Rulers: Senegal
Traditional polities
Fuuta Tooro
bf.850 Fuuta Tooro established
1495 Deñanke dynasty (last hereditary dynasty) established
1776 Almaami rule established
May 1890 state extinguished
Rulers (title Almaami)
1776 - 1806 Abdalkadir ibn Hamadi Torodo Kan
1806 - 1807 Muxtar ibn Sire Kudeeje Talla
1807 - 1808 Hamad Lamin Baal
1808 - 1810 Yusuf Sire Li (1st time)
1810 - 1812 Bokar Lamin Baal
1812 - 1813 vacant
1813 - 1814 Yusuf Sire Li (2nd time)
1815 - 1816 Ali Cerno Ibraa Waan
1816 Yusuf Sire Li (3rd time)
1816 - 1817 Sire Amadu Li (1st time)
1817 Yusuf Sire Li (4th time)
1817 Biran Ibraa Waan (1st time)
1817 Tapsir Mamadu Mamudu `Aan
1817 - 1819 Yusuf Sire Li (5th time)
1819 vacant
Sep 1819 - Jul 1821 Biran Ibraa Waan (2nd time)
Jul 1821 - Jul 1822 Yusuf Sire Li (6th time)
Jul 1822 - 8 Feb 1823 Bokar Modibo Kan
Aug 1823 - 1825 Yusuf Sire Li (7th time)
1825 - 1826 Sire Hasan Lamin Ture
1826 Yusuf Sire Li (8th time)
1826 - 1827 al-Faqih Ibraa Jaatara `Aan
1827 vacant
1827 Yusuf Sire Li (9th time)
1827 - 1829 Mamadu `Aan
1829 - 1831 Yusuf Sire Li (10th time)
1831 - 1832 Biran Ibraa Waan (3rd time)
1832 Mamudu Sire Ja
1832 - 1833 Amadu Baaba Li (1st time)
1833 Sire Amadu Li (2nd time)
1833 Yusuf Sire Li (11th time)
1833 Biran Ibraa Waan (4th time)
1833 - 1834 Yusuf Sire Li (12th time)
1834 - 1835 Biran Ibraa Waan (5th time)
1835 Yusuf Sire Li (13th time)
1835 - 1836 Biran Ibraa Waan (6th time)
1836 - Nov 1836 vacant
Nov 1836 - Sep 1837 Baabali Li (1st time)
Sep 1837 - Oct 1838 Amadu Baaba Li (2nd time)
Oct 1838 - May 1841 Baabali Li (2nd time)
May 1841 - Jul 1841 vacant
Jul 1841 - Aug 1843 Mamadu Biran Waan (1st time)
Aug 1843 - Oct 1843 Mamadu Mamudu Ja
Oct 1843 - Dec 1843 Mamadu Biran Waan (2nd time)
Dec 1843 - Feb 1844 vacant
Feb 1844 - Jun 1844 Mamadu Biran Waan (3rd time)
Jun 1844 - Fe/Mr 1846 Baabali Li (3rd time)
Fe/Mr 1846 - 1847 vacant
1847 Baabali Li (4th time)
1847 - Dec 1847 Mamadu Biran Waan (4th time)
Dec 1847 - Feb 1848 vacant
Feb 1848 - May 1848 Mamadu Biran Waan (5th time)
May 1848 - Jul 1848 vacant
Jul 1848 - Oct 1848 Sibawayhi Li (1st time)
Oct 1848 - Jan 1849 vacant
Jan 1849 - Sep 1850 Mamadu Biran Waan (6th time)
Sep 1850 - 11 Jan 1851 Alfa Sire Waan
11 Jan 1851 - Mar 1851 vacant
Mar 1851 - Oct 1851 Sibawayhi Li (2nd time)
Oct 1851 - Oct 1852 Mamadu Biran Waan (7th time)
Oct 1852 - Jun 1853 Amadu Hamat Si (1st time)
Jun 1853 - Apr 1854 Cerno Raasin Mamudu Njac (1st time)
