Selema of Kanem
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Selema[1] or Salmama[2] (Selema bin ʿAbdallāh[1]), sometimes enumerated as Selema IITemplate:Efn or Selema III,Template:Efn was the mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1322–1326.[1]
Life
Selema was the son of Abdullah II and Kime.[3] He succeeded his father as mai in 1322.[1] Selema's reign was turbulent as the empire came under attack from the Sao groups of southern Lake Chad.[4] Selema's predecessors had greatly reduced the Sao, but had not succeeded in wiping them out or fully occupying their territory. The Sao rose against the Kanem–Bornu Empire in Selema's time and were apparently a great threat.[5] Later tradition attributed the initial success of the Sao to a curse placed upon Selema's father by an "afflicted mother".[5]
In 1326,[1] Selema was killed in battle[4] against the Sao.[5] He was succeeded as mai by his brother Kuri I Gana.[1]