Muhammad ibn Qu

Muhammad ibn Qu was the eighth mansa of the Mali Empire, succeeding his father Mansa Qu around 1305 as the immediate predecessor of Mansa Musa.

In 1324 Musa recounted that his predecessor fitted out 200 ships, and then 2000, to explore the limits of the Atlantic Ocean and never returned, leaving Musa to rule. The historian al-Umari recorded the story without naming him; several historians identify the predecessor as Muhammad. The voyage is often wrongly credited to an Abu Bakr II, a ruler who never reigned.