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Imamate of Futa Jallon
Imamate of Futa Djallon | |||||||||||
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| 1725–1912 | |||||||||||
.svg) Flag used after the establishment of the French Protectorate | |||||||||||
 Map of the Imamate of Futa Jallon and its tributaries at its height | |||||||||||
| Status | Protectorate of France (1896-1912) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Timbo | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Imamate | ||||||||||
| Almamy | |||||||||||
• 1725–1777 | Alfa Ibrahim | ||||||||||
• 1906–1912 | Boubacar IV (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1725 | ||||||||||
• French protectorate | November 18th 1896 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1912 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||
The Imamate of Futa Jallon or Jalon (Arabic: إمامة فوتة جالون; Pular: Fuuta Jaloo or Fuuta Jalon فُوتَ جَلࣾو, 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅),[1] sometimes referred to as the Emirate of Timbo,[2]: 50 was a West African Islamic state based in the Fouta Djallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded in 1725 by a Fulani jihad and became part of French West Africa in 1896.
- ^ Office for Subject Cataloging Policy 1992, p. 1775.
- ^ de Bruijn, Mirjam; van Dijk, Han (2003). "Resistance to Fulbe Hegemony in nineteenth-century West Africa". In Abbink, Jon; van Walraven, Klaas; de Bruijn, Mirjam (eds.). Rethinking resistance : revolt and violence in African history. Brill. pp. 43–68. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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