Birayma Kuran Kan

Burba Jolof

Birayma Kuran Kan
Burba Jolof
Reign	c.1488–c.1492
Predecessor	Tase Daagulen
Successor	Bukaar Biye-Sungule
Father	Jeleen Mbay Leyti

Birayma Kuran Kan, also spelled Biram Kura Kan (ruled c.1488–c.1492) was the ninth ruler, or Burba, of the Jolof Empire.^[1] He was the son of Jeleen Mbay Leyti and nephew of Biram Njeme Eler, both earlier Burbas, and like them was a member of the Baol-Baol Jonaï maternal lineage.^[2]^: 26

Birayma Kuran Kan served as governor of Porto d'Ale, an important center of European trade, under his predecessor Tase Daagulen, where he became wealthy and built strong connections with the merchants. When the Burba ordered him to return to court, he threw a feast as a kind of retirement party, at which Tase Daagulen was poisoned.^[2]^: 25

References

^ Stewart, John (2014). African States and Rulers. Jefferson: McFarland. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-78649-564-1.
^ ^a ^b Fall, Rokhaya (2013). "De la nécessité de réactualiser le recours à la « tradition orale » dans l'écriture du passé africain". In Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier; Hirsch, Bertrand (eds.). Les ruses de l'historien. Essais d'Afrique et d'ailleurs en hommage à Jean Boulègue. Hommes et sociétés (in French). Paris: Karthala. pp. 15–29. doi:10.3917/kart.fauve.2013.01.0015. ISBN 978-2-8111-0939-4. Retrieved 8 January 2024.