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themselves, especially by Muhammad's modern descendants who see in it a challenge to their ethnicity. His exact surname has not been definitively determined and no Toucouleur or Soninke oral source claim him as one of their own. The Tarikh al-Fattash uses the title 'maiga' for him, which is only used
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and the successive wars, to those add the descendants of the many ministers, governors, generals who constitute the children and grandchildren of the askia, in Mali they are scattered among their subjects and occupy the positions of village chief, and were under for some under the authority of the
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The term 'sonhinkey,' which suggests a Soninke ethnic origin for Askia, is also the name of a clan of Songhai magicians responsible for the pre-Islamic cult and forming a younger branch of the royal Sunni clan without rights to the throne. Songhai oral traditions claim the father of Askia Mohammed
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says that Askia Muhammad was a descendent of the Torodo. Torodo is Fula for "people of Toro" and refers to the Toucouleur. The clan name Lum is more likely to be of Toucouleur than Soninke origin. The names al-Turi and al-Sillanki have been interpreted as the Soninke clan names Ture and Sila, but
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Askia encouraged learning and literacy, ensuring that Songhai's universities produced the most distinguished scholars, many of whom published significant books and one of which was his nephew and friend Mahmud Kati. To secure the legitimacy of his usurpation of the
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has not been the subject of any excavation to examine his remains in order to carry out genetic examinations and these known descendants have no longer been the subject of study, only a genetic study can confirm the historical connection.
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of the 17th and 18th century descendants of the za all took wives from the descendants of the askia living with them in the dendi, the askia reigning in the dendi on the right bank of the river and the royal Za lineage of the
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has 61 children, 30 of whom died at a young age. the many princes died for the most part young because of the assassinations that occurred during the successions to the imperial throne, especially with the emperors
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Askia Muhammad created a professionalized army, rather than the general levy that his predecessors had commanded. These soldiers, legally slaves of the Askia, could be sent on long expeditions away from the
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pressure, and Askia Muhammad accepted tribute in exchange for his abandoning the town. This alliance with the Tuareg was a key pillar of Songhai power, particularly in their control over the salt mines of
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of the house of Manay. the Mamar Hamay occupy two djerma kingdoms by imposition during the French colonization in Niger, the French massacre to the last the royal house of the Zarmakoy of
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in 1526. He had been concealing the fact that Muhammad, well over 70 years old, had gone blind. Ill and increasingly politically isolated, Askia Muhammad was forced to abdicate by his son
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do not have a problem when an ethnic Songhai comes to usurp a throne from them but this revolts in the case of a non-Songhai and leaves the country when they cannot prevent the unknown .
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provides a folk etymology for the title, claiming that Askia Muhammad invented the title himself based on the lament of Sonni Ali's daughters when they had learned he had seized power: "
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in Guinea. Instead of organizing the empire along Islamic lines, he tempered and improved on the traditional model by instituting a system of bureaucratic government unparalleled in
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throne are generally preceded by a battle between the princes, the strongest generally takes power, it is this instability which favored the Moroccan invasion and the defeat of
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to retake the throne. This was accomplished in April 1537, and Muhammad returned to Gao where he ceremonially conferred on Ismail the title and regalia of Caliph. He died
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in 1497–1498, he also became known as Askia al-Hajj Muhammad. In modern Songhai, he is known as Mamar Kassey. Mamar is a form of the name Muhammad, and Kassey is a
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triggers the assimilation of non-Songhai populations to the Songhai culture and language and an Islamization of the bargou, they are in Niger integrated with the
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The term at-Turi, which designates the geographical origin of a person, could be the name of Askia's father's village. There is a Songhai village call Tureh in
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Askia Muhammad had many sons, who jockeyed for position and influence at court. When a younger one, Bala, was appointed to a presitigious governorship,
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Askia Muhammad profoundly reorganized the Songhai empire. Where Sonni Ali had been a diffident Muslim, Askia was devout. He based the legal system on
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Ture subsequently orchestrated a program of expansion and consolidation which extended the empire from Taghaza in the North to the borders of
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being made up of the servile mass that they had at their service. The Mamar haamey considering themselves uncles of the
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The theory that Askia Muhammad's family originated in Futa Toro is controversial and has been generally rejected by the
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to occupy the throne, all within the framework of the armed revolt of mamar haama oumarou emir of karma against the
