Sunni Ali was born the son of Sonni Muhammad Da'o, who appears in the kinglists of the Tarikh al-Sudan and Tarikh al-Fattash as the 10th Sonni ruler....
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Songhai Empire (section Sonni Ali)
derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai people. Sonni Ali established Gao as the empire's capital, although a Songhai state had...
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death are not known. Bāru succeeded his father Sonni Ali on the latter's death. However, one of Sonni Ali's generals, Muhammad Ture, plotted to take power...
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Kassey and is said in oral tradition to have been the sister of Sonni Ali. Under Sonni Ali, Muhammad Ture was a powerful general but frequently clashed with...
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Bengali poet and Islamic scholar Sonni Ali (died 1492), first king of the West African Songhai empire Syed Mohammad Ali (1928–1993), Bangladeshi journalist...
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fishermen and traders. Following Sonni Ali's death, Muslim factions rebelled against his successor and installed Sonni Ali nephew, Askia Muhammad (formerly...
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and rulers of the Songhai Empire through Sunni Ali, son of Za Yasibaya (Yasiboi), who established the Sonni Dynasty. The Songhai people are among those descended...
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framework of Islam. Following the breakup of Mali, a local leader named Sonni Ali (1464–1492) founded the Songhai Empire in the region of middle Niger and...
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under Sonni Sulayman Dama, a conflict whose echoes were reported by Diogo Gomes on the Gambia river. In 1471, Djenne was conquered by Sonni Ali soon after...
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a Sonni Ali sister. Muhammad Ture (1493–1528) founded the Askiya dynasty, askiya being the title of the king. He consolidated the conquests of Sonni Ali...
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