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Bir II Ibrahim (Biri Ibrāhīm bin Dunama) was '' mai'' of the
Kanem–Bornu Empire The Kanem–Bornu Empire was an empire based around Lake Chad that once ruled areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, and Chad. The empire was sustained by the prosperous trans-Saharan trade and was one of the ...
at some point between 1259 and 1290, in a period of succession conflict between the sons of Dunama II Dabbalemi. Bir was a son of Dunama II and his consort Zainab. Bir was preceded as ''mai'' by Jalil or Kashim Bir, and succeeded by Jalil or Dirke Kelem. Bir was remembered as "a conqueror", though it is unclear what lands he conquered.


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Rulers of the Kanem Empire 13th-century monarchs in Africa {{Africa-royal-stub