The nobles of Kokoro village are Songhay people, who trace their ancestry in the male line to Askia Mohammed Toure.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Mohammad Khatami | Mohammad Baqir al-Fali | Mohammad Asif | Mohammad Najibullah | Mohammad Hashim Kamali | Mohammad Gul | Syed Mohammad Ahsan | Sher Mohammad Akhundzada | Mushtaq Mohammad | Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin | Mohammad Murad Beg | Mohammad Hatta | Mohammad Gharib | Mohammad Ashraful | Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi | Askia Mohammad I | Pir Syed Mohammad Yaqoob Shah | Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub | Mohammad Sarwar | Mohammad-Reza Shajarian | Mohammad Rafique | Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha | Mohammad Mosaddegh | Mohammad Mokhtari | Mohammad Mahfud | Mohammad Kaif | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | Mohammad Azharuddin | Mir Mohammad Ali |
Following Sonni Ali's death, Muslim factions rebelled against his successor and installed Soninke general, Askia Muhammad (formerly Muhammad Toure) who was to be the first and most important ruler of the Askia dynasty (1492–1592).