Kanem-Bornu in the 1320s

Timeline

1. 1320–1325Lake Chad basin · ChadIn the early 1320s, Sayfawa monarchs maintained suzerainty in Kanem over the lake region's agricultural zones and nomadic tribes, continuing the court tradition of gradual Islamization since the 11th century, and controlling certain Sahel trade route nodes through the tributary system.
2. 1326–1330eastern frontier of Kanem · ChadIn the late 1320s, Kanem maintained trade contacts with North Africa via Fezzan, while pressure from eastern tribes such as the Bulala increased and internal succession and tribal centrifugal problems worsened; signs of loosening imperial authority had appeared by the end of the 1320s.