Muhammad ibn Qu (; ) was the eighth

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of the

Mali Empire The Mali Empire (Manding languages, Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or ''Manden ...

. He succeeded his father,

Mansa Qu Qu (also transliterated Gao), known in oral sources as Kon Mamadi, was Mansa of the Mali Empire between roughly 1300 and 1305. Qu assumed the throne following the murder of the usurper Sakura on his return from the hajj. Oral tradition says th ...

, and was the predecessor of Mali's most famous ruler,

Mansa Musa Mansa Musa (reigned ) was the ninth '' Mansa'' of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Musa's reign is often regarded as the zenith of Mali's power and prestige, although he features less in Mandinka oral tradit ...

. The exact dates of Muhammad ibn Qu's reign are not known with certainty, though his reign was certainly brief. His father's predecessor,

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, was killed at some point between 1298 and 1308 and his own successor Musa took the throne in 1307 or 1312. Musa said that his predecessor (whom he did not specifically name) disappeared leading an expedition into the Atlantic Ocean.

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