Reign 1549 – 1582 or 1583 Parents Askia Mohammad I Issue 333 or "at least 61" House Askiya Dynasty | Name Askia Daoud Predecessor Askia Ishaq I Died 1582, Mali | |
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Successor Askiya [Muhammad] Al-Hajj (ruled 1582–1586) Father Ashiya al-hajj Muhammad People also search for Askia Mohammad I, Askia Ishaq I, Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia Musa, Sonni Ali, Sonni Baru | ||
Askia Daoud (also Askia Dawud) was ruler of the Songhai Empire from 1549 to 1582. Daoud came to power unopposed following the death of his brother Askia Ishaq I in 1549. The Empire continued to expand under Daoud's rule, and saw little internal strife.
He organised a series of military campaigns against tributary territories of his large empire. The Songhai forces were frequently successful, but in the 1561–1562 campaign against the Mossi, a number of his commanders were killed.
In 1556–1557 troops of Mulay Muhammad al-Shaykh, the sultan of Marrakesh captured the salt mines of Taghaza but then withdrew. Soon after his accession in 1578 Sultan Ahmad I al-Mansur of Morocco demanded the tax revenues from the salt mines. Ashiya Dawud responded by sending a large quantity of gold as a gift.
Daoud's 1582 death began a struggle for succession that critically weakened the Empire and prepared the way for the 1591 Moroccan invasion by the troops of Sultan Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi.