{"slug": "songhai-empire", "label": "Songhai Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhai_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202687", "qid": "Q202687", "description": "former state located in western Africa", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1468, 1591], "span_label": ["1468 CE", "1591 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mali", "label": "Mali", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "timbuktu", "label": "Timbuktu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "marrakesh", "label": "Marrakesh", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sonni Ali, king of the Songhai Empire, takes power over Timbuktu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#Date_unknown", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – In what is now the West African nation of Mali, Sonni Baru becomes the new monarch of the Songhai Empire following death of his father, the Emperor Sonni Ali.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#October—December", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Events › October—December"}}, {"year": 1493, "year_label": "1493 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Battle of Anfao: Askia Mohammad I defeats Sonni Baru in what becomes the African nation of Mali, and usurps the throne of the Songhai Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631093#April–June", "title": "1493", "revid": 1371631093, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Leo Africanus visits Timbuktu, second city of the Songhai Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#Undated", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1528, "year_label": "1528 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – Askia Muhammad I, ruler of the Songhai Empire in West Africa since 1493, is forced to abdicate by his son, Askia Musa, who declares himself to be the new Songhai Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369577446#July–September", "title": "1528", "revid": 1369577446, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – In the Songhai Empire that rules most of West Africa and the Niger River valley, the Emperor Askiya Musa is assassinated by his brothers after less than two years on the throne. Askia Mohammad Benkan is enthroned the same day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#April–June", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1539, "year_label": "1539 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – Askia Isma'il, ruler of the Songhai Empire in West Africa, dies after a reign of slightly less than two years and is succeeded by Askia Ishaq I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494992#January–March", "title": "1539", "revid": 1366494992, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Saadian invasion of the Songhai Empire: An army of 20,000 troops, led by Judar Pasha is dispatched from Marrakesh in the Saadi Sultanate (now Morocco), on orders of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur. The Saadi Army's objective is to conquer the Songhai Empire, led by the Emperor Askia Ishaq II, in North Africa, corresponding to what is now the Republic of Mali.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#October–December", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, forces sent by the Saadi dynasty ruler of Morocco, Ahmad al-Mansur, and led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#January–March", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}