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Extent of the Songhai Empire. Askia Muhammad Ture I (1443–1538), born Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Turi [a] or Muhammad Ture, was the first ruler of the Askia dynasty of the Songhai Empire, reigning from 1493 to 1528. He is also known as Askia the Great, and his name in modern Songhai is Mamar Kassey.
The Askiya ruled from Gao over the vast Songhai Empire until its defeat by a Moroccan invasion force in 1591. After the defeat, the dynasty moved south back to its homeland and created several smaller kingdoms in what is today Songhai in south-western Niger and further south in the Dendi.
The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African empires in history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai people.
Daoud's son Mohammad Bonkana and the Huku-kuri-koi (palace vizier) Yāsī led a series of campaigns against the Dogon people of the Bandiagara Escarpment which re-established some limited Songhai authority there that had weakened since Askia Muhammad's time. [12] The Songhai army under Daoud failed to modernize by adopting firearms, and relied ...
Askia Mohammed was the first Askia emperor and expanded the Songhai Empire. As a devoted Muslim, he felt obligated to make his pilgrimage to Mecca, which he returned from in 1495. He brought back with him the materials to make his tomb; all of the mud and wood came from Mecca. The caravan is said to have consisted of "thousands of camels".
Oral tradition believes he was killed by his sister's son, Askia Muhammad Ture. [11] Sonni Ali's son, Sunni Baru, was immediately proclaimed king of Songhay by the army commanders, [1] but he was challenged by Askia because Baru was not seen as a faithful Muslim. [12] Askia eventually defeated Sunni Baru and took power.
Towards the end of his reign, Askia Mohammad had become blind, and thereby increasingly dependent on Ali Fulan, the Hugu-koray-koi (Master of the Palace interior). None of the Askia's sons were aware of this because Ali Fulan stuck so close to his side as aid (at this time blindness would have disqualified a ruler as he would have been expected to lead his army into battle, as well as being a ...
Askia Ishaq was a ruthless and paranoid ruler, inspiring fear and anxiety among the Songhai people.Despite being a devout Muslim, he sent agents to Timbuktu on a regular basis to demand enormous sums of money from the merchants, which is against Islamic law.