Askia Mohammed Benkan
Askia Mohammad Benkan, ko Askiya Muhammad Bonkana, shi ne mai mulki na uku a daular Songhai daga 1531 zuwa 1537.

Mohammad Benkan ya karɓi mulki ne bayan da aka kashe Askiya Musa (ɗan Askia Mohammad I ). An kashe Musa a ƙauyen Mansura a ranar Laraba, 12 ga watan Afrilu 1531, kuma a wannan ranar, Mohammad Benkan ya zama Askia:

Saboda rashin tausayin Musa na kawar da abokan gaba, ƴan’uwansa suka hada baki suka kashe shi. A cikin wannan hargitsi ne Benkan, Kurmina-fari (kuma Kan-fari, ma'ana kyaftin soja na Kurmina tare da Kurmina-fari shine babban kyaftin a daular) kuma dan Umar Komadiakha (dan'uwan Askia Mohammad )., ya kwace mulki duk da adawar da Alu (daya daga cikin ‘ya’yan Askia Mohammad ) ya yi masa ya dauki mukamin Askia.

Don tabbatar da matsayinsa Benkan ya kori Askia Mohammad, kawun mahaifinsa zuwa tsibirin Kangaba, a cikin kogin Nijar zuwa yammacin Gao. Musa wanda a baya ya tsige Askia Mohammad (mahaifinsa), ya ba shi damar ci gaba da zama a Gao. Benkan ya naɗa ɗan uwansa Uthman ibn Amar a matsayin Kurmina-fari. Tarikh al-Sudan yana ɗauke da wannan bayanin na kotunsa:

Askiya Muhammad Bonkana ta yi wa kotun kawanya, inda ta kara girmanta, da kawatata, tare da kawatata da manyan fadawanta fiye da kowane lokaci. Ya ba da manyan riguna, ya ƙirƙira nau'ikan kayan kida iri-iri (sau'o'i na kaho kamar fotorifo, da ganga mai zurfin sautin gabbanda), kuma ya ɗauki nauyin mawaƙa maza da mata da yawa. Ya ba da yalwar yawa da alherai. A lokacin mulkinsa an sami tagomashi na Allah, an buɗe kofa, kuma an albarkace shi. 

Benkan ya yi ƙoƙarin sauya manufar kawunsa na dogaro da garuruwa, maimakon haka ya gwammace ya samu tallafi daga manoma. Sai dai bayan gazawar sojoji da suka yi, musamman sun sha mumunar kaye a hannun Muhammadu Kanta, Sarkin Masarautar Kebbi na farko. Shi kansa Muhammad Benkan an sauke shi ne a shekara ta 1537, kuma Askiya Isma'il ɗan Askiya al-hajj Muhammad ya gaje shi. Muhammad Bonkana ya makance kafin ya rasu a wajajen shekara ta 1559.

Kanta ya taɓa zama Leka-fari kuma Barde, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kyaftin din Askia Mohammed. Duk da haka, Kanta Kotal ya yi wa Askia tawaye, tare da mabiyansa suka shiga cikin yankin Kebbawa suka mamaye kuma suka kafa jihar Kebbi mai cin gashin kanta.

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