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Muhammad ibn Qu
Mansa of Mali
PredecessorQu
SuccessorMusa
Diedc. 1312
Atlantic Ocean (disputed)
DynastyKeita
FatherMansa Qu

Muhammad ibn Qu (Arabic: محمد بن قو, romanizedMuḥammad ibn Qū; fl. 14th century) was the eighth mansa of the Mali Empire. He succeeded his father, Mansa Qu, and was the predecessor of Mali's most famous ruler, Mansa Musa.[1]

The exact dates of Muhammad ibn Qu's reign are not known with certainty, though his reign was certainly brief. His father's predecessor, Sakura, was killed at some point between 1298 and 1308 and his own successor Musa took the throne in 1307 or 1312.[1] Musa said that his predecessor (whom he did not specifically name) disappeared leading an expedition into the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Levtzion, N. (1963). "The Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Kings of Mali". The Journal of African History. 4 (3): 341–353. doi:10.1017/S002185370000428X. ISSN 0021-8537. S2CID 162413528.
  2. ^ Fauvelle, François-Xavier (2018) [2013]. "The Sultan and the Sea". The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages. Troy Tice (trans.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18126-4.
Preceded by Mansa of the Mali Empire Succeeded by