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Songhai's System of Rule: Askia Muhammad's Administrative Reforms
We've explored Songhai's conquests, trade, and fall. But how did this vast Sahelian empire actually govern itself? This episode dives into the bureaucratic machinery under Askia Muhammad — the koyam royal council, the fari provincial governors, the kanta military governors, the sorko riverine administration, and the qadi Islamic judges. We examine how Askia Muhammad centralized power after his hajj, dividing the empire into provinces with appointed officials, overhauling taxation, and imposing a uniform legal system based on Maliki jurisprudence. The Tarikh al-Sudan and Tarikh…
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