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Za dynasty

Index Za dynasty

The Zā dynasty (also rendered Dya, Zuwā, Zu’a, Juwā, Jā’, Yā, Diā, and Diu’a, sometimes equated with the Zaghe) were rulers of the Gao Empire based in the towns of Kukiya and Gao on the Niger River in what is today modern Mali; and rulers of the Songhai Empire through Sunni Ali, son of Za Yasibaya (Yasiboi), who established the Sonni Dynasty. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Almoravid dynasty, Berbers, Essouk, Gao, Gao Empire, Gao-Saney, Himyarite Kingdom, Ibadi Islam, Jews of Bilad el-Sudan, John Hunwick, Kingdom of Aksum, Mali, Mali Empire, Niger, Niger River, Sanhaja, Songhai Empire, Songhai people, Sonni Ali, Sonni dynasty, Sunni Islam, Tarikh al-fattash, Tarikh al-Sudan, Timbuktu Manuscripts, Yemen, Zafar, Yemen, Zarma people.

  2. Gao Empire
  3. Songhai Empire

Almoravid dynasty

The Almoravid dynasty (lit) was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Essouk

Essouk (Arabic: السوق: "the market") is a commune and small village in the Kidal Region of Mali.

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Gao

Gao, or Gawgaw/Kawkaw, is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. Za dynasty and Gao are Songhai Empire.

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Gao Empire

The Gao Empire was a kingdom that ruled the Niger bend from approximately the 7th century CE until their fall to the Mali Empire in the late 14th century.

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Gao-Saney

Gao-Saney, also spelled Gao-Sane, is an archaeological site near Gao in Mali. Za dynasty and Gao-Saney are Gao Empire.

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Himyarite Kingdom

The Himyarite Kingdom was a polity in the southern highlands of Yemen, as well as the name of the region which it claimed.

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Ibadi Islam

The Ibadi movement or Ibadism (al-ʾIbāḍiyya) is a branch inside Islam, which many believe is descended from the Kharijites.

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Jews of Bilad el-Sudan

Sahelian Jews historically known as Jews of the Bilad al-Sudan (ʾahal yahūd bilad al-sūdān) describes West African Jewish communities connected to known Jewish communities who migrated to West Africa as merchants for trading opportunities. Za dynasty and Jews of Bilad el-Sudan are Songhai Empire.

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John Hunwick

John Owen Hunwick (6 January 1936 – 1 April 2015) was a British academic, author, and Africanist.

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Kingdom of Aksum

The Kingdom of Aksum (ʾÄksum; 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣,; Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Mali Empire

The Mali Empire (Manding: MandéKi-Zerbo, Joseph: UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century, p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden Duguba; Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from 1226 to 1670.

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Niger

Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.

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Niger River

The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Sanhaja

The Sanhaja (صنهاجة, Ṣanhaja or زناگة Znaga; Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen) were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and Masmuda confederations.

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Songhai Empire

The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Songhai people

The Songhai people (autonym: Ayneha) are an ethnolinguistic group in West Africa who speak the various Songhai languages.

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Sonni Ali

Sunni Ali, also known as Si Ali, Sunni Ali Ber (Ber meaning "the Great"), reigned from about 1464 to 1492 as the 15th ruler of the Sunni dynasty of the Songhai Empire.

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Sonni dynasty

The Sonni dynasty, Sunni dynasty or Si dynasty was a dynasty of rulers of the Songhai Empire of medieval West Africa. Za dynasty and Sonni dynasty are Songhai Empire.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Tarikh al-fattash

The Tarikh al-fattash is a West African chronicle that provides an account of the Songhay Empire from the reign of Sonni Ali (ruled 1464-1492) up to 1599 with a few references to events in the following century. Za dynasty and Tarikh al-fattash are Songhai Empire.

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Tarikh al-Sudan

The Tarikh al-Sudan (Tārīkh as-Sūdān; also Tarikh es-Sudan, "History of the Sudan") is a West African chronicle written in Arabic in around 1655 by the chronicler of Timbuktu, al-Sa'di. Za dynasty and Tarikh al-Sudan are Songhai Empire.

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Timbuktu Manuscripts

Timbuktu Manuscripts, or Tombouctou Manuscripts, is a blanket term for the large number of historically significant manuscripts that have been preserved for centuries in private households in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali.

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Yemen

Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.

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Zafar, Yemen

Ẓafār (ظفار), also called Dhafar or Dhofar, is an ancient Himyarite site situated in Yemen, some 130 km south-south-east of today's capital, Sana'a, and c. southeast of Yarim.

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Zarma people

The Zarma people are an ethnic group predominantly found in westernmost Niger.

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See also

Gao Empire

Songhai Empire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_dynasty

Also known as Kinkin, Zuwa dynasty.