Editing Askia Muhammad I (section)

== Descent from Askia ==

The ''Tarikh al fattash'' reports the many descendants of Askia Muhammad, who is said to have had 471 children from many wives and [[concubines]] of various origins. Just like [[Genghis Khan]] in [[Asia]] and [[Charlemagne]] in [[Europe]], Emperor Askia Muhammad and the emperors descended from his brother Omar Komdjago constitute patrilineal or matrilineal ancestors of a significant part of the native Sahelian populations and descendants of Sahelians who extend over 6 country where the [[Songhai people|Songhai]] are present, their descendants are mainly linked to powerful old royal house where always according to the sahel.{{sfn|Hunwick|1999|p=180 n40}}

=== Mamar Haamey ===
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'''Mamar''' is the nickname of Askia Muhammad and these many descendants are called mamar hamey, they are the descendants of [[Askia Ishaq II]], Askia Nuh, {{ill|Askia Mohammed V Gao|fr}} who were dethroned by Moroccans after the [[Battle of Tondibi]] and the successive wars, to those add the descendants of the many ministers, governors, generals who constitute the children and grandchildren of the askia, in Mali they are scattered among their subjects and occupy the positions of village chief, and were under for some under the authority of the Moroccan arma chiefs (Gao Alkaydo of Gao, the Pasha of [[Pashalik of Timbuktu|Timbuktu]]) before [[France|French]] colonization, only [[Djenne]] royal house, [[Hombori]] royal house and Kikara royal house have Askyanid ruler in Mali. In western [[Niger]] where the great princes migrated with all the strong lineage they founded powerful [[Emirate]]s such as [[Dargol]], [[Téra|Tera]], [[Gothèye]], [[karma, Niger|Karma]], [[Namaro]], [[Sikié]], [[Kokorou]], larba Birno, Gounday next to the sunni emirs of [[Gorouol]], Anzourou, they are constantly at war with each other and against the [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] ouelleminden and oudalan and the Fulani of [[Dori, Burkina Faso|Dori]], those who mi gre further south reigns in [[Gaya, Niger|Gaya]], [[Bana, Niger|Bana]], [[Tanda, Niger|Tanda]], [[Yelou]], [[Bengou]], loulami, [[Karimama, Benin|karimama]], [[Banikoara]] up to [[Djougou]] where they are in the majority and have formed the dendi where they are mixed and reign over the [[Bariba people|Bariba]], [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]], [[Gur languages|Gur]], [[Mandé people|Mandé]], Yom, their arrival at the [[Dendi (province)]] triggers the assimilation of non-Songhai populations to the Songhai culture and language and an Islamization of the bargou, they are in Niger integrated with the [[Za Dynasty|Za]] and [[Sunni Dynasty|Sunni]] with the ethnic name '''Zarma''', the most notable are the [[Emir]] '''Oumarou karma''' who fought against French colonization, '''Gabelinga Hama Kassa''' the military leader of goundey allied with '''wangugnya issa korombeyze moodi''' the mother of the war of '''zarmatarey''' during the wars against the caliphate of sokoto, they joined [[Babatu (warlord)|Babatu]] in [[Gurunsi people|Gurunsi]] and [[Kingdom of Dagbon|Dagbon]] to conquer the [[French Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] and the [[Northern Territories of the Gold Coast]]. The three members of the three dynasties on arrival Colonial was associated with the non-royal clans, their attached religious clans and their freedmen to form '''1/4''' of the Songhai population, '''3/4''' being made up of the servile mass that they had at their service. The Mamar haamey considering themselves uncles of the '''Djermas''' never enter into conflict with them and join forces with them to beat the sokoto, the [[Toucouleur people|Toucouleur]], the Fulani of Dori and boboye and the Tuaregs.
In Burkina they are overwhelmed by the Fulani and Tuareg masses and many were ethnically assimilated by the Fulani, they are in Darkoye, [[Markoye]] and [[Gorom Gorom]] with the [[Sunni Dynasty|Sunni]].

The descendants of the askia like that of sunni carry the title of '''Maiga''' associated with imperial power.

=== 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.

=== Hausa land ===
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'''Askia Mohamed I''' is the maternal ancestor of the [[Hausa people|Hausa]] [[Sultans]] of the [[Bagauda Dynasty]] through his daughter '''Awah''' married to [[Muhammad Rumfa]] Sultan of [[Sultanate of Kano|Kano]] during the conquest of the [[Hausa Kingdoms]] by the [[Songhai Empire]], they are replaced by the [[Fulani people|Fulani]] [[Sullubawa|Sullubawa clan]] [[Ibrahim Dabo|Dabo Dynasty]] during the conquest of [[Sultanate of Kano|kano]] by the [[Caliphate of Sokoto|Sokoto caliphate]], having many daughters the askia contracted diplomatic marriages with the kings subject to his power to ensure their loyalty, kano is certainly not the only Hausa state where this kind relationships were established.

All Hausa descendants of Muhammad Rumfa sultan of Kano are matrilineal line descendants of Askia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://epdf.tips/concubines-and-power-five-hundred-years-in-a-northern-nigerian-palace.html|title=Concubines and Power: Five Hundred Years in a Northern Nigerian Palace|website=epdf.tips|access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref>

=== Others ===

The [[Arma people|Arma]] who come from the marriage between the [[Spanish people|Spanish]] soldiers of [[Morocco]] and the [[Songhai people|Songhai]] women are also in matrilineal line descending from the [[Askiya]] for the most part.

Throughout the '''Central Sahel''', the descendants in patrilineal or matrilineal line of the askia can be around Million drawn from the ethnic Songhai which amounts to nearly 11 million people and possible descendants among the [[Hausa people|Hausa]], The [[Fulani people|Fula]] and there are generally only than associated with royal houses.
The pyramidal [[Tomb of Askia]] located in [[Gao]] has not been the subject of any excavation to examine his remains in order to carry out genetic examinations and these known descendants have no longer been the subject of study, only a genetic study can confirm the historical connection.

Are sons the [[Askia Dawud]] also had Total '''333 children''' according to the [[Tarikh al-Sudan]]{{sfn|Hunwick|1999|p=184 n68}} while the [[Tarikh al-Fattash]] has 61 children, 30 of whom died at a young age.{{sfn|Hunwick|1999|p=184 n68}}
the many princes died for the most part young because of the assassinations that occurred during the successions to the imperial throne, especially with the emperors [[Askia Musa]] the eldest of the sons of the askia born of his [[Dahomean]] concubine who carried out a coup and murdered a good number of these brothers and 25 to 35 of these cousins.

The successions on the imperial [[Songhai Empire|Songhai]] throne are generally preceded by a battle between the princes, the strongest generally takes power, it is this instability which favored the Moroccan invasion and the defeat of [[Battle of Tondibi|Tondibi]] due to a weak contribution of troops resulting from the cold between the emperor '''Ishaq II''' and the balama of the '''kurmina'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Invasion of Morocco in1591 and the Saadian Dynasty |url=https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/morco_1591.html |publisher=University of Pennsylvania – African Studies Center}}</ref>