Askia Musa

Askia Musa
Emperor of the Songhai Empire
Reign	1529 – 1531
Died	1531
Place of death	Mansur^[1] or Mansoûra^[2]
Predecessor	Askia al-hajj Muhammad (ruled 1493–1529)
Successor	Askia Muhammad Bonkana
Offspring	None^[3]
Dynasty	Askia Dynasty
Father	Askia al-hajj Muhammad
Mother	Kamsa^[4]

Askia Musa or Askiya Musa (ruled 1529–1531) was a Soninke ruler of the Songhai Empire in the 16th century. He deposed his aging father Askia Mohammad I in 1529 in a bloodless coup.^[5] He then battled to retain his position, killing a number of his brothers and between 25 and 35 of his cousins.^[2] In 1531 a group of his brothers plotted against him and killed him.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Hunwick 2003, p. 124.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kâti 1913, p. 156.
^ Kâti 1913, p. 340 Appendix 2.
^ Hunwick 2003, p. 118.
^ Hunwick 2003, p. 117.

References

Hunwick, John O. (2003), Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sadi's Tarikh al-Sudan down to 1613 and other contemporary documents, Leiden: Brill, ISBN 05856914 .
Kâti, Mahmoûd Kâti ben el-Hâdj el-Motaouakkel (1913) (in French), Tarikh el-fettach ou Chronique du chercheur, pour servir à l'histoire des villes, des armées et des principaux personnages du Tekrour, Houdas, O., Delafosse, M. ed. and trans., Paris: Ernest Leroux, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5439466q . Also available from Aluka but requires subscription.

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Name	Musa, Askia
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Date of death	1531
Place of death	Mansur or Mansoûra