Silla

Silla was an old town and center of power in the middle Senegal valley. The eleventh-century geographer al-Bakri described a wealthy ruler there, while later accounts placed Silla among the communities subject to neighboring Takrur. Its inhabitants embraced Islam in the time of War Jabi, ruler of Takrur. Like other towns of the western Sudan, Silla was described as having parts on both sides of the river, joining the Sahelian country to the floodplain settlements along its banks.

The later city of Aleg lies here.