Takrur | |||||||||
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| 500–1456 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Tumbere Jiinge (Dya'ogo, Tonjon, Manna dynasties), Taaga (Laam Taga), Hoorewendu (Laam Termess) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Serer[1][2] Fula, Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Serer religion[1][3] Islam (Official) | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Takruri | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• 1030s | War Jabi | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 500 | ||||||||
• Establishment of Manna dynasty by Mamadu Sumaare | c. 826 | ||||||||
• Adoption of Islam by War Jabi | 1030s | ||||||||
• Fula Laam Termess dynasty come to power | 1122 | ||||||||
• Conquered and vassalized by Mali Empire | 1285 | ||||||||
• Conquered by Jolof Empire | 1456 | ||||||||
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Takrur, Tekrur or Tekrour (c. 500 – c. 1456) was a state based in the Senegal River valley in modern day Mauritania and Northern Senegal, Northwestern Africa, which was at its height in the 10th and 11th centuries, roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire. It lasted in some form into the 18th century.
- ^ a b Charles Becker et Victor Martin, « Rites de sépultures préislamiques au Sénégal et vestiges protohistoriques », Archives Suisses d'Anthropologie Générale, Imprimerie du Journal de Genève, Genève, 1982, tome 46, no 2, p. 261-293
- ^ Trimingham, John Spencer, A History of Islam in West Africa, pp 174, 176 & 234, Oxford University Press, USA (1970)
- ^ Gravrand, "Pangool", pp 9, 20-77