Songhai emperorBorn: 1464 FSunni Ali Ber was the first great leader of Africa’s Songhai Empire. Like other Songhais, as a young man Sunni Ali had been enlisted in the army of the Malian Empire,…
(Encyclopedia) Ali, Irfaan (Mohammed Irfaan Ali), 1980–, Guyanese political leader. He worked for the Caribbean Development Bank before he was first elected to Guyana's national assembly in 2006. A…
(Encyclopedia) Haidar Ali or Hyder AliHaidar Aliboth: hīˈdər älēˈ [key], 1722–82, Indian ruler. A Muslim of peasant stock, he rose by military brilliance to command the army of the Hindu state of…
