Maad

Serer royal and religious titles
Yoonir
Royal titles
Lamane (also religious)
Maad
Maad a Sinig
Maad Saloum
Teigne
Lingeer
Line of succession
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Thilas
Loul
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Maad (in Serer, or Mad) is the title given to a male monarch by the Serer people of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania.[1][2][3] In Serer royal history, the Maad possessed supreme power throughout Serer country.[4][5] The Maad was chosen from the royal lineage and crowned by the great Jaraaf (French: Diaraf) who was equivalent to a prime minister.[6] After his coronation, he would crown a member of his maternal family, usually his mother, sister,[7] maternal aunt, or wife as Lingeer (Queen).[8] The Serer titles Maad a Sinig (King of Sine) and Maad Saloum (King of Saloum) take their names from the radical Serer title Maad, and identifies which part of Serer country they rule.

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