Dirke Kelem

Dirke Kelem
Mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire
Reign13th century
PredecessorJalil (?)
SuccessorIbrahim I Nikale
DynastySayfawa dynasty
FatherDunama II Dibalemi

Dirke Kelem (Dirke Kelem bin Dunama) was mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the mid-to-late 13th century. A son of mai Dunama II Dibalemi, Dirke Kelem ruled during a several decade-long period of succession conflict between the sons of Dunama. The precise sequence and chronology of mais is unclear in this period, which lasted from Dunama's death to the rise of Ibrahim I Nikale.


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