Songhai Empire

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Sources

1. BookTimbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents
2. BookAfricans: The History of a Continent

Relations

chronicled by:

• Tarikh al-Fattash

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents, Africans: The History of a Continent

• Tarikh al-Sudan

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents

conquered by:

• Saadi Sultanatesince 13 Mar 1591

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents, Africans: The History of a Continent

has capital:

• Gao

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents

ruled by:

• Askia Ishaq II1588 – 1591

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents

• Askia Muhammad I1493 – 1528

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents, Tomb of Askia

• Sunni Ali1464 – 1492

  Sources: Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʿdī’s Taʾrīkh al-sūdān down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents

Appears in4 items

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  Kingdoms of Africa4 items
  • Songhai Empire1464
  • Sunni Ali takes Timbuktu1468
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    Tomb of Askia1495
  • Battle of Tondibi13 Mar 1591