Askiya Dynasty - Askiya Dynasty of The Dendi Kingdom

Askiya Dynasty of The Dendi Kingdom

The Tarikh al-Sudan includes a list of the Askiya rulers of Dendi. They were all descendants of Askiya Dawud who had ruled in Gao between 1549 and 1582. The list of Askiyas provides no dates but in a few cases the list specifies the length of their reigns. Most of the Askiyas based in Dendi are not mentioned elsewhere in the Tarikh al-Sudan, but for those that are, it is sometimes possible to date their reigns. There were usually succession struggles and some of the reigns were very short. In 1639 Pasha Mesaoud sacked the town of Lulami in Dendi where Askia Ismail was based. The location of Lulami is not known and the chronicle does not specify whether Lulami was a permanent capital. The Tadhkirat al-Nisyan makes no mention of Dendi or its rulers.

• Askiya Muhammad Gao, son of Dawud: 1592
• Askiya Nuh I, son of Dawud: c. 1592-1599
• Askiya al-Mustafa, son of Dawud
• Askiya Muhammad Sorko-ije, son of Dawud
• Askiya Harun Dankataya, son of Dawud
• Askiya al-Amin, son of Dawud: 1611-1618
• Askiya Dawud II, son of Muhammad Bano: 1618-1639
• Askiya Ismail, son of Muhammad Bano: c. 1639
• Askiya Muhammad, son of Anasa: 1639
• Askiya Dawud III, son of Muhammad Sorko-ije: 1639-
• Askiya Muhammad Borgo, son of Harun Dankataya
• Askiya Mar-Chindin, son of Fari-Mondzo Hammad
• Askiya Nuh II, son of al-Mustafa
• Askiya Muhammad Al-Borko, son of Dawud II
• Askiya Al-Hajj, son of Dawud II
• Askiya Ismail, son of Muhammad Sorko-ije
• Askiya Dawud III, son of Muhammad Sorko-ije: in power in c. 1655 when the Tarikh al-Sudan was written

The report of the Tilho commission includes a list of rulers of Gao and then of Gaya in the region of Dendi. The early names do not match those in the lists above. The spelling below is as used in the report.

• Askiya Maammarou, son of Kasseï: legendary ruler of the dynasty (based in Gao)
• Askiya Daouda, son of Maammarou (based in Gao)
• Askiya Karbachi Binta, son of Daouda (based in Gao)
• Askiya Morobani, son of Daouda (based in Gao)
• Askiya El Hadjj Hanga, son of Ismaïla, son of Morobani: -1761 (came from Gao to Dendi)
• Askiya Samsou-Béri, son of El Hadjj Hanga: 1761-1779
• Askiya Hargani, son of El Hadjj Hanga: 1779-1793
• Askiya Samsou Keïna, son of Morobani: 1793-1798
• Askiya Fodi Maÿroumfa, son of Samsou-Béri: 1798-1805
• Askiya Tomo, son of Samsou-Béri: 1805-1823
• Askiya Bassarou Missi Izé, son of Samsou-Béri: 1823-1842
• Askiya Boumi a.k.a. Askia Kodama Komi, son of Samsou-Béri: 1842-1845
• Askiya Koïzé Babba, son of Tomo: 1845-1864
• Askiya Koïzé Babba Baki, son of Fodi Maÿroumfa: 1864-1865
• Askiya Ouankoÿ, son of Tomo: 1865-1868
• Askiya Biyo Birma, son of Tomo: 1868-1882
• Askiya Doauda, son of Bassarou: 1882-1887
• Askiya Malla, son of Tomo: 1887-1901
• Askiya Igoumou, son of Bassarou: 1901-1905

French conquest: 1901