Toucouleur Empire
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Was an empire in West Africa founded by the Toucouleur people.
Establishment
January 1849: The Toucouleur Empire was established in 1848.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts from 1883 to 1898 between France and the Wassoulou Empire.
1.1.First Mandingo War
Was a war between France and the Wassoulou Empire.
January 1884: French troops occupied Bamako.
January 1855: From 1854, French colonial administrator Faidherbe started to establish a series of inland forts up the Senegal River.
January 1855: Kaarta conquered by Toucouleur Empire.
March 1861: In 1861, the territory of Segu was partially incorporated into the Toucouleur Empire.
March 1861: The end of the Baman Empire came at the hands of El Hadj Umar Tall, a Toucouleur conqueror who swept across West Africa from Dinguiraye. Umar Tall's mujahideen readily defeated the Bambara, seizing Ségou itself on March 10, 1861, and declaring an end to the Bamana Empire (which effectively became part of the Toucouleur Empire).
January 1862: In 1861, the territory of Ka`arta was partially incorporated into the Toucouleur Empire.
May 1862: Massina Empire conquered by the Tijaniyya Jihad state (also known as the Toucouleur Empire).
January 1863: Timbuktu becomes part of Tijaniyya Jihad state.
January 1879: Samory Touré establishes the Wassoulou Empire after a series of military campaigns.
January 1889: Ka`arta state fully re-established.
April 1890: Segu state fully re-established.
January 1891: In 1890, the French, allied with the Bambara, occupied the city of Ségou.
January 1891: By 1890, the colony of Senegal practically covered all the territories of modern-day Senegal.
March 1893: The French Ivory Coast is officially established as a French colony on 10 March 1893 and its borders are defined.
May 1893: Masina state re-established.
Disestablishment
January 1894: In 1893 the French took control of the Toucouleur Empire and sent its ruler, Ahmadu Tall, into exile.
