Askia Ishaq [II] - Asuki Ishaq

Japanese: アスキア・イスハーク[2世] - あすきあいすはーく
Askia Ishaq [II] - Asuki Ishaq

...Thus, the Songhai peace was established in the vast interior of West Africa, but from the 1580s onwards, disasters such as plague, drought and floods occurred one after another, and civil war broke out during the reign of Mohammed IV (reigned 1586-88), seven generations after Mohammed the Great. Then, during the reign of the next emperor, Askiya Isḥāq II (reigned 1588-91), the empire collapsed in 1591 after being attacked by an expeditionary force sent by King Mansur of the Saadian dynasty, who had long had ambitions for the Sahara and the black countries to the south. The Moroccan army, equipped with flintlock guns, routed the large Songhai cavalry army, which had not previously known firearms, and this was the first time that firearms were introduced to sub-Saharan African society.

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Japanese:

…かくて,西アフリカ内陸の広大な地域に,〈ソンガイの平和〉が確立されたが,1580年代になってからは,疫病,干ばつ,洪水などの災厄が相次ぎ,モハメド大帝から7代後のモハメド4世(在位1586‐88)の時代には内乱も生じた。そして,次のアスキア・イスハーク2世Askiyā Isḥāq II(在位1588‐91)の時,かねてサハラとその南の黒人の国に野心を抱いていたサード朝モロッコのマンスール王が送った遠征軍の攻撃を受け,91年,帝国は崩壊した。火打石銃を装備したモロッコ軍は,それまで火器を知らなかったソンガイの大騎馬軍を潰走させたが,これがサハラ以南のアフリカ社会に鉄砲がもたらされた最初だった。…

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