Editing Askia Muhammad I (section)

=== Songhai Djermas ===
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The descendants of the '''Askia''' are also to be found mainly among the [[Songhai people|Songhai]] subgroup of the [[Zarma people|Djermas]] descending from the previous [[Za Dynasty]] of the [[Sunni Dynasty]] and [[Askia Dynasty]] and who ruled over the [[Gao Empire]], the marriages between the members descending from the three powerful songhai dynasty was frequent and the princesses of blood and noble milk were only exchanged between these three dynasty, thus '''khaman Duksa''', [[Zarmakoy]] sambo ([[Mali Bero]]) and '''Tagour Gana''' of the 17th and 18th century descendants of the za all took wives from the descendants of the askia living with them in the dendi, the askia reigning in the dendi on the right bank of the river and the royal Za lineage of the '''waazi''', '''sega''', '''fahmey''', '''kogori''', '''kandi''', '''Manay''', '''Zem''' on the left bank, they bear the royal title of [[Zarmakoy|Djermakoy]] which does not It is to bear that to the descendant of the za, he reigns in the zarmaganda ([[Tondikiwindi]], [[Ouallam]], [[Simiri]] ) over the '''kalley''' and in the zarmatarey ([[Dosso, Niger|Dosso]], [[kiota]], yeni, [[Fakara]], [[kouré]], [[kollo, Niger|Kollo]], [[libore]], [[N'Dounga]], [[kirtachi]], babousaye, [[Tondikandia]], bogole, [[Hamdallaye, Niger|Hamdallaye]], [[Garankedey]], [[Fabidji]] ) over the '''Gooley'''. The [[Maouri people|Maouri]] ( Royale house of Mawrikoy of sokorbe and Mawrikoy of Moussadey), '''Gubey''' (Royale house of goubekoy of [[Loga, Niger|Loga]]) assimilated and having constituted royal houses married to the za.

Matrimonial relations between the askia and the za are the basis of cousinhood between the Songhai djermas and the [[Songhai proper|Songhai Mamar Hamey]]. The Mamar Haamey consider themselves the maternal uncles of the Zarma, the same relationship is observed with the descendants of the [[Sunni Ali Ber]] .

The descendants of the [[Za Dynasty]] have always occupied high positions in the empire in the [[Army]] and the administration, especially in the military province of dendi, where they held the position of '''Dendi Fari''' and their role was decisive in stopping the advance Moroccan in the dendi with generals of values like '''Hawa ize maali''' and '''yefarma ishak''' of the house of Manay.
the Mamar Hamay occupy two djerma kingdoms by imposition during the French colonization in Niger, the French massacre to the last the royal house of the Zarmakoy of [[Ouallam]] and bring in a Mamar Haama from [[Hombori]] to occupy the vacant throne, same case in the '''Fakara''' where a mamar haama is imported from '''Yonkoto''' to occupy the throne, all within the framework of the armed revolt of mamar haama oumarou emir of karma against the [[Colony|Colonial]] administration, the saying between songhai'' we are only one family that will chew each other but never swallow each other'' is used so that the populations of these two principalities accept the taxes. the [[Songhai people|Songhai]] do not have a problem when an ethnic Songhai comes to usurp a throne from them but this revolts in the case of a non-Songhai and leaves the country when they cannot prevent the unknown .

The Djerma, the mamar hamey and the si hamey all qualify as '''zaberbenda''' (the descendants of za the great, za el ayaman) and must support each other in the event of an enemy attack, when the mamar haama are attacked on the right bank, the '''Tubal''' [[War drum]] are struck to warn the left bank where the '''Djerma princes''' are beating theirs to gather their armies and cross the river to support their brother in the west and vice versa.