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 Dunama II Dabbalemi (Dunama Dibalemi Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Jalīl) was the '' mai'' of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1221–1259. Life Dunama Dabbalemi was the son of Abd al-Jalil II and Dibala. He succeeded his father as ''mai'' in 1221. A f ...

. Bir was a son of Dunama II and his consort Zainab. Bir was preceded as ''mai'' by Jalil or

Kashim Bir Kashim Bir (Kashim Biri bin Dunama), also called Bir and Othman, 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, ...

, and succeeded by Jalil or

Dirke Kelem Dirke Kelem (Dirke Kelem 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. Th ...

. 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