Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- West Africa & Sahel
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Tomb of Askia at Gao in Mali is among the chief remains of the Songhay empire's mud-brick architecture of the late fifteenth century, attributed to Sultan Askia Muhammad 1.
In the sources
The tomb stands as a mud-brick pyramid braced with palm beams at the edge of Gao, witness to the Songhay kingdom and its architecture 1.
People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- Labelle Prussin, Hatumere: Islamic Design in West Africa (1986)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Tomb of Askia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/tomb-of-askia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.