Kade III
| Kade III | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1440–1444 |
| Predecessor | Ibrahim II |
| Successor | Bir IV |
| Issue | Muhammad IV Othman IV |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Othman |
Kade III (Kade bin ʿUthmān[1]) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1440–1444,[1] ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict.
Life
[edit]Later Kanem–Bornu chronicles designate Kade as a son of Othman,[2] though it is unclear if Othman I, Othman II, or Othman III Kalinumuwa is meant. The German researcher Dierk Lange believes Kade to have been a son of Othman III Kalinumuwa.[3]
In 1440,[1] Kade murdered the unpopular mai Ibrahim II.[4] Ibrahim was also a "son of Othman"[2][4] and may thus have been Kade's brother.[4] After a short reign, Kade was defeated and killed by a rival, Dunama V Ahmad.[4] He was succeeded as mai by Bir IV.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2012) [1996]. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-7486-2137-7.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Ronald (1966). "The Bornu King Lists". Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History. Boston University Press. p. 81.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Barth, Heinrich (1857). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken... 1849-1855. Longmans. pp. 641–643.
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