Idris I Nikalemi dating history

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al-Ḥājj Idris I (Idrīs bin Ibrāhīm Nikale), called Idris Nikalemi and Idris Hafsami, was mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the early-to-mid 14th century, ruling approximately 1329–1353. Idris was the progenitor of the Idrisid line of the Sayfawa dynasty, which competed for the throne with the rival Dawudid line (descendants of his brother and successor Dawud Nikalemi) in the century following his death.