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....

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...

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...

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...

Bengali poet and Islamic scholar Sonni Ali (died 1492), first king of the West African Songhai empire Syed Mohammad Ali (1928–1993), Bangladeshi journalist...

fishermen and traders. Following Sonni Ali's death, Muslim factions rebelled against his successor and installed Sonni Ali nephew, Askia Muhammad (formerly...

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...

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...

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...

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...