617 |
| Mohammed VI Bukalmarami | 1617-1632 |
| Ibrahim III of Bornu | 1632-1639 |
| Hadj Omar | 1639-1657 |
| Ali II | 1657-1694 |
| Idris IV of Bornu | 1694-1711 |
| Dunama VII | 1711-1726 |
| Hadj Hamdan | 1726-1738 |
| Mohammed VII of Bornu | 1738-1751 |
| Dunama VIII Gana | 1751-1753 |
| Ali III | 1753-1793 |
| Ahmad | 1793-1808 |
| Dunama IX Lefiami | 1808-1811 d. 1817 |
| Mohammed VIII of Bornu | 1811-1814 |
| Dunama IX Lefiami (restored) | 1814-1817 |
| Ibrahim IV of Bornu | 1817-1846 |
| Ali IV Dalatumi | 1846 |
