Dunama Dabbalemi, ko Dounama Dibbalém, daga daular Sayfawa, shine mai (sarki) daular Kanem, a cikin Cadi na yanzu, daga 1210 zuwa 1224. Musulmin kwarai ne, Dabbalemi ya fara mu'amala da diflomasiya tare da sarakunan dake Arewacin Afirka kuma daga baya ya shirya wani rukunin masaukin baki na musamman a Alkahira don sauƙaƙe ma Alhazawa aikin hajji zuwa Makka . Har wayau kuma tarihin Ibn Khaldun, ya ambace shi a matsayin "Sarkin Daular Borno", an samu rahoton wani jakaden borno a 1257 zuwa ga Tunisia . A zamanin mulkinsa, ya ayyana jihadi a kan kabilun da ke kewaye da shi kuma ya tsawaita tsawan lokaci da zai bi dan ya mamaye su, bayan hakn ne ya samu dakaru masu karfi mahaya doki su 40,000. Bayan haɓaka yankinsu sun je sun kewaye tafkin Chadi a yankin Fezzan (a cikin Libya na yau) wanda garin ya fada a ƙarƙashin ikon mulkinsa na Kanem, kuma tasirin masarautar ya bazu zuwa yamma da Kano (a cikin Najeriya ta yau), gabas zuwa Ouaddaï, kuma kudu zuwa Adamawa