Futa Toro Imamate

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The Futa Toro Imamate was an 18th–19th century Islamic theocratic state in the Senegal River valley, founded by Fulani Muslim reformers and influential in the spread of Islam and resistance to external domination in West Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Futa Toro Imamate canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theocratic state ⓘ
Muslim polity ⓘ
pre-colonial West African state ⓘ
borderedBy Cayor and other Wolof states to the west and south ⓘ
Trarza territory to the north ⓘ
capital Futa Toro region settlements along the Senegal River ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
endCause French colonial conquest ⓘ
endTime 19th century ⓘ
ethnicFoundation Fulani ⓘ
foundedBy Abdul Kader Kane ⓘ
Fulani Muslim reformers ⓘ
Sulayman Baal ⓘ
governmentType Imamate ⓘ
theocracy ⓘ
hasPopulationType Fulani ⓘ
Tukulor ⓘ
historicalRegionNowIn Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
ideology Islamic reformism ⓘ
anti-slavery stance toward Muslim populations ⓘ
influenced Futa Jallon Imamate ⓘ
Islamic education in West Africa ⓘ
Islamization of the Senegal River valley ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Pulaar ⓘ
leaderTitle Almamy ⓘ
linked to: Almamy Abdul Kader

Imam ⓘ
legalSystem Sharia ⓘ
locatedIn Futa Toro ⓘ
linked to: Futa Tooro

Senegal River valley ⓘ
linked to: Senegal River

West Africa ⓘ
notableLeader Abdul Kader Kane ⓘ
Sulayman Baal ⓘ
opposedBy French colonial authorities ⓘ
Trarza Emirate ⓘ
partOf Fulani jihād states ⓘ
linked to: Fulani Jihad

Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ
politicalStructure council of Muslim scholars and chiefs around the Almamy ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousOrientation Sunni Islam ⓘ
significantEvent Islamic reform jihad in Futa Toro ⓘ
conflicts with the Trarza Moors ⓘ
resistance to French expansion ⓘ
startTime c. 1770s ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ

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

West Africans → hasHistoricalState → Futa Toro Imamate ⓘ
Peul → notablePolities → Futa Toro Imamate ⓘ
Toucouleur people → historicalState → Futa Toro Imamate ⓘ