father dynasty death_place death_date predecessor successor title issue article_title name reign
ashiya '' al-hajj '' muhammad askiya dynasty tondibi 1582 or 1583 -lrb- died a natural death -rrb- askiya ishaq i -lrb- ruled 1539 -- 1549 -rrb- askiya 1586 -rrb- -lsb- muhammad -rsb- al-hajj -lrb- ruled 1582 -- emperor of the songhai empire 333 61 '' kâti 1913 -lsb- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5439466q/f242.image.pagination 215 -rsb- hunwick 2003 184 n68 or `` at least askia daoud
 askiya dawud 1549 217 -rsb- -- 1582 or 1583 kâti 1913 -lsb- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5439466q/f244.image.pagination
askia daoud

askia daoud -lrb- also askia dawud -rrb- was ruler of the songhai empire from 1549 to 1582 .
daoud came to power unopposed following the death of his brother askia ishaq i in 1549 .
the empire continued to expand under daoud 's rule , and saw little internal strife .
he organised a series of military campaigns against tributary territories of his large empire .
the songhai forces were frequently successful , but in the 1561 -- 1562 campaign against the mossi , a number of his commanders were killed .
in 1556 -- 1557 troops of mulay muhammad al-shaykh , the sultan of marrakesh captured the salt mines of taghaza but then withdrew .
soon after his accession in 1578 sultan ahmad i al-mansur of morocco demanded the tax revenues from the salt mines .
ashiya dawud responded by sending a large quantity of gold as a gift .
daoud 's 1582 death began a struggle for succession that critically weakened the empire and prepared the way for the 1591 moroccan invasion by the troops of sultan ahmad i al-mansur saadi .
