Region: Sub-Saharan Africa · Coordinates: 16.773, -3.007 · 34 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1325 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Mansa Musa takes Timbuktu, becoming its first ruler; he installs agents and builds the royal palace Madugu |
| AD 1336 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The dynasty of the people of Melle begins to rule Timbuktu for 100 years |
| AD 1353 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The author writes that Ibn Battuta visited Timbuktu (uncertain: 'if I am not mistaken') |
| AD 1433 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | After Melle, the Tuareg under Maghsharen rule Timbuktu for 40 years |
| AD 1469 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Sunni Ali enters Timbuktu, burns and destroys it, and kills many people (Aqil flees to Biro) |
| AD 1486 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Koy El-Mokhtar of Timbuktu is arrested and imprisoned on Sunni Ali's order |
| AD 1520 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Sultan Omar ben Abubakar of Timbuktu dies |
| AD 1577 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Qadi El-Akib repairs the mosque in the Timbuktu market (souk) |
| AD 1582 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | A terrible plague strikes Timbuktu; many people die |
| AD 1583 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Qadi El-Akib dies |
| AD 1585 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Abu Hafs Umar takes the post of qadi and begins serving for nine years |
| AD 1591 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The Moroccan army camps for 35 days below the southern wall of Timbuktu |
| AD 1591 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The Moroccan army enters Timbuktu and tours the city |
| AD 1591 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Mahmud ben Zarq arrives at Timbuktu with Caid Abd el-Ali and Hammu Barka |
| AD 1591 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Yahya is shot [by a gun] the moment he arrives below the kasbah wall (same-day death record, line 14350) |
| AD 1592 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The embassy sent by Qadi Umar leaves Timbuktu and goes with the Shaykh to the Sultan of Marrakesh |
| AD 1593 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Pasha Muhammad arrests them all, divides them in two and escorts them to the kasbah |
| AD 1593 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Mulay Ahmad sends Caid Buiktiyar to Timbuktu right after the jurists' arrest |
| AD 1600 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Selman arrives at Timbuktu |
| AD 1604 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Pasha Mahmud Rongko arrives at Timbuktu with about 300 soldiers, sent by the new sultan |
| AD 1618 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | A comet appears |
| AD 1622 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Yusuf arrives at Timbuktu |
| AD 1622 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The whole army proclaims Caid Yusuf ben Omar the supreme ruler |
| AD 1628 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Ali ben Abdelkader returns to Timbuktu, and the residents set him up as pasha |
| AD 1629 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Omar ben Ibrahim al-Arusi attacks Timbuktu |
| AD 1632 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The pasha returns to Timbuktu and urgently sends a servant to the residents of Jenne |
| AD 1634 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The author arrives at his hometown, Timbuktu |
| AD 1635 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Askia Muhammad ben Kan is deposed and Ali Senba is appointed Askia |
| AD 1638 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | After the journey, the author arrives home |
| AD 1647 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The pasha leaves Timbuktu toward Gurma |
| AD 1651 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | The pasha leaves Timbuktu again for the Benba campaign |
| AD 1652 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Abu Zeyd Abd al-Rahman is appointed qadi at the palace |
| AD 1653 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Two senior officers come to Timbuktu to appeal against the rebel Jenne-koi and ask for reinforcements |
| AD 1653 | Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) | Pasha Ahmad entrusts command to two deputy generals and dispatches a relief force to Jenne |