Saloum

Kingdom of Saloum
Saluum
Kingdom of Saloum Saluum
c. 1494–1969; and 2017–present
	Saloum ca. 1850
Capital	Kahone
Common languages	Serer (early period); Cangin languages (early period); Wolof (late period);
Religion	Serer religion; Islam (introduced later (mainly practiced amongst the Wolof and Fula immigrants));
Government	Absolute monarchy, then constitutional monarchy from 2017 – present
Maad Saloum
• 1494 – c. 1520	Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour (Guelowar period)
• 1935–1969	Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof
• 2017–present	Reinstated monarchy, coronation of Thierno Coumba Daga Ndao
Historical era	Medieval
• Established	c. 1494
• Death of Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof, last absolute monarch of Saloum, and reinstatement of monarchy in 2017.	1969; and 2017–present

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal as well as Gambia, then called Lower Saluum. The precolonial capital of Saloum was the city of Kahone. It was a sister to the Kingdom of Sine. Their history, geography and culture were intricately linked and it was common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum and the Serer Kingdoms of Sine and Saloum.

^ Klein 1968, p. 7.
^ Diange, Pathé. "Les Royaumes Sérères", Présence Africaines, No. 54 (1965). pp. 142–172.

[FOOTNOTEKlein19687-1] Klein 1968, p. 7.

[D-2] Diange, Pathé. "Les Royaumes Sérères", Présence Africaines, No. 54 (1965). pp. 142–172.

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