Kingdom of Khasso | |||||||||
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| 1681–1880 | |||||||||
 1889 map of the Senegal river, with Khasso highlighted. | |||||||||
| Capital | Fatola and then Médine, Mali | ||||||||
| Common languages | Mandinka language | ||||||||
| Religion | traditional African religion, Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Fula immigration to Khasso | before 1600 | ||||||||
• Battle of Toumbifara | 1681 | ||||||||
• Split into five smaller kingdoms | 1800 | ||||||||
• Incorporation into French Sudan | 1880 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Mali | ||||||||
Khasso or Xaaso is a region and former West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today the Kayes Region of Mali. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its capital was at Medina until its fall.[citation needed]
Khasso straddles both banks of the upper Senegal River roughly from Kayes to Bafoulabe, in a strip at most 60 km wide. It is located at the transition point between the mountains to the south and the arid plans to the north, and between the Senegambia region and the Niger.[1]
- ^ Cissoko 1988, pp. 17–18.