c. 12th centuryEvent
Mai Dunama bin Humai makes the hajj twice
Mai Dunama bin Humai of Kanem is recorded to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca twice during his reign in the first half of the twelfth century.
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c. 12th century
Mai Dunama bin Humai makes the hajj twice
Mai Dunama bin Humai of Kanem is recorded to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca twice during his reign in the first half of the twelfth century.
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Mai Dunama bin Humai of Kanem is recorded to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca twice during his reign in the first half of the twelfth century. Hausa and Kanuri rulers undertook the hajj both to display devotion and to advertise their wealth and power to other Islamic nations.