[1] When Douala died, Tieba managed to have himself proclaimed king over his elder brothers after a pair of military victories near Djitamana and Tiere.

[2]: 231 Traoré founded a new royal capital of Sikasso, building a palace on the city's Mamelon hill.

[3] Kenedougou's conflict with the expanding Wassoulou Empire of Samori Ture began in 1884 when Tieba sent his brother Siaka to reinforce the frontier between the two kingdoms at the Bagoe River.

[citation needed] Louis-Gustave Binger, a French officer who met Tieba in 1888, described him as a very intelligent man, generally wearing white and accompanied by his wife at audiences and council meetings.

[2]: 232 Tieba fought successful wars against Bobo-Dioulasso and the Kong Empire, but died by poison on January 27, 1893, near Bama during one of these campaigns.