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Under the rule of Sonni Ali, the Songhai surpassed the Malian Empire in area, wealth, and power, absorbing vast regions of the Mali Empire. His son and successor, Sonni Bāru, was overthrown by Muhammad Ture, one of his father's generals.
Sonni Ali, West African monarch who initiated the imperial expansion of the western Sudanese kingdom of Songhai. His conquest of the leading Sudanese trading cities established the basis for Songhai’s future prosperity and expansion.
8 Μαρ 2019 · The Songhai Empire fell around 1591 when it was weakened by civil wars and attacked by the growing Moroccan Empire. Who is the founder of the Songhai Empire? The founder of the Songhai Empire was King Sunni Ali (aka Sonni Ali Ber) who reigned from 1464 to 1492.
18 Σεπ 2024 · Songhai empire, great trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th–16th century), centered on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria. Learn more about the Songhai empire here.
Sunni Ali, also known as Si Ali, Sunni Ali Ber (Ber meaning "the Great"), [2] reigned from about 1464 to 1492 as the 15th ruler of the Sunni dynasty of the Songhai Empire. He transformed the relatively small state into an empire by conquering Timbuktu, Massina, the Inner Niger Delta, and Djenne.
10 Δεκ 2019 · Sunni Ali is generally regarded as the first real king of the Songhai Empire. He was a visionary who dreamed of expanding his empire across the length and breadth of the Atlantic coast line in West Africa.
13 Ιουν 2019 · Sonni Ali (birth date unknown; died 1492) was a West African monarch who ruled Songhai from 1464 to 1492, expanding a small kingdom along the Niger River into one of medieval Africa's greatest empires.
