Bir I of Kanem

Bir I of Kanem

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.


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