Muhammad II (Muḥammad bin Idrīs
) 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 1388–1389,
ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict.
Life
Muhammad was a son of
Idris I and an unknown mother.
He succeeded
Sa'id,
maybe his brother,
as ''mai'' in 1389 and ruled only until 1389, when he was succeeded by his brother
Kade II Afunu.
The late 14th century, during which Muhammad ruled, was a period of acute political instability in Bornu, marked by internal conflict between members of the imperial family
as well as external conflict, primarily with the
Bilala people
The Bulala are a Muslim people that live around Lake Fitri who are of Maguemi (also known as Maguia) origin and the Bulala of Nguedjem fraction shares the same ancestor with the Toubou (Goran) of Kara (also known by the Arabic pronunciation, Kre ...
in the east.
References
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Rulers of the Bornu Empire
14th-century monarchs in Africa