Omar Saidou Tall

Oumar Foutiyou Tall
El Hadji, Khalifa, Amir al-Mu'minin
Reign1852–1864
SuccessorAhmadu Tall
BornOumar Tall
c. 1796
Futa Tooro, Senegal
Died14 February 1864(1864-02-14) (aged 67–68)
Bandiagara Escarpment
IssueAhmadu Tall
ReligionTijaniyyah islam

Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd al-Fūtī Ṭaʿl, Arabic: حاج عمر بن سعيد الفوتي طعل, c. 1794 – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present-day Senegal, was a Senegalese Tijani sufi Toucouleur Islamic scholar and military commander who founded the short-lived Toucouleur Empire, which encompassed much of what is now Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea and Mali.[1]

  1. ^ Lapidus, Ira M. (2014) A History of Islamic Societies. 3rd ed., New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 472–473.