al-Hajj Umar Tall

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:person
religious leader
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1797
gptkbp:birthPlace Futa Toro, present-day Senegal
gptkbp:causeOfDeath explosion (disputed)
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ahmadu_Tall
gptkb:Mamadou_Tall
Moussa Tall
gptkbp:deathDate 1864
gptkbp:deathPlace Deguembéré, present-day Mali
gptkbp:father gptkb:al-Hajj_Muhammad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Hajj Umar Tall
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ahmadu_Tall
West African Islamic movements
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Tijaniyyah_Sufi_order
gptkbp:knownFor wars against the French colonial forces
conquest of the Bambara Empire
conquest of the Massina Empire
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Fula
Bambara
gptkbp:legacy spread of Islam in West Africa
establishment of the Toucouleur Empire
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Tijaniyyah_Sufi_order
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Fula
gptkbp:notableFor founding the Toucouleur Empire
leading jihads in West Africa
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:scholar
gptkb:soldier
ruler
gptkbp:pilgrimageSite gptkb:Mecca
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:spouse Aissata
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ahmadu_Tall
gptkbp:title gptkb:Imam
al-Hajj
gptkbp:yearOfPilgrimage 1827
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sheikh_Sidi_Mukhtar_al-Kunti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8