Musa II of Mali

Musa II was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1374 to 1387.

Fadima Musa
Mansa of Mali
Reign	c. 1374 – 1387
Predecessor	Mari Djata II
Successor	Maghan II
Died	1387 Mali Empire
Dynasty	Keita
Father	Mari Djata II
Religion	Islam

Musa II took the throne following the death of his father, Mansa Mari Diata II. He turned away from the tyrannical practices of his father, but was sidelined by a powerful vizier named Mari Djata. During his reign the eastern provinces centered around Gao began to split off from the empire.^[1] A war with the Berbers for control of Gao devastated the city.^[2] Mari Djata's troops, however, laid siege to Takedda (or, according to another interpretation, Tadmekka) and forced a peace deal.^[3]

Upon his death in 1387, Musa II was succeeded by his brother Maghan II.^[1]

See also

• Mali Empire
• Keita Dynasty

References

1. Gomez, Michael (2018). African dominion : a new history of empire in early and medieval West Africa. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780691177427.
2. Saad, Elias N. (14 July 1983). Social History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Scholars and Notables 1400-1900 (Cambridge History of Science Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0521246032.
3. Cuoq, Joseph, ed. (1985). Recueil des sources arabes concernant l'Afrique occidentale du VIIIeme au XVIeme siècle (Bilād Al-Sūdān). Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. p. 350.

Preceded by Mari Diata II	Mansa of the Mali Empire 1374–1387	Succeeded by Maghan II