- Takrur,
Tekrur or
Tekrour (c. 500 – c. 1456) was a
state based in the
Senegal River valley in West
Africa which was at its
height in the 10th and 11th...
- the
kingdom of
Tekrur was its v****al.
Ghana and
Tekrur were the only
organized po****tions
before Islamization. The
territory of
Tekrur approximates that...
- جابي), also
known as: War
Jaabi or War-Dyabe, was the
first Muslim king of
Tekrur in the 1030s, the
first to
proclaim Islam as a
state religion in the Sudan...
- have long
inhabited the
Senegal River area, with
roots of an
organized Tekrur kingdom tracing back to the 5th century. They were part of the 10th to the...
-
mainland for
almost 150 km.
Around the 11th century,
Morfil was the
centre of
Tekrur, one of the
first Islamic West
African states. As such, it was an important...
- the old
province of
BaGhana (Wagadou). In 1481, Fula
raids against Mali's
Tekrur provinces begin. The
growing trade in Mali's
western provinces with Portugal...
-
dates back to the 11th
century when King War Jabi
usurped the
throne of
Tekrur (part of present-day Senegal) in 1030, and by 1035,
introduced Sharia law...
- fluviatilis). The lake has a
complicated history involving the
kingdoms of
Tekrur and
Waalo and the
Empire of
Jolof (Diolof). Notably, the
settlement of N'Der...
-
especially in the west
where they
reached the
Gambia River and the
marches of
Tekrur. This
enabled him to rule over a
realm larger than even the
Ghana Empire...
- were
killed is unknown, but the
defeat of the
Serers at
Tekrur triggered their exodus from
Tekrur to the south,
where they were
granted asylum by the lamanes...
