was the eighth mansa of the Mali Empire. He succeeded his father, Mansa Qu, and was the predecessor of Mali's most famous ruler, Mansa Musa. The exact...

Mansa Musa (reigned c. 1312 – c. 1337) was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Musa's reign is often...

Qu (also transliterated Gao) was Mansa of the Mali Empire between 1300 and 1305. Qu was one of two sons of Kolonkan, a sister of the legendary founder...

descendant of Mansa Gao Keita removed him. Mahmud Keita, possibly a grandchild or great-grandchild of Mansa Gao Keita, was crowned Mansa Maghan Keita III...

Look up gao, GAO, gāo, gǎo, gào, or gàõ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gao is a city in Mali and the capital of Gao Region. Gao or GAO may also refer...

that Uli may have been the first mansa of Mali to extend his rule to Walata, Timbuktu, and Gao, though Timbuktu and Gao are usually regarded as later additions...

crisis in Egypt. Mansa Musa also extended the empire to its greatest territorial extent, re-annexing the city of Gao in the east. After Mansa Musa's death...

were the ones who took refuge in Kukiya. Ibn Battuta visited Suleyman (mansa) in Gao in 1352–53, when the town formed part of the Mali Empire. He arrived...

Musa II was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1374 to 1387. Musa II took the throne following the death of his father, Mansa Mari Diata II. He turned away...

Sakura with the conquest of Gao, but subsequently gives a conflicting account that Gao was conquered during the reign of Mansa Musa. The Tarikh al-Sudan...

list) – Gao, Mansa (1300–1305) Mohammed ibn Gao, Mansa (1305–1310) Abu Bakr II, Mansa (1310–1312) Musa I, Mansa (1312–1337) Maghan I, Mansa (1337–1341)...

(1274-1275) Abu Bakr I, Mansa (1275–1285) Sakoura, Mansa (1285–1300) Gao, Mansa (1300–1305) Nigeria Ife Empire (complete list) - Obalufon Alayemore, Ooni...

of the Mali Empire were maintained well after Sakura's death. Mansas Gao, Mohammed ibn Gao and Abubakari II reigned in peace and prosperity over a well-guarded...

and wide. Under Mansa Musa, the empire reached as far as the Atlantic Ocean in the West and past the trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao in the East, encompassing...

Songhai people. Sonni Ali established Gao as the empire's capital, although a Songhai state had existed in and around Gao since the 11th century. Other important...

nine faamas of Niani prior to the founding of the Mali Empire. Its first mansa would be Sundiata Keita. This is when Mari Jata is crowned and Keita becomes...

of Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali. He is the most renowned of the scholars from the wider Muslim world who emigrated to Mali in the aftermath of Mansa Musa's...

Musa's general Saghmanja conquered Gao. The other account claims that Gao had been conquered during the reign of Mansa Sakura. Both of these accounts may...

extent on the oral-derived Epic of Sunjata. Chapter 6, "Mansā Mūsā and Global Mali", focuses on Mansā Mūsā and his famous pilgrimage to Mecca, which generated...

century. After a shift in trading routes, particularly after the visit by Mansa Musa around 1325, Timbuktu flourished, due to its strategic location, from...

Following the death of his father, Mansa Oulé, son of Soundiata became emperor. during his reign he subdued the Songhai of Gao and enlarged the territory of...

as a son of a subordinate ruler of the Mali Empire he had to serve the Mansa. Assuming that Ali Kulun really existed, Hunwick estimated his revolt to...

including Timbuktu, Gao and Kano soon became international centers of Islamic learning. The most significant of the Mali kings was Mansa Musa (1312–1337)...

his support from the ulama of Timbuktu, harshly persecuted under Ali, and Mansa Kura, the Muslim chief of Bara. Sonni Baru drew his from the traditional...

The wealth of the states, like the legendary Mali Empire at the time of Mansa Musa, came from controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes across the desert...

Empire was the wealthiest country in Africa with its 14th-century emperor Mansa Musa believed to be one of the wealthiest individuals in history. Besides...

campaign 1255 — 1270 Expansion under Mansa Ouali I Civil war and rebellion 1285 — 1300 Re-conquest and expansion under Mansa Sakura 1300 — 1337 The empire at...

Shaikh Hussain Jalayir. Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (modern-day Mali and Senegal). Robert de Juilly succeeds...

trade. The Mali Empire, under the rule of Mansa Musa, is particularly noted for its extraordinary wealth. Mansa Musa's legendary pilgrimage to Mecca in...

Obilić 1389 Mansa Maghan II of Mali, usurped and killed by Mansa Sandaki 1389 Lazar of Serbia, killed at the Battle of Kosovo 1390 Mansa Sandaki of Mali...