Sundiata Keita

b. ca. 1217/614 AH, d. ca. 1255/653 AH, r. ca. 1235-1255/632-653 AH
Mali

1230 - Named King of Mali

1235 - Defeats Sumanguru, ruler of the declining Ghana Empire. Crowned Mansa, King in Mandika

1235-1255 - Builds the Empire of Mali until his death ca. 1255

Additional Names

Soundiata Keïta
Manding Diara
Vernacular