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are beating theirs to gather their armies and cross the river to support their brother in the west and vice versa.
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Matrimonial relations between the askia and the za are the basis of cousinhood between the Songhai djermas and the
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clan names Ture and Sila by many historians. However, Stephan Bühnen has argued that they should be interpreted as
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are present, their descendants are mainly linked to powerful old royal house where always according to the sahel.
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is the nickname of Askia Muhammad and these many descendants are called mamar hamey, they are the descendants of
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concubine who carried out a coup and murdered a good number of these brothers and 25 to 35 of these cousins.
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or Silla in the Senegal valley. Futa Toro was predominantly Toucouleur and Silla was predominantly Soninke.
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gives his name as Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. Al-Turi and al-Sillanki have been interpreted as the
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reports the many descendants of Askia Muhammad, who is said to have had 471 children from many wives and
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felt he had been cheated of his share of the spoils and rebelled, ending Songhai hegemony in Hausaland.
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valley. His mother was named Kassey and is said in oral tradition to have been the sister of Sonni Ali.
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and their role was decisive in stopping the advance Moroccan in the dendi with generals of values like
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and the administration, especially in the military province of dendi, where they held the position of
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All Hausa descendants of Muhammad Rumfa sultan of Kano are matrilineal line descendants of Askia.
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where they are in the majority and have formed the dendi where they are mixed and reign over the
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which does not It is to bear that to the descendant of the za, he reigns in the zarmaganda (
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threatened to have the king's powerful advisor 'Ali Folon killed and drove him to exile in
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The original pronunciation of the title is not known; in modern Songhai, it is pronounced
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Baru is a Songhai form of the name Abu Bakr. Lum is a clan name, probably of Fula origin.
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valley, and favors the possibility that his ancestors originally came from Futa Toro.
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never enter into conflict with them and join forces with them to beat the sokoto, the
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where the great princes migrated with all the strong lineage they founded powerful
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is used so that the populations of these two principalities accept the taxes. the
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Although Askia Mohamed is generally seen as the son of princess Kassey, sister of
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due to a weak contribution of troops resulting from the cold between the emperor
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In 1512, his brother Omar Komajago led an army that destroyed Futa Kingi, killed
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gives Askia Muhammad's name as Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Turi or al-Sillanki. The
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in August 1528. Musa reigned only 3 years before being killed by his brothers.
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they may be references to his father or father's ancestors coming from either
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and there are generally only than associated with royal houses. The pyramidal
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we are only one family that will chew each other but never swallow each other
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African dominion: a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa
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royal house and Kikara royal house have Askyanid ruler in Mali. In western
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spelled it Ischia, and a contemporary Portuguese source spelled it Azquya.
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paints him as a faithful Muslim opposed to Ali's harsh treatment of the
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Spelling variants: Kasay, Kassaye, Kassaï, Kassey, Kassai, and Kasse
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The descendants of the askia like that of sunni carry the title of
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Upon his return, he embarked on a series of campaigns against the
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during the wars against the caliphate of sokoto, they joined
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have always occupied high positions in the empire in the
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Muhammad was a prominent general under the Songhai ruler
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women are also in matrilineal line descending from the
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which are still in use today. Muhammad Kati published
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captured the town, but was unable to hold it against
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Index

Askia Mohammed
Sunni Baru
Askia Musa
Gao
Songhai Empire
Tomb of Askia
Gao
Mali
Issue
Askia Musa
Askia Isma'il
Askia Ishaq I
Askia Dawud
Dynasty
Askia dynasty
Sunni Islam

Songhai Empire
Askia dynasty
Songhai Empire
Songhai
West Africa
Hausa
Kano
Nigeria
Europe
Asia
Islam
Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali

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