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  • A marabout (Arabic: مُرابِط, romanized: murābiṭ, lit. 'one who is attached/garrisoned') is a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (Arabic: سـيّد, romanized:...
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    Soninke—Marabout Wars or wars titled "Soninke—Marabout Wars", and these wars did not end in 1856. This article mainly focuses on the beginning of these wars....
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    Cayor (section Marabout Wars)
    climactic showdown the marabouts were defeated, Sarr was killed, and many were again sold into slavery.: 599  The surviving marabouts played an important...
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    arrived later. Even during the widespread religious wars of the mid-19th century, the marabouts of Wuli generally stayed away from overtly political...
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  • Char Bouba war (variously transliterated as Sharr Bubba, Shar Buba), also known as the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War or the Marabout War, took place...
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  • provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America...
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  • King when the Soninke-Marabout Wars broke out in 1850. The war saw the ruling Soninke side fight against the Islamic marabouts. The Soninke faction was...
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    11th century (during the Almoravids' advance) to the 19th century (the Marabout wars of Senegambia), resulting in the Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune, commonly...
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  • Ndougousine failed, with the Mandinka capturing two cannons. The region-wide Marabout Wars of the 19th century, particularly the campaigns of Mahmadu Lamine, devastated...
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    civil wars.: 189  Waalo had its own traditional African religion. Islam was initially the province of the elite, but in the aftermath of Marabout War the...
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  • than be conquered by the Muslim forces. In these 19th-century Islamic Marabout wars, many of the Serers villagers committed martyrdom, including jumping...
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    the major religion in the country in the 19th century. The Soninke-Marabout wars (1850), a series of jihads, led by the Marabou Islamists resulted in...
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    Use Fear to Justify Foreign Wars and Control Society. Clairview Books. ISBN 9781905570973. Coll, Steve (2004). Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA...
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    Mansa Suling Jatta was the King of Kombo, he was killed in the Soninke-Marabout war, and most of the Jatta clan moved to other regions. There are relatively...
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    recognition, becoming the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). The War Office was considering the creation of a military force from the West African...
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  • USS Marabout (AMc-50) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid...
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    Gambia Colonial period James Island 1830–1831 Barra War 1850–1856 Soninke-Marabout War 1860–1861 Baddibu War 1866 Capture of Tubabkolong Royal West African...
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    Christianity in recent times. Even though some accepted Islam after the Soninke-Marabout war, they honour the traditional use of palm wine in their rituals. They...
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    people or the Aku Marabout or Aku Mohammedans are an ethnic group in Sierra Leone and the Gambia, primarily the descendants of marabout, liberated Yoruba...
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    locations during the production of the Star Wars films to provide the setting for alien planets in the Star Wars Universe. Most locations were used to shoot...
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