Kure I Gana

Kure I, called Kure Gana and Kure al-Saghir, was briefly mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the early 14th century, ruling approximately 1326–1327.

Life

Kure was a son of mai Abdullah II Kademi. He succeeded his brother Selema III as mai in the early 14th century, after Selema died in battle against the Sao of Bornu. The Sao lived south of Lake Chad and had been greatly reduced, but not completely subjugated or wiped out, under earlier mais. The Sao rose up against the empire in Selema's time. Despite being younger, Kure appears to have become mai over his elder brother Kure Kura.
After a short reign, Kure was also defeated and killed in battle by the Sao, dying at a site recorded as Ghaliwá. A contradictory tradition places his death in Hausaland. Kure Gana was succeeded as mai by his elder brother Kure Kura.