Tukulor Empire
Toucouleur Empire الخلافة التجانية Al-khilafat al-tijania | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1852–1893 | |||||||||||||||||
The greatest extent of the Toucouleur Empire at the time of Omar Tall's death in 1864 | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Segou | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic (official) Fula | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Omar Tall declares jihad against Tamba | September 1852 | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1893 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Tukulor Empire (Arabic: الخلافة التجانية; Fula: Laamateeri Tukuleer; French: Empire toucouleur; also known as the Tijaniyya Jihad state or the Segu Tukulor or the Tidjaniya Caliphate or the Umarian State) (1861–1890) was an Islamic state in the mid-nineteenth century founded by Elhadj Oumar Foutiyou Tall of the Toucouleur people of Senegal.