father dynasty death_place death_date predecessor successor title issue article_title name reign
ashiya '' al-hajj '' muhammad askiya dynasty kukiya 1549 -lrb- died a natural death -rrb- askiya -rrb- ismail -lrb- ruled 1537 & ndash ; 1539 askiya or 1583 -rrb- dawud -lrb- ruled 1549 & ndash ; 1582 emperor of the songhai empire abd al-malik askia ishaq i
 askiya ishaq i 1539 & ndash ; 1549
askia ishaq i

askia ishaq i was ruler of the songhai empire from 1539 to 1549 , elected askia following the death of askiya ismail .
he was the fifth ruler of the askiya dynasty which had the town of gao as its capital .
askiya ishaq i was completely ruthless as a ruler and executed any official whom he considered as a threat .
the `` tarikh al-sudan '' gives this description : `` if he imagined anyone was making the least move against the throne , he would , without exception , have him killed or banished .
this was his consistent practice . ''
after a request from the moroccan sultan muhammad al-arak , to cede the salt mines of taghaza , ishaq i sent a group of 2000 mounted men to raid a market town in the dara valley of southern morocco with instructions to avoid killing anyone .
this was intended as a show of strength .
askiya ishaq i died in the town of kukiya and was buried there .
he was succeeded by his brother askiya dawud .
