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Takrur
Takrur | |||||||||
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| Capital | Tumbere Jiinge (Dya'ogo, Manna dynasties), Taaga (Laam Taga), Hoorewendu (Laam Termess) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Serer, Fula, Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam (Official) Serer religion[1] | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Takruri, Takarir | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• 1030s | War Jabi | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
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| History of Senegal |
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Takrur, Tekrur or Tekrour (c. 500 – c. 1456) was a state based in the Senegal River valley in modern day Mauritania and Northern Senegal which was at its height in the 11th and 12th centuries, roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire. It lasted in some form into the 18th century.
- ^ Charles Becker et Victor Martin, « Rites de sépultures préislamiques au Sénégal et vestiges protohistoriques », Archives Suisses d'Anthropologie Générale, Imprimerie du Journal de Genève, Genève, 1982, tome 46, no 2, p. 261-293
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