May 1854 - Mar 1856 Mamadu Biran Waan (8th time)
Apr 1856 - Aug 1856 Cerno Raasin Mamudu Njac (2nd time)
Sep 1856 - Nov 1856 Amadu Hamat Si (2nd time)
Nov 1856 - Jul 1858 Mamadu Biran Waan (9th time)
Sep 1857 - Oct 1857 Sibawayhi Li (3rd time)
(in rebellion)
Jul 1858 - Jan 1859 vacant
Feb 1859 - Sep 1859 Mustafa Ba
Sep 1859 - Oct 1860 Mamadu Biran Waan (10th time)
Oct 1860 - May 1861 vacant
May 1861 - Aug 1861 Amadu Biran Waan
Aug 1861 - Oct 1861 vacant
Oct 1861 - Feb 1862 Eliman Bababe Mamudu Ba
Feb 1862 - Jun 1862 vacant
Jun 1862 - Mar 1863 Amadu Cerno Demba Li (1st time)
Mar 1863 - Jun 1863 vacant, or perhaps
Mustafa Ba (2nd time)
Jun 1863 - Oct 1864 Mamadu Biran Waan (11th time)
Oct 1864 - Aug 1865 Amadu Cerno Demba Li (2nd time)
Aug 1865 - Jan 1866 Raasin Mamadu Sellin Talla
(1st time)
Jan 1866 - Apr 1866 vacant
Apr 1866 - Oct 1866 Cerno Barobe Hassan Baro
Oct 1866 - Dec 1866 Amadu Cerno Demba Ki (2nd time)
Dec 1866 - Aug 1867 Raasin Mamadu Sellin Talla
(2nd time)
Aug 1867 - Jun 1868 Sada Ibraa Tapsir Baaba Waan
(1st time)
Jun 1868 - Dec 1868 vacant
Dec 1868 - Dec 1870 Sada Ibraa Tapsir Baaba Waan
(2nd time)
Dec 1870 - Apr 1871 Mamadu Baal (1st time)
Apr 1871 - Oct 1871 vacant
Oct 1871 - May 1872 Sada Ibraa Tapsir Baaba Waan
(3rd time)
May 1872 - Jan 1873 vacant
Jan 1873 - Mar 1873 Mamadu Baal (2nd time)
Mar 1873 - Jun 1873 vacant
Jun 1873 - May 1874 Malik Mamadu Cam
May 1874 - Jun 1875 ...
Jun 1875 - Nov 1875 Raasin Mamadu Sellin Talla
(3rd time)
Nov 1875 - Feb 1876 vacant
Feb 1876 - Jul 1877 Njay `Eli Baro (1st time)
Aug 1877 - Oct 1877 Mamadu Amadu Li
Oct 1877 - Mar 1878 vacant
Apr 1878 - Jul 1879 Njay `Eli Baro (2nd time)
Jul 1879 - Oct 1879 vacant
Oct 1879 - Oct 1880 Mamadu Lamin Li
Oct 1880 - Apr 1881 vacant
Apr 1881 - May 1881 Bubu Haba Li (1st time)
May 1881 - Sep 1883 vacant
Sep 1883 - Nov 1883 Njay `Eli Baro (3rd time)
Nov 1883 - Jan 1884 vacant
Jan 1884 - Mar 1884 Bubu Haba Li (2nd time)
Mar 1884 - Apr 1889 vacant
Apr 1889 - May 1890 Bubu Haba Li (3rd time)
Wolof states
Jolof
1200 Jolof "empire" founded
1875 - 1890 annexed to empire of Ahmadu Shaykhu
1895 under French sovereignty
1900 state extinguished
Rulers (title Buur-ba Jolof)
- Njay patrilineage -
1770 - 1805 Mba Kumpaas Njay
1805 - 1838 Mba Buuri-Ñabu Njay
1838 Birayamb Kumba-Gey Njay
1838 - 1851 Al-Buuri Tam Njay
1851 - 1853 Baka-Kodu Biige Fakontè Njay
1853 - 1855 Birayamb Aram Xurèja Njay
1855 Biram Pènda Kumba-Ngwi Njay
1855 Mbani-Paate Kumba-Ngwi Njay
1855 Lat Kodu Ma-Jigeñ Peya Fal Malik Njay
1855 Birayamb Ma-Jigeñ Peya Fal Malik Njay
1855 Al-Buuri Peya Biram Njay
1855 - 1858 Bakan Tam Yaago Njay
1858 - 1862 Taanor Fatim Jeng (regent)
1862 - 1871 Bakan Tam Xaari Jaloor Njay
1875 - 24 May 1890 Al-Buuri Sènabu Njay (b. c.1842 - d. 1902)
3 Jun 1890 - 1895 Samba Laobe Pènda Njay
3 Nov 1895 - 1900 Buuna Al-Buuri Ma-Jigeñ Njay
Kayor
... Kayor founded as vassal state of Jolof
1549 Kayor independent
1555 - 1874 Kayor and Bawol sporadically in personal union
6 Mar 1865 - 12 Feb 1871 Kayor incorporated into French colony of Senegal
1883 Kayor incorporated into French colony of Senegal
6 Oct 1886 state extinguished
Rulers (title Dammel)
- Fal patrilineage -
1790 - 1809 Amari Ngone Ndèla Kumba Fal
1809 - 1832 Biram Fatma Cub Fal
1832 - 1855 Maysa Tènde Jor Samba Fal
1855 - 1860 Birima Ngone Latir Fal (b. ... - d. 1860)
1860 - 1861 Ma-Kodu Kumba Yande Fal
May 1861 - 8 Dec 1861 Ma-Jojo Jegeñ Kodu Fal (1st time)
- Jop patrilineage -
1862 - Jan 1864 Lat Jor Ngone Latir Jop (1st time) (b. c.1842 - d. 1886)
- Fal patrilineage -
Jan 1864 - 1864 Ma-Jojo Jegeñ Kodu Fal (2nd time)
- Jop patrilineage -
12 Feb 1871 - 1882 Lat Jor Ngone Latir Jop (2nd time) (s.a.)
- Fal patrilineage -
Jan 1883 - 28 Aug 1883 Amari Ngone Fal
28 Aug 1883 - 6 Oct 1886 Samba Laobe Fal (b. ... - d. 1886)
Bawol
... Bawol founded as vassal state of Jolof
1555 Bawol independent
1555 - 1874 Kayor and Bawol sporadically in personal union
3 Jul 1894 state extinguished
Rulers (title Teeñ)
- Fal patrilineage -
1790 - 1809 Amari Ngone Ndèla Komba Fal (2nd time)
1809 - 1812 Ce Yasin Jeng Fal
1812 - 1815 Ce Kumba Fatim Pènda Fal
1815 - 1825 Amari Jor Borso Fal
1825 - 1832 Biram Fatma Cub Fal
1832 Ma-Kodu Kumba Yande Fal (1st time)
1832 - 1842 Lat Jegeñ Fal
1842 Malik Kumba Jaring Xuja Fal
1842 - 1854 Maysa Tènde Jor Samba Fal
1854 - 1855 Ce Yasin Ngone Jegeñ Fal (1st time)
1855 - 1856 Ma-Kodu Kumba Yande Fal (2nd time)
1856 - 1860 Ce Yasin Ngone Jegeñ Fal (2nd time)
1860 Ma-Kodu Kumba Yande Fal (3rd time)
1860 - 1871 Ce Yasin Ngone Jegeñ Fal (3rd time)
1871 - 1873 Ce Yasin Jor Galo Gana Fal
(1st time)
- Jop patrilineage -
1873 - 1874 Lat Jor Ngone Latir Jop (b. c.1842 - d. 1886)
- Fal patrilineage -
1874 - 1890 Ce Yasin Jor Galo Gana Fal
(2nd time)
- Jeng patrilineage -
1890 - 3 Jul 1894 Taanor Goñ Jeng
Waalo
1287 Waalo founded
Feb 1855 state extinguished
Rulers (title Brak)
- Mboj patrilineage -
1795 - 1805 Njak Kumba Xuri Yay Mboj
1805 - 1810 Saayodo Yaasin Mboj
1810 - 1816 Kuli Mbaaba Mboj
1816 - 1825 Amar Faatim Mborso Mboj
1825 - Dec 1827 Yerim Mbañik Teg-Rella Mboj
Dec 1827 - 1830 Fara Penda Adam Sal Mboj (1st time)
- Daaro patrilineage -
7 Jul 1830 - 1832 Xerfi Xari Daaro (1st time)
- Mboj patrilineage -
1832 - 1833 Fara Penda Adam Sal Mboj (2nd time)
- Daaro patrilineage -
21 Jul 1833 - 1835 Xerfi Xari Daaro (2nd time)
- Mboj patrilineage -
1835 - 30 Oct 1840 Fara Penda Adam Sal Mboj (3rd time)
Nov 1840 - Feb 1855 Mö Mboj Maalik Mboj
Serer states
Sin
bf.1500 Sin established
1969 state (by then included in independent Senegal)
extinguished
Rulers (title Buur Sin)
- Gèlwar matrilineage -
*1785* Biram Pate Ñilan Njay
... - ... Latsuk Ñilan Samba Juf
... - ... Latsuk Fañam Fay
... - ... Bukar Cilas Jajel Juf
... - ... Amakodu Samba Juf
... - ... Bukar Cilas Sangay Juf
... - ... Bukar Cilas a Mbotil Juf
... - ... Bukar Cilas Mahe Sum Juf
... - ... Mbay Fotlu Jog Juf
... - ... Amakodu Mahe Ngom Juf
... - ... Latsuk Coro Fata Fay
*1837* Njaka Ndofen Ñilan Jogoy Fay
183. - 1839 Amakumba Mboj
1839 - 1853 Amajuf Ñilan Fay Juf
1853 - 1871 Kumba Ndofen Famak Juf
1871 - 1878 Sanu Mon Fay
1878 - 1881 Semu Mak Juf
1881 - 1884 Amadi Baro Juf
1884 - 1885 Mbake Mak Kodu Njay (1st time)
1885 - 1886 Jaligi Sira Juf
1886 Mbake Mak Kodu Njay (2nd time)
1886 - 1887 Ñoxobay Semu Juf
1887 - 1898 Mbake Ndeb Njay
1898 - 1924 Kumba Ndofen Fandeb Juf
1924 - 1969 Mahekor Juf
Saalum
1493 Saalum established
1969 state (by then included in independent Senegal)
extinguished
Rulers (title Buur Saalum)
- Gèlwar matrilineage -
1787 - 1803 Biram Njeme Ñaxana Njay
1803 - 1810 Makumba Jogop Mboj
1810 - 1817 Ndene Ñaxana Njay
1817 - 1823 Biram Xurèja Mboj Njay
1823 Ndene Mbaru Njay
1823 - 1851 Bale Ndungu Xurèja Ndaw
1851 - 1854 Bala Adama Njay
1854 Sose Bige Njay
1854 - 1859 Kumba Ndama Mboj
1859 - 1864 Samba Laobe Fal
1864 - 1871 Faxa Buya Fal
1864 - 1867 Ma Ba Jaxa (b. ... - d. 1867)
(almaami, in rebellion)
1871 - 1876 Ñawut Mboj
1876 - 1879 Sajuka Mboj
1879 - 1896 Gedal Mboj
1896 - 1899 Semu Jimit Juf
1899 - 1902 Njeme Njenum Ndaw
1902 - 1903 Ndene Jogop Juf
1903 - 1913 Semu Nguy Juf
1913 - 1919 Gori Coro Juf
1919 - 1935 Mahawa Coro Juf
1935 - 1969 Fode Nguy Juf
Other important states
Xaaso
bf.1600 Xaaso established
1819 - 18.. annexed by Seegu
1880 under French sovereignty
