The Coming of Judar Pasha

The Coming of Judar Pasha

• Ould-Kirinfil was a servant to the prince of Songhay. He managed to escape from his confinement and succeeded in reaching the red city of Marrackech.
• Ould-Kirinfil stayed in Marrackech and wrote the Moroccan sovereign a letter informing him of his arrival and encouraging Ahmad al-Mansur to take over the country of Songhay and to rescue it from the hands of its master.
• Ahmad al-Mansur writes in a letter demanding that the salt mine of Taghaza be given over to him, a mine that he had to right to possess due to his efforts
• When he returned to Marrackech, the snow fall almost caused his death. A grat number of his people lost hands or feet due to the effects of the cold.
• Askiya Ishaq did not consent to abandon the mine, Ahmad decided to send out an army to the Sudan, Judar Pasha was placed in command of this expedition.
• Judar safely led his army to the Niger and showed success of leadership
• When the armies met the battle was to begin on Tuesday, the seventeenth day of the month, several notable people were perished, as well as several foot soldiers died.
• Judar and his army continued as far as Kagho. Khatib Mahmud went to the Moroccans and welcomed them, showing them generous hospitality. He had conferences and meetings with Judar, during which he was treated with respect.
• Judar entered the palace of Askiya Ishaq and discovered it to be miserable, having a lack of wealth
• When Moroccan army entered the Sudan and found one of the countries that God favored the most with wealth and fertility.
• There was violence and troubles that continued until the moment the dynasty of Songhay drew to its end and its empire ceased to exist.
• Moral corruption began to take place including adultery
• Because of these abominations, God took revenge by causing the victorious Moroccan army to attack the Songhay, it came from a far-off country, and amid terrible suffering
• Judar was to search homes for weapons, then announced that all inhabitants would have to pledge allegiance to Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, which is what he wanted
• There were several groups of people taken prisoner
• One of the groups were massacred, a single individual, Muhammad ibn al-Amin Kanu, was able to escape
• The troops of pasha pillaged all they could find and stripped men and women naked to search them
• The troops abused women and took them as prisoners where they would remain for six months
• Pasha wasted all the wealth he received
• He gave generously to his soliders, but sent nothing to Ahmad al-Mansur except 100,000 pieces of gold.