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Empire of Great Fulo (Denianke Dynasty)

1512 – 1776
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Pulaar (Fulani) dynasty founded by Koli Tenguella that dominated the middle Senegal River valley (Futa Toro) from the early 16th century, exacting tribute at its height under Satigi Samba Lamu from Jolof, Waalo, Gajaaga, Diakhaba, Saloum, and neighboring Wolof and Soninke states, before Muslim reformers overthrew its animist monarchy in 1776.

Denianke authority grew 'increasingly tenuous and nominal' over the 17th-18th centuries as its animist Satigis ruled an increasingly Muslim Fulbe population and faced Moroccan-backed Moorish raiding and French trade competition on the Senegal River; in 1776 the Muslim cleric Sulayman Bal led a revolution that overthrew the Denianke and established the Imamate of Futa Toro (the already-canonical futa_toro record, 1776-1861) in its place.

Borders in 1753 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Empire of Great Fulo (Denianke Dynasty) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1512 · 1753.

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