Amarma
| Amarma | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1450–1451 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad III |
| Successor | Muhammad IV |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty (?) |
| Mother | Aisa |
Amarma,[1][2] also called Ume,[1][2] Amer,[1][2][3] Amr,[4] or Mer,[3] was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1450–1451,[2] ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict.
Life
[edit]Amarma was the son of a woman named Aisa,[1][3] who was a daughter of a man named Othman.[3] It is unclear if this Othman corresponds to one of the mais of this name (Othman I, Othman II, or Othman III Kalinumuwa). The German researcher Dierk Lange believes on unclear grounds that Amarma's father was Bir III Othman.[5]
Amarma became mai in 1450, succeeding Muhammad III. He ruled very briefly, being succeeded by Muhammad IV in 1451.[2] Nothing is recorded of Amarma's reign.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 81.
- ^ a b c d e Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-7486-2137-8.
- ^ a b c d e Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. pp. 641–643.
- ^ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. p. 35.
- ^ Lange, Dierk (1984). "The kingdoms and peoples of Chad". In Niane, Djibril Tamsir (ed.). General history of Africa, IV: Africa from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. University of California. p. 261. ISBN 978-92-3-101710-0.
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