Khasso

Kingdom of Khasso
1681–1880
1889 map of the Senegal river, with Khasso highlighted.
1889 map of the Senegal river, with Khasso highlighted.
CapitalFatola and then Médine, Mali
Common languagesMandinka language
Religion
traditional African religion, Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Fula immigration to Khasso
before 1600
• Battle of Toumbifara
1681
• Split into five smaller kingdoms
1800
• Incorporation into French Sudan
1880
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ghana Empire
French West Africa
Today part ofMali

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]

  1. ^ Cissoko 1988, pp. 17–18.