Kaarta

Kingdom of Kaarta
Kaarta
c.1650–1890
The Kingdom of Kaarta on a map, published 1825
The Kingdom of Kaarta on a map, published 1825
CapitalDiangounté, Nioros.
Common languagesBambara
Religion
traditional African religion
GovernmentMonarchy
Faama 
• 1650-1710
Massa
• 1754-58
Sey Bamana Coulibaly
History 
• Massa founds the kingdom
c.1650
• Re-established
1754
• Conquest by the Toucouleur Empire
1854
• Conquered by France
1890
• Annexed by France
1904
Currencycowries, mithqal
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Songhai Empire
Toucouleur Empire
Today part ofMali

Kaarta, (Also known as Ka'arta[1] or the Massassi State[2]) was a Bambara kingdom that arose after the fall of the Songhai Empire in what is today the western half of Mali and lasted until its destruction by Umar Tall in the 1850s.

  1. ^ "Malian traditional polities".
  2. ^ Robinson 1985, p. 179.