Sakura (Arabic: ساكورة, romanized: Sākūra[a]; French: Sakoura; fl. 13th–14th century) was a mansa of the Mali Empire who reigned during the late 13th century, known primarily from an account given by Ibn Khaldun in his Kitāb al-ʻIbar. Sakura was not a member of the ruling Keita dynasty, and may have been formerly enslaved. He usurped the throne following a period of political instability and led Mali to considerable territorial expansion. During his reign, trade between the Mali Empire and the rest of the Muslim world increased. He was killed in the early 1300s while returning from the hajj and the Keita dynasty was restored to power.
^Ibn Khaldun translated in Levtzion & Hopkins 2000, pp. 323, 334
^Austen & Jansen 1996, p. 23.
^Jansen 2017, pp. 125–126.
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