Takrur

Takrur was a Muslim kingdom in the middle Senegal valley, centred on Futa Toro. Mali conquered it around 1286, and in 1337 governed it through farba governors as a vassal.

As Mali weakened, Jolof overran Takrur in the fifteenth century and divided it among farba governors. In 1521 the Fulbe leader Koli Tengella founded the Denanke dynasty. Muslim clerics overthrew it in the Fouta Revolution of 1776.