Kure II (Kure bin ÿAbdallÃÂh), called Kure Kura (meaning "Kure the Elder") and Kure al-Kabir, was briefly mai (ruler) of the KanemâÂÂBornu Empire in the early 14th century, ruling approximately 1327âÂÂ1328.
Kure II was a son of mai Abdullah II Kademi. He succeeded his younger brother Kure I Gana ("Kure the Younger") as mai in the early 14th century, after Kure I died in battle against the Sao of Bornu. The Sao lived south of Lake Chad and had been greatly reduced, but not completely subjugated or wiped out, under earlier mais. The Sao rose up against the empire in the time of mai Selema III, a brother of Kure I and Kure II who had also been killed by the Sao.
After a short reign, Kure was like his brothers also defeated and killed in battle by the Sao. He died at a site recorded as Ghaliwá (or variations thereof, such as N'geliwa), the same location where the Sao had killed Kure I. A contradictory tradition places his death at Kukawa, an error since that settlement was established in the 19th century. Kure II was succeeded as mai by another brother, Muhammad I Kure.