Idris II (Idrīs bin Dāwūd or Idrīs bin Haritso), called Idris Saradima and Idris Ladarem, may have been a mai (ruler) of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the 14th century, approximately 1369–1376, possibly co-ruling with mai Dunama III.

Sources and interpretation

The mais Idris Saradima and Dunama III are recorded in lists of Kanem–Bornu rulers (girgams) translated by Gustav Nachtigal (1881) and Moïse Landeroin[fr] (1911). Both figures are omitted in lists translated by Heinrich Barth (1851) and Richmond Palmer (1936). Nachtigal left Idris's regnal years as "?" and assigned a seven-year reign to Dunama, whereas Landeroin assigned seven years to Idris and one year to Dunama. Idris and Dunama's reigns would fall between those of mais Abubakar Liyatu and Umar I Idrismi.

Later authors have varied in their approach. Urvoy (1941) listed Idris and Dunama as possible co-rulers, with a joint eight-year reign. Cohen (1966) stated that their absence in Barth and Palmer's lists suggest that Dunama and Idris were only vaguely remembered by the 19th century, and considered it possible that they were the same person, that one of them reigned briefly during the reign of the other, or that neither actually reigned. Lange (1984) and Stewart (1989) omit both Idris and Dunama from their lists of rulers. In his list of Kanem–Bornu rulers, Bosworth (2012) includes Idris "and/or" Dunama.

According to Nachtigal, Idris was a son of Haritso (or Hartso), a son of mai Dawud Nikalemi. Landeroin instead designated Idris as a son (not grandson) of Dawud. Urvoy preferred Nachtigal's version of Idris's parentage whereas Bosworth preferred Landeroin's version.

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