Toucouleur people

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The Toucouleur people are a West African ethnic group, primarily Muslim, historically centered along the Senegal River and known for their role in regional trade and Islamic scholarship.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Toucouleur people canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
casteGroup artisans ⓘ
clerics ⓘ
nobles ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into French West Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalPractice Islamic festivals ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence study ⓘ
recitation of the Quran ⓘ
economicActivity riverine trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
ethnonym Tukulaaru ⓘ
Tukulor ⓘ
historicalCenter Futa Toro ⓘ
linked to: Futa Tooro

Senegal River valley ⓘ
linked to: Senegal River
historicalReligionRole Islamization of the Senegal River region ⓘ
historicalState Futa Toro Imamate ⓘ
Toucouleur Empire ⓘ
languageFamily Fula languages ⓘ
linked to: Fula language
locatedIn Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
mainLanguage Pulaar ⓘ
majorCountryPopulation Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
notableLeader Almamy Abdul Kader Kane ⓘ
linked to: El Hadj Umar Tall

El Hadj Umar Tall ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Fula people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Halpulaaren ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousEducation Quranic schools ⓘ
religiousRole Islamic clerics ⓘ
Quranic teachers ⓘ
selfDesignation Tukulaaru ⓘ
socialStructure hierarchical caste system ⓘ
spreadOfIslamPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
traditionalMadhhab Maliki ⓘ
traditionalOccupation Islamic scholarship ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
trading ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam African traditional religions ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType riverine villages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pulaar → ethnolinguisticGroup → Toucouleur people ⓘ
Futa Tooro → ethnicGroupAssociated → Toucouleur people ⓘ
Lebou → neighboringEthnicGroup → Toucouleur people ⓘ
Tékké → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Toucouleur people ⓘ
mbalax → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Toucouleur people ⓘ