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Takrur,
Tekrur or
Tekrour (c. 500 – c. 1456) was a
state based in the
Senegal River valley in
modern day
Mauritania and
Northern Senegal which was at its...
- "Judeo-Syrians",
which he
linked to the
Fulbe (who
actually co-founded
Takrur). This idea of a
foreign origin for
Wagadu is
generally disregarded by modern...
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region for its inhabitants,
likely derived from the
ancient kingdom of
Takrur. The
people of the area
mostly speak ****ar, a
dialect of the Fula language...
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which may be ****a Toro.
Takrur (
Takrūr): On 3rd
cataract of the
Senegal River,
north of Jolof. By the 14th century, the term
Takrur had
become commonly misused...
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Takrur in the 1030s, the
first to
proclaim Islam as a
state religion in the Sudan. War Jabi was a
member of the
Manna dynasty that had
ruled Takrur since...
- the
cities of
Mecca and Jeddah. The term "takarnah",
meaning people of
takrur, is
sometimes used to
refer to
Hejazis of West
African descent,
though their...
- of
Takrūr that
thrived on the
lower Senegal River in the
eleventh century. The
place was well-known to Arab geographers, and an
inhabitant of
Takrūr or...
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Almoravid Islamic lineage and a link on his mother's side to the
state of
Takrur.
James Searing adds that "In all
versions of the myth,
Njaajaan Njaay speaks...
- language,
language spoken by this
ethnic group Sosso Empire, a twelfth-century
Takrur kingdom of West
Africa Susu (savings), an
informal savings account practiced...
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these areas. By the 11th or 12th century, the
rulers of
kingdoms such as
Takrur (a
monarchy centred on the
Senegal River just to the north),
ancient Ghana...
