Tidiani Tall
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Tidiani Tall succeeded his uncle, El Hadj Umar Tall, as head of the Toucouleur Empire
following Umar's 1864 death near Bandiagara
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Tidiani was born the son of Alfa Amadou Tall, El Hadj Umar's elder brother. While a boy, his father went to Sokoto to visit his brother from his return to pilgrimage. During the twenty following years, he lived with his uncle and father in Timbo (Futa-Jalon), Jégunko(Futa-Jalon), Dinguiray Futa-Jalon and NioroKaarta
before settling with his uncle in Hamdullahi
Masina after the victory of the jihadists after the battle of Taayawal(1862).
Tidiani and his cousin Muhammad Makki (c.1835- 1864)( Umar's second son) were de facto the heads ot the administrative branches of Hamdullahi. After the rebellion of the Fulas, led by the prince BaLobbo Bari allied with the al-Bekkay of Timbuktu assieged Hamdullahi from June 1863 to February 1864.
In January 1864, Tijani was sent by his uncle to seek help from the Dogons of Bandiagara
and to form a new army. The alliance led by Balobbo entered in the city at the start of February 1864 and Umar and his closest escaped in the 6 of that month. On February 11, Tidiani arrived to Déguembéré where his uncle just died with 15 others persons among others his sons, Muhammad Makki, Hadi and Muhammad Mahi.
Tijani succeeded in defeating the alliance in 1864. Tidiani was by now, more powerful than his cousin Amadou Madani ibn Umar, sultan of Segu.
Toucouleur Empire
The Toucouleur Empire was founded in the nineteenth century by El Hadj Umar Tall of the Toucouleur people, in part of present-day Mali....
following Umar's 1864 death near Bandiagara
Bandiagara
Bandiagara is a city in the Dogon region of Mali in Africa. The name translates roughly to "large eating bowl"—referring to the communal bowl meals are served in....
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Tidiani was born the son of Alfa Amadou Tall, El Hadj Umar's elder brother. While a boy, his father went to Sokoto to visit his brother from his return to pilgrimage. During the twenty following years, he lived with his uncle and father in Timbo (Futa-Jalon), Jégunko(Futa-Jalon), Dinguiray Futa-Jalon and NioroKaarta
Kaarta
Kaarta, or Ka'arta , was a short-lived Bambara kingdom in what is today the western half of Mali.As Bitòn Coulibaly tightened his control over Ségou, capital of his newly-founded Bambara Empire, a faction of Ségou Bambara dissatisfied with his rule fled west...
before settling with his uncle in Hamdullahi
Hamdullahi
Hamdullahi was a nineteenth-century imamate in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali...
Masina after the victory of the jihadists after the battle of Taayawal(1862).
Tidiani and his cousin Muhammad Makki (c.1835- 1864)( Umar's second son) were de facto the heads ot the administrative branches of Hamdullahi. After the rebellion of the Fulas, led by the prince BaLobbo Bari allied with the al-Bekkay of Timbuktu assieged Hamdullahi from June 1863 to February 1864.
In January 1864, Tijani was sent by his uncle to seek help from the Dogons of Bandiagara
Bandiagara
Bandiagara is a city in the Dogon region of Mali in Africa. The name translates roughly to "large eating bowl"—referring to the communal bowl meals are served in....
and to form a new army. The alliance led by Balobbo entered in the city at the start of February 1864 and Umar and his closest escaped in the 6 of that month. On February 11, Tidiani arrived to Déguembéré where his uncle just died with 15 others persons among others his sons, Muhammad Makki, Hadi and Muhammad Mahi.
Tijani succeeded in defeating the alliance in 1864. Tidiani was by now, more powerful than his cousin Amadou Madani ibn Umar, sultan of Segu.