松迪亚塔

松迪亚塔·凯塔(Sundiata Keita,约1217–1255),马里帝国的开创者,曼丁哥人传说中的民族英雄[1][2]

松迪亚塔在1212年前后出生于凯塔家族控制下的尼亚尼。根据传说,松迪亚塔幼年时不会走路,在一棵神圣面包树的树枝的帮助下才学会蹒跚。松迪亚塔有一个同父异母的兄弟,即丹卡兰国王。松迪亚塔早年被放逐出家族,后在尼亚尼遭到苏苏人首领苏曼古鲁的威胁时返回。在其号召下,曼丁戈人诸势力联合起来,于1235年在基里纳战役中彻底击败苏苏人。战后,松迪亚塔被公推为“曼萨”,建立了马里帝国。松迪亚塔约去世于1255年前后。

参考资料

  1. Cox, George O. African Empires and Civilizations: ancient and medieval, African Heritage Studies Publishers, 1974, p. 160.
  2. Noel King (ed.), Ibn Battuta in Black Africa, Princeton, 2005, pp. 45–46. Four generations before Mansa Suleiman who died in 1360 CE, his grandfather's grandfather (Saraq Jata) had embraced Islam.
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