Bir I of Kanem
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Sultan Biri Ibn Dunama was the son of Mai Dunama I
, and Fasam from the Kayi ethnic group. Sultan Biri reigned as the king of Kanem, in the early stages of the Kanem Empire
He was once constricted by his mother for executing a thief.
Dunama I
Mai Dunama was the head of the Sayfawa confederacy during the early part of the twelfth century. He was supposedly the first Mai to take a pilgrimage to Mecca.-References:Gerald S. Graham, Thomas Hodgkin; Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology...
, and Fasam from the Kayi ethnic group. Sultan Biri reigned as the king of Kanem, in the early stages of the Kanem Empire
Kanem Empire
The Kanem Empire was located in the present countries of Chad, Nigeria and Libya. At its height it encompassed an area covering not only much of Chad, but also parts of southern Libya , eastern Niger and north-eastern Nigeria...
He was once constricted by his mother for executing a thief.