Oumar Foutiyou Tall | |
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El Hadji, Khalifa, Amir al-Mu'minin | |
Reign | 1852–1864 |
Successor | Ahmadu Tall |
Born | Oumar Tall c. 1796 Futa Tooro, Senegal |
Died | 14 February 1864 Bandiagara Escarpment | (aged 67–68)
Issue | Ahmadu Tall |
Religion | Tijaniyyah 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]