Dunama VII Martemarambi

Dunama VII (Dunama bin ʿAlī), called Dunama Martemarambi and (erroneously) Dunama Umarmi, was mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the late 17th and/or early 18th century, ruling approximately 1699–1717.

Life Dunama was a son of mai Ali III Walamma and succeeded his brother Idris V as mai in the late 17th or early 18th century. The major event of Dunama's reign recorded in later royal chronicles was a long seven-year famine.Palmer, H. R. (1926). History Of The First Twelve Years Of The Reign Of Mai Idris Alooma Of Bornu (1571–1583) (Fartua, Ahmed Ibn). p. 117.

Dunama ruled for over a decade, between 15 and 19 years. He died at Ngazargamu or Dikwa and was succeeded as mai by his son Hamdan Dunamami.

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