Dargol

Dargol belongs to the country west of the Niger, where the seasonal Dargol River descends from Liptako towards the great river. After the fall of the Songhai Empire in 1591, refugees settled at Dargol under a descendant of the Askia dynasty. Traditions of the region remember further struggles between Songhai groups, Kaado and Tuareg, in which defeated Songhai sought refuge at Dargol. The settlement became one of several Songhai centres in the lands along the Niger's western bank.

The later city of Tillabéri lies here.