Salmama Ibn Abdullahi II of Kanem was the

king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

of the

Kanem–Bornu Empire The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. It was known to the Arabian geographers as the Kanem Empire from the 8th century AD onward and lasted as the independent kingdom of Bornu (the B ...

beginning in 1335, following the death of his father, Abdullah II. His reign was turbulent as the kingdom was under attack from the Sao groups of Southern lake Chad and in 1339, he was killed in battle and succeeded by his brother, Kuri I. Rulers of the Kanem Empire

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