Ruler · 1190 – 1255

Sundiata Keita

Lived 1190 – 1255; monarch. Mansa of Mali Empire, 1235 – 1255.

Wikidata's English label: Sunjata Keïta.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1190 – 1255; 65 years
In office: 20 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mali Empire
Left it: died by accident; Wikidata's manner of death

Mansa

Mali Empire · the 1st of 5 dated reigns · 1235 – 1600

Sundiata Keita1235 – 1255

Mansa Musa1312 – 1337

Maghan I1332 – 1336

Sulayman of Mali1341 – 1360

1 after

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 1235 – 1255 · 20 years · came to it aged 45

Left it: died by accidentWikidata's manner of death: drowning

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