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Askia Nuh
Askia Nuh was a prince of the Songhai Empire who led its resistance after the Moroccan victory at Tondibi in 1591. He withdrew down the Niger into Dendi, in present-day south-western Niger, where he fought a guerrilla war against the Moroccans and founded the line of askias who ruled the Dendi kingdom.
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