Othman III Kalinumuwa (ʿUthmān Kalinumuwa bin Dāwūd), also spelled Kalinumawa, was the '' 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 ...

in 1422–1423, ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict.

Life

Othman Kalinumuwa was the son of Dawud and an unknown mother. He succeeded his cousin Bir III Othman as ''mai'' in 1422. In 1423, Othman Kalinumuwa was overthrown after a short reign by a party led by the ''kaigama'' (chief general) Nikale bin Ibrahim and the ''yerima'' (another high official) Kade. Othman fled the country and sought refuge among the

Hausa Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...

states, probably the

Sultanate of Kano The Sultanate of Kano was a Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Nigeria that dates back to 1349, when the king of Kano, Ali Yaji (1349–1385), dissolved the cult of Tsumbubra and proclaimed Kano a sultanate. Before 1000 AD, Kano had been ...

, where he later died (or was killed). He was replaced as ''mai'' with Dunama IV, his first cousin once removed.

References

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