Askia Muhammad I, Songhai Empire

Askia Muhammad I (1442-1538)


Muhammad Toure, additionally known Askia Muhammad I and Askia the Great, was a leader of the Songhay (or Songhai) Empire of West Africa in the late fifteenth and mid sixteenth hundreds of years. In spite of the fact that Muhammad's starting points are wrangled about, it is acknowledged that he was a descendent of the Soninke individuals, one of the most seasoned families in West Africa, and was among the Songhay administering tip top while under the govern of his forerunner, Sunni Ali. 

At the point when Sunni Ali passed on in 1492, his child and successor was expelled by an overthrow. Months after the fact, Askia (the title given to leaders of the Songhay Empire) Muhammad accepted the position of royalty. Under the run of Muhammad, the Songhay Empire quickly extended. It fused the Hausa states similarly as Kano in the South (exhibit day Nigeria) and in the west, Muhammad's consistent undertakings against the Malian Empire made previous Malian regions tributary to the Songhay. By 1500, the Songhay Empire secured more than 1.4 million square kilometers, from what is currently Northern Nigeria to introduce day Senegal. At the time it was the biggest realm in African history. 

Askia Muhammad additionally presented arrangements that expanded exchange with Europe and Asia, institutionalized weights, measures, and money; supplanted local Songhay overseers with Arab Muslims trying to Islamize society, and empowered learning and education. He furthermore made positions for coordinating money, horticulture, equity, inside, convention, and waters and backwoods. The time of Muhammad's govern is known as a brilliant age for Muslim grant at Sankore University in Timbuktu. It was additionally a time of social recovery. 

In 1528, Askia Muhammad was removed by his child, Askia Musa. In oral and composed accounts, Muhammad Toure's rule is set apart by adoration for war and regard for Islam. Muhammad passed on in 1538, at the age of ninety-six.

Hi was the leader, hero, hero of national heroes of Songhai Nation.