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The Songhai Empire's Al-Maghili: A Scholar Who Shaped an Emperor
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the relationship between the Muslim scholar Al-Maghili and Askia Muhammad Toure, the founder of the Askia dynasty. Al-Maghili, a North African theologian from Tlemcen, visited Songhai around 1497 after being exiled from his homeland. He wrote a series of letters and a treatise, 'The Obligations of Princes,' that profoundly influenced Askia Muhammad's legal and religious reforms. Together, they established a centralized Islamic state, clamped down on unorthodox practices, and expanded the role of sharia. But Al-Maghili's influence was…
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