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.
References
Rulers of the Kanem Empire
13th-century monarchs in Africa
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