Toucouleur Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tukolor_Empire
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nioro_du_Sahel
gptkb:Segou
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Bambara_Kingdom
gptkb:Kaarta
gptkb:Massina_Empire
French colonial forces
gptkbp:currency Cowrie shells
gptkbp:dissolved French colonial conquest
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Toucouleur
gptkbp:existedDuring 1850s
gptkbp:existedUntil 1890s
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Omar_Saidou_Tall
gptkbp:governmentType Theocratic monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Toucouleur Empire
gptkbp:language gptkb:Fula
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ahmadu_Tall
gptkb:Omar_Saidou_Tall
gptkb:Tidiani_Tall
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:militaryCampaign Jihad against Bambara kingdoms
Jihad against Kaarta
Jihad against Massina
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Mosques_of_Djenné
gptkb:Mosques_of_Timbuktu
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Bamako
gptkb:Nioro_du_Sahel
gptkb:Segou
Djenné
Timbuktu
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Conquest_of_Segou
gptkb:Conquest_of_Timbuktu
Battle with French colonial forces
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ahmadu_Tall
gptkb:El_Hadj_Umar_Tall
gptkb:Omar_Saidou_Tall
gptkb:Tidiani_Tall
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:politicalMovement Islamic reform
gptkbp:population Several million (at its height)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Fula_Jihad_States
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:French_West_Africa
gptkbp:territoryIncludes gptkb:Present-day_Guinea
gptkb:Present-day_Mali
gptkb:Present-day_Mauritania
gptkb:Present-day_Niger
gptkb:Present-day_Senegal
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_Sudan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4