Cayor

Kingdom of Cayor
Kajoor
1549–1879
Flag of Cayor Kingdom كاجور
Reconstructed flag
Cayor in red, ca. 1850.
Cayor in red, ca. 1850.
StatusKingdom
CapitalMboul (traditional)
Common languagesWolof
Religion
Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Damel 
• 1549
Dece Fu Njogu (first)
• 1883-1886
Samba Laube Fal (last)
History 
• Cayor defeats Jolof at Battle of Danki
1549 1549
• French colonization
1886 1879
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Wolof Empire
French West Africa

Cayor (Wolof: Kajoor; Arabic: كاجور) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. Cayor was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom of Jolof, and north of Baol and the Kingdom of Sine.