Liptako

Liptako lay around the Niger bend, in parts of present-day Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. Its emirate did not yet exist in 1337.

Songhai ruled the area from the late 15th century until its defeat in 1591. The Gurma later founded the kingdom of Koala, which the Fula overthrew in the early 19th century. Brahima Saidu then founded the Islamic emirate of Liptako, based at Dori and belonging to the Sokoto Caliphate.