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Kingdom of Diarra

1050 – 1754
KingdomAfrica

Soninke kingdom of Kaarta region, successor in the old Ghana heartland.

The Kingdom of Diarra (under Kaarta's domination) was conquered by the Toucouleur Empire of El Hadj Umar Tall in 1854–1855, when Nioro du Sahel, Kaarta's capital, was taken and the Massassi Bambara dynasty destroyed; the Toucouleur state was itself conquered by France in 1890–1893.

Borders in 1592 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Kingdom of Diarra — the shape you scrub through changes in 1050 · 1464 · 1511 · 1592.

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