Idris I Nikalemi

al-Hajj Idris I, called Nikalemi, was a son of mai Ibrahim I Nikale and succeeded Muhammad I Kure as mai of Kanem in about 1329. His accession ended the line of Abdullah II, whose four sons had perished in wars against the Sao.

Idris ruled for twenty-four or twenty-five years, far longer than his predecessors, and at some point made the pilgrimage to Mecca. He died about 1353, probably at Damasak, perhaps while campaigning against the Sao. His half-brother Dawud succeeded over Idris's own sons, splitting the Sayfawa into rival Idrisid and Dawudid branches.