List of rulers of the Jolof Empire
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The following is a list of rulers of the Jolof Empire. The Jolof Empire (French language – Diolof or Djolof) was a West African state that ruled parts of Senegal and The Gambia from 1360[1] to 1890.
The rulers were known as "Buur-ba Jolof". Their surnames were Njie (or Ndiaye).
Rulers of the Jolof Empire
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(years of rule in parentheses)
- N'Dyadya N'Dyaye or Ndiadiane Ndiaye (1360[1]–1370)
- Sare N'Dyaye (1370–1390)
- N'Diklam Sare (1390–1420)
- Tyukuli N'Diklam (1420–1440)
- Leeyti Tyukuli (1440–1450)
- N'Dyelen Mbey Leeyti (1450–1465)
- Birayma N'dyeme Eter (1465–1481)
- Tase Daagulen (1481–1488)
- Birayma Kuran Kan (1488–1492)
- Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)
- Birayma Dyeme-Kumba (1527–1543)
- Leele Fuli Fak (1543–1549)
- End of empire (Jolof became a Kingdom)
- al-Buri Penda (1549–1566)
- Lat-Samba (1566–1597)
- Gireun Buri Dyelen (1597–1605)
- Birayma Penda (1605–1649)
- Birayma Mba (1649–1670)
- Bakar Penda (1670–1711)
- Bakan-Tam Gan (1711–1721)
- al-Buri Dyakher (1721–1740)
- Birayamb (1740–1748)
- Birawa Keme (1748–1750)
- Lat-Kodu (1750–1755)
- Bakaa-Tam Buri-Nyabu (1755–1763)
- Mba Kompass (1763–1800)
- Mba Buri-Nyabu (1800–1818)
- Birayamb Kumba-Gey (1818–1838)
- al-Buri Tam (1838–1845)
- Baka Kodu (1845–1847)
- Birayamb Aram (1847–1849)
- Birayma-Penda (1849)
- Mbanyi-Paate (1849)
- Lat-Koddu (1849)
(vacant throne for a period)
- Birayamb Ma-Dyigen (1850–1855)
- al-Buri Peya (1855–1856)
- Bakan-Tam Yaago (1856–1858)
- Taanor (1858–1863)
- Bakan-Tam Khaari (1863–1871)
- Amadu Seeku (1871–1875)
- Alboury Ndiaye (1875–1890)
- Ruled by France (1889–1960)
References
- ^ a b Fage, John D.; Oliver, Roland, The Cambridge history of Africa: From c. 1600 to c. 1790, p. 486, ISBN 0521209811