Muhammad V of Bornu
| Muhammad V | |
|---|---|
| Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire | |
| Reign | 1467–1472 |
| Predecessor | Omar II |
| Successor | Ali I Gaji |
| Dynasty | Sayfawa dynasty |
| Father | Muhammad IV |
Muhammad V[a] (Muḥammad bin Muḥammad[2]) was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1467–1472,[2] ruling during a century-long chaotic period of internal and external conflict.
Life
[edit]Muhammad V was a son of mai Muhammad IV[3] (r. 1451–1456).[2] The German researcher Dierk Lange has suggested, on unclear grounds, that Muhammad V was instead a son of the earlier Muhammad III.[4] In 1466, Muhammad was engaged in civil war against mai Omar II. Over the course of a year, Muhammad gained the upper hand, deposing (and probably killing) Omar[5] in 1467.[2] Muhammad was remembered as a powerful and courageous ruler, though little of his reign was otherwise recorded.[5] He was succeeded as mai by Ali I Gaji in 1472.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Some chronologies of Kanem–Bornu rulers omit the 14th-century Muhammad II, lowering the regnal numbers of later rulers of this name. This ruler is then considered Muhammad IV.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present. McFarland & Company. pp. 34–35, 146.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 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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