Askia Isma'il

Ismai'l
Askia
PredecessorAskia Benkan (1531–1537)
SuccessorAskia Ishaq I (1539–1549)
Bornc. 1510
DiedDecember 1539
Names
Ismai'l ibn Mohammed al-Turi
DynastyAskia dynasty
FatherAskia Mohammad I
MotherMaryum Daabu
ReligionIslam

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]

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