# Idris V

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{{Infobox monarch|
| name         = Idris V
| succession   = ''[Mai](/source/List_of_mais_of_Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu)'' of the [Kanem–Bornu Empire](/source/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire)
| reign        = 17th century (17–20 years)<br/>{{Circa}} 1680–1699{{efn|name=IdrisReign|Different king lists ([''girgam''s](/source/Girgam)) and chronicles translated in the 19th–20th centuries give Idris slightly different regnal lengths: 17 years ([Urvoy](/source/Yves_Urvoy)), 19 years ([Palmer](/source/Richmond_Palmer)), or 20 years ([Barth](/source/Heinrich_Barth), [Landeroin](/source/Mo%C3%AFse_Landeroin), [Nachtigal](/source/Gustav_Nachtigal)).<ref name=":2" /> As a result of this, and due to different calculations for other mais, various dates have been given for his reign, including 1685–1704 (Barth), 1680/1684–1699 (Palmer), 1694–1711 (Urvoy), 1674–1694 (Landeroin), and 1670–1690 (Nachtigal).<ref name=":2" /> Cohen (1966) considered a reign of 20 years most likely.<ref name=":2" /> For unknown reasons, Bosworth (2012) assigned Idris a shortened 14-year reign, dated to 1684–1699.<ref name=":02" />}}
| predecessor  = [Ali III Walamma](/source/Ali_III_Walamma)
| successor    = [Dunama VII Martemarambi](/source/Dunama_VII_Martemarambi)
| death_date   = {{circa}} 1699
| house        = [Sayfawa dynasty](/source/Sayfawa_dynasty)
| house-type   = Dynasty
| father       = [Ali III Walamma](/source/Ali_III_Walamma)
}}
'''Idris V{{efn|Some chronologies of Kanem–Bornu rulers omit the 14th-century [Idris II Saradima](/source/Idris_II_Saradima), lowering the regnal numbers of later rulers of this name. This ruler is then considered '''Idris IV'''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart |first=John |title=African States and Rulers: An Encyclopedia of Native, Colonial and Independent States and Rulers Past and Present |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=1989 |p=35}}</ref>}}''' (Idrīs bin ʿAlī) was ''[mai](/source/List_of_mais_of_Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu)'' (ruler) of the [Kanem–Bornu Empire](/source/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire) in the late 17th century, ruling approximately 1680–1699.{{efn|name=IdrisReign}}

== Life ==
Idris was a son of ''mai'' [Ali III Walamma](/source/Ali_III_Walamma),<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Ronald |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonuniversity02bost |title=Boston University Papers on Africa: Volume II: African History |date=1966 |publisher=Boston University Press |pages=60, 64, 82 |chapter=The Bornu King Lists}}</ref> who he succeeded as ''mai'' in the late 17th century.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Bosworth |first=Clifford Edmund |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Islamic_Dynasties/maQxEAAAQBAJ |title=The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual |date=2012 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year= |isbn=0-7486-2137-7 |pages=127 |orig-year=1996}}</ref> Very little is recorded of Idris's reign. The German explorer [Heinrich Barth](/source/Heinrich_Barth), who visited [Bornu](/source/Bornu_(historical_region)) in the 1850s, noted that Idris was omitted by mistake in some royal chronicles and lists of rulers ([''girgam''s](/source/Girgam)).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Barth |first=Heinrich |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Travels_and_Discoveries_in_North_and_Cen/la_zIUj0oiwC |title=Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849–1855 |date=1857 |publisher=Longmans |pages=659 |language=en}}</ref>

Idris ruled for over a decade, between 17 and 20 years.{{efn|name=IdrisReign}} The location of his death is not recorded.<ref name=":0" /> Idris was succeeded as ''mai'' by his brother [Dunama VII Martemarambi](/source/Dunama_VII_Martemarambi).<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":0" />

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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Category:Rulers of the Bornu Empire
Category:17th-century monarchs in Africa
Category:1699 deaths

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