Abdullah III Dakumuni

Abdullah III, called Abdullah Dakumuni and Abdallah Auja, was mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the early 15th century, ruling approximately 1425–1433. Abdullah ruled during the "Era of Instability", a chaotic period of internal and external conflict in the empire.

Life

Abdullah was a son of mai Umar I Idrismi. Abdullah became mai in the early 15th century, succeeding his brother Dunama IV.
Later sources attribute Abdullah a reign of seven to nine years. For some part of his reign, Abdullah was engaged in a civil war against his kaigama, Abdullah Dighelma. Dighelma was victorious in the war and dethroned Abdullah, replacing him as mai with Ibrahim II. The sources are confused on Abdullah's subsequent career. A royal chronicle translated by the German explorer Heinrich Barth in the mid-19th century records that Ibrahim reigned for several years and that Abdullah was made mai again by Dighelma after Ibrahim's death. Barth's chronicle contradictorily also states that Ibrahim was murdered by Kade III, who then seized the throne.
The site of Abdullah's death is recorded as Famelfa, or variations thereof, such as Malfe.