| Ismai'l | |||||
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| Askia | |||||
| Predecessor | Askia Benkan (1531–1537) | ||||
| Successor | Askia Ishaq I (1539–1549) | ||||
| Born | c. 1510 | ||||
| Died | December 1539 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Askia dynasty | ||||
| Father | Askia Mohammad I | ||||
| Mother | Maryum Daabu | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Askia Ismail was the sixth ruler of the Songhai Empire from 1537 – 1539, and fourth from the Askia dynasty. He was the son of Askia Mohammad I, the founder of the Askia dynasty, and Maryam Daabu, a member of the Malian royal family captured in 1501.[1]