Ruler · 1450 – 1599

Mahmud IV

Lived 1450 – 1599; monarch. Mansa of Mali Empire, 1590 – 1600.

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Lived: 1450 – 1599; 149 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mali Empire
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Mansa

Mali Empire · the 5th of 5 dated reigns · 1235 – 1600

1 before

Mansa Musa1312 – 1337

Maghan I1332 – 1336

Sulayman of Mali1341 – 1360

Mahmud IV1590 – 1600

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1590 – 1600 · 10 years · came to it aged 140

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1600, after the death recorded in 1599

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