Early Islamic kingdom of the lower Senegal River valley.
Takrur was absorbed into the Mali Empire in the 13th century and later passed under the Jolof Empire and then Songhai suzerainty; as an independent polity it ceased to exist by c. 1285.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Takrur — the shape you scrub through changes in 800 · 1100.
Covers Takrur among the early states of the western Sahel.
Takrur and the early Islamic Senegal valley in medieval Africa (broad context).