Mansa Qu

Qu
Mansa of Mali
Predecessor	Sakura
Successor	Mohammad ibn Qu
Died	c. 1305
Religion	Islam

Qu (also transliterated Gao), known in oral sources as Kon Mamadi,^[1] was Mansa of the Mali Empire between roughly 1300 and 1305.^[2]

Qu assumed the throne following the murder of the usurper Sakura on his return from the hajj. Oral tradition says that Kon Mamadi killed him himself with the help of Sakura's daughter.^[3][1] His succession ended the succession disputes that had pitted the Gbara against the army/hunter's guild since Sundiata's death.^[4]

He ruled until 1305, when he was succeeded by his son Mohammad ibn Qu.

See also

• Mali Empire
• Keita Dynasty

References

1. Austen, Ralph A.; Jansen, Jan (1996). "History, oral transmission and structure in Ibn Khaldun's chronology of Mali rulers". History in Africa. 23: 34. doi:10.2307/3171932. hdl:1887/2778. JSTOR 3171932.
2. Fage, J.D.; Oliver, R.A. (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa: From c. 500 B.C. to A.D. 1050. The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-521-20981-6. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
3. Jansen 2017, p. 126.
4. Gomez 2018, p. 100.

Sources

• Gomez, Michael A. (2018). African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691196824.
• Jansen, Jan (2017). Sunjata: Roem duurt langer dan een leven (in Dutch). ISBN 978-90-5448-164-5.

Preceded by Sakura

Mansa of the Mali Empire 1300–1305

Succeeded by Mohammad