Biri III Uthman

Type Figure Region Kanem–Bornu Empire Time c. 1360–1422 Also known as Uthman Biri、Mai Bir、Biri III、Biri b. Idris

Mai (mai) of the Sayfawa dynasty in the Kanem–Bornu Empire, reigning from about 1390 to 1422, over thirty years.…

Timeline

c. 1390–1410Bornu · Lake Chad BasinAs a monarch of the Idris line, he ruled for a long period after the empire's westward shift to Bornu, maintaining Sayfawa rule over the peoples of the Lake Chad Basin, though internal struggles between Idris and Dawud royal factions continued.
c. 1415–1421Bornu · Lake Chad BasinIn his later reign a civil war broke out with the mai Muhammad b. Dalatu (Muhammad b. Dalatu), reflecting the 'turbulent era' of the early 15th century marked by the mai's growing power and an unstable throne.
c. 1421–1422Bornu · Lake Chad BasinHe died or abdicated around 1421–1422, succeeded by Uthman III Khalinumwa (of the Dawud line), but the latter was deposed by Mai Kanemi and others after less than a year on the throne.

List of mais of Kanem–Bornu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mais_of_Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu
Kanem–Bornu Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire