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Toucouleur Empire

1848 – 1893
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Tijani jihad empire of El Hadj Umar Tall across the western Sudan, conquered by France.

The Toucouleur Empire fell to France in a series of campaigns culminating in 1890–1893; Ségou, the principal capital, fell on 6 April 1890 to Colonel Archinard, and Nioro du Sahel fell in January 1891; resistance ended by 1893 when the last major Toucouleur forces under Ahmadu Tall were defeated and he fled into exile in Sokoto.

Borders in 1848 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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