Askia al-Amin

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al-Amin
Reign1612-1618
Predecessor Askia Harun
SuccessorAskia Dawud II
Died1618 (1619)
Dynasty Askia Dynasty
Father Askia Daoud

Askia al-Amin was the third ruler of the Dendi Kingdom. He is remembered as a worthy ruler, who cared for his subjects and helped them during periods of famine and shortage.

Reign

The political organization under was reign had stabilized. [1] In his view, the last stage of the resistance had come, and final victory was at hand. The qa'id 'Ali led the counterattack. However, no battle resulted when the two armies met. As Al-Sa'di, author of the Tarikh al-Sudan wrote, 'they parted [in the same conditions] as they arrived.' He also suggested that the qa'id 'Ali had sent gold to the Dendi-fari as an inducement not to fight. The Askia al-Amin recalled the Dendi-fari and sentenced him to death by poisoning. [2]

He died a natural death in 1618 and was succeeded by Askia Dawud II. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kaba, Lansiné (1981). "Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes: The Moroccan Invasion of the Sudan and the Songhay Resistance (1591-1612)". The Journal of African History. 22 (4): 473. ISSN   0021-8537.
  2. ↑ Kaba, Lansiné (1981). "Archers, Musketeers, and Mosquitoes: The Moroccan Invasion of the Sudan and the Songhay Resistance (1591-1612)". The Journal of African History. 22 (4): 473. ISSN   0021-8537.
  3. ↑ Fage, J. D.; Gray, Richard; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 166. ISBN   978-0-521-20413-2.
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