War Jabi

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War Jabi or War Jaabi was the king of Tekrur in the 1030s. He converted to Islam and forced his subjects into Islam. Tekrur as a result of his reign expanded into the South as his State sanctioned Sharia.[1][2]

Sources

  • Barry, Boubacar. Senegambia and the Atlantic slave trade, (Cambridge: University Press, 1998) p. 6
  • Clark, Andrew F. and Lucie Colvin Phillips. Historical Dictionary of Senegal: Second Edition, (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scrarecrow Press, 1994) p. 265

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.accessgambia.com/information/futa-toro.html Accessing Gambia - Futa Toro
  2. ^ http://www.africankingdoms.com African Kingdoms
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