Quran Universe

Hummay, Mai · First Muslim king of Kanem

Ruler

RulerMai · First Muslim king of Kanem

Hummayحمي

Approximate dateNjimi (Kanem)

The king of Kanem near Lake Chad who accepted Islam in the 11th century.

Chronicles say a scholar named Muhammad ibn Mani taught him the Quran. Kanem, and later Bornu, remained a Muslim kingdom for some eight centuries.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Kanem-BornuKanem (Njimi)

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Mutamid ibn AbbadMalik Shah INizam al-MulkYusuf ibn TashfinAl-MuqtadiRoger I of SicilyAlfonso VITunka Manin

Source: history

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

Rulers