Pashalik of Timbuktu

Pashalik of Timbuktu
باشوية تمبكتو (Arabic)
1591–1833
Map of the Pashalik of Timbuktu (striped) as part of Morocco, late 16th century.
Map of the Pashalik of Timbuktu (striped) as part of Morocco, late 16th century.
StatusMoroccan Governorate
(1591–1612)
Moroccan Vassal
(1612–1826)
Tuareg Tributary
(1787–1833)
CapitalTimbuktu
Religion
Islam
History 
• Established
1591
• Disestablished
1833
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Songhai Empire
Massina Empire
Today part ofMali

The Pashalik of Timbuktu, also known as the Pashalik of Sudan, was a West African political entity that existed between the 16th and the 19th century. It was formed after the Battle of Tondibi, when a military expedition sent by Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of Morocco defeated the Songhai Empire and established control over a territory centered on Timbuktu. Following the decline of the Saadi Sultanate in the early 17th century, Morocco retained only nominal control of the Pashalik.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hunwick, J.O. (2012). "Timbuktu". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill.
  2. ^ International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa (1999). Ogot, Bethwell Allan (ed.). Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Vol. General History of Africa Volume V (Abridged ed.). James Currey. ISBN 0-85255-095-2. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.