Rulers: Mali
Traditional polities
Note: This account contains: (A) the Fulbe (Peul) state of Masina; (B) the Bamana states of Segu and Ka`arta; (C) the Sise Jihad state founded by Shaykhu Ahmadu, encompassing Masina and surrounding teritories, and styled Dina; (D) the Tijaniyya Jihad state founded by `Umar ibn Sa`id, encompassing parts of Segu and Ka`arta and all of Masina; (E) the Malinke states of Kenedugu and Wassulu, the latter expanding to form the "Samori Empire."
Masina
1400 Masina state founded
1824 incorporated into Dina, the Sise Jihad state
16 May 1862 incorporated into the Tijaniyya Jihad state
4 May 1893 Masina state reestablished
26 Dec 1902 Masina state extinguished by French colonial government
Rulers (title Ardo)
- Dyallo (Rari) dynasty -
1780 - 1801 Ya Gallo
1801 - 1818 Ahmadi Dikko Gurori II
1818 - 1824 Nguru
- Tall dynasty -
4 May 1893 - 26 Dec 1902 Muhammadu `Ajibu ibn `Umar
Segu
1652 Kulubali (Biton-si-u) dynasty founded
1712 Segu state established by Kulubali dynasty
10 Mar 1861 partially incorporated into Tijaniyya Jihad state
11 Apr 1890 Segu state fully reestablished
1893 Segu state extinguished by French colonial government
Rulers (title Fama)
- Dyara (Ngolo-si-u) dynasty -
1787 - 1808 Manson Makoto
(to 1792 in Segu Sikoro only)
1808 - 1827 Da "Tonkomo"
1827 - 1839 Tyefolo
1839 Nyenemba I
1839 - 1843 vacant
1843 - 1849 Ben Keryengole
1849 - 1851 Kuma "Naluma"
1851 - 1854 Masala Demba
1854 - 1856 Turukoro Mari
1856 - 10 Mar 1861 Bina Ali
13 Apr 1861 - 1870 Kege Mari
1870 - 1878 Nyenemba II
1878 Mamuru
1878 - 1883 Masaloma
1883 - 1887 Karamoko
1887 - 29 May 1890 Mari
- Kulubali (Masa-si) dynasty -
1890 - 1893 Bodyan
Ka`arta
c.1630 Kulubali (Masa-si) dynasty founded
1754 Ka`arta state established by Kulubali dynasty
1861 partially incorporated into Tijaniyya Jihad state
1888 Ka`arta state fully reestablished
189. Ka`arta state extinguished by French colonial government
Rulers (title Fama)
- Kulubali (Masa-si) dynasty -
1799 - 1808 Musakura "Fulafo"
1808 - 1811 Ntinkoro
1811 - 1815 Sakhaba
1815 - 1832 Bodyan Moriba
1832 - 1843 Nyaralen Garan
1843 - 1854 Mamadi "Kandyan"
1854 - 1867 Diringa Mori
1867 - 18.. Bussei
18.. - 18.. Dama
18.. - 18.. Allahi
18.. - 18.. Moriba
18.. - 18.. Gossi
Dina (the Sise Jihad state)
1818 Shaykhu Ahmadu founds the Jihad state
16 May 1862 conquered by the Tijaniyya Jihad state
Imams (also styled Amir al-Mu´minin)
- Bari (Sise) dynasty -
1818 - 19 Mar 1845 Shaykhu Ahmadu ibn Muhammadu Lobbo
Sise al-Masini (b. 1773 - d. 1845)
19 Mar 1845 - 27 Feb 1853 Ahmadu Shaykhu ibn Ahmadu
1853 - 16 May 1862 Ahmadu ibn Ahmadu (b. ... - d. 1862)
The Tijaniyya Jihad state
10 Mar 1861 `Umar ibn Sa`id founds the Tijaniyya Jihad state in Segu
1862 Masina incorporated into Tijaniyya Jihad state
1864 rulership split between Segu and Masina
1888 Segu lost to Tijaniyya Jihad state
29 Apr 1893 Tijaniyya Jihad state extinguished
Imams (also styled Amir al-Muslimin)
- Tall dynasty -
10 Mar 1861 - 12 Feb 1864 `Umar ibn Sa`id (b. c.1797 - d. 1864)
In Segu:
1864 - 1888 Ahmad ibn `Umar (b. 1840? - d. 1898)
(styled Amir al-Mu`minin from 1869)
In Masina:
Rulers (title Amir al-Mu´minin)
1864 - 1887 Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Tijani
1887 - 1888 Sa`id ibn `Umar al-Tafsir
1888 - 1891 Muniru ibn `Umar
1891 - 29 Apr 1893 Ahmad ibn `Umar
Kenedugu
bf.1650 Kenedugu state founded
2 May 1898 Kenedugu state extinguished by French colonial government
Rulers (title Fama)
- Taraore dynasty -
*1800* Tapri
*1820* Musa Toroma
1825 - 1835 Famorhoba
1835 - 1845 Nyanamagha
1845 Tyemonkonko
1845 - 1860 Daula Ba
1860 - 1862 Dauda
1862 - 1877 Molokunansa
1877 - 28 Jan 1893 Tyeba (b. ... - d. 1893)
28 Jan 1893 - 1 May 1898 Babemba (b. ... - d. 1898)
Wassulu
c.1880 - 1898 Samori Ture rules over a very large area, referred to
by historians as the "Samori Empire"
1898 Samori Empire extinguished by French colonial government
Rulers (title Fama)
... - ... Mahmadu
... - 1870 Dyanabufarina Modi
1870 - 1884 Samori ibn Lafiya Ture (b. c.1830 - d. 1900)
Rulers (title Almami = Amir al-Mu´minin)
1884 - 29 Sep 1898 Samori ibn Lafiya Ture (s.a.)