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Sulayman Kiray

Type Figure Region Mali Empire Time c. 1310–1360 Also known as Mansa Sulayman、Mansa Suleiman、Souleyman Keita、منسا سليمان

Sulayman (Sulayman Kiray being a transliteration variant, also rendered Sulayman Keita) was a 14th-century Mansa of the Mali Empire, reigning 1341–13…

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  1. 1341–1352Niani · Mali EmpireIn 1341 he succeeded his nephew Maghan I (son of Mansa Musa); scholars speculate he may have obtained the throne through deposition or a disputed succession, and promptly set about restoring the imperial finances squandered under Musa.
  2. 1352–1360Mali Empire · Mali EmpireAround 1352 he received the Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta and maintained diplomatic exchanges with the Marinid Sultanate; his fiscal austerity was compared to stinginess by the latter, but he also successfully thwarted a coup plot by Queen Kasa. After his death in 1360 his son Kasa briefly succeeded him, and civil war soon broke out.

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