However, one of Sonni Ali's generals, Muhammad Ture, plotted to take power.
[2] Ture was supported by the Muslim ulama of Timbuktu, who had been harshly persecuted under Ali, and Mansa Kura, the Islamized chief of the province of Bara, north of Lake Debo.
Sonni Baru drew his support from the Sohantye, the traditional religious leaders and magicians of the Songhay, and the Dendi fara, commander of an eastern province and the core of Songhai proper.
[3] As soon as Ture had made his arrangements, he attacked Sonni Bāru on 18 February 1493.
There was another, more decisive battle on 12 April 1493, after which Sonni Bāru fled into exile downriver to Ayourou with his supporters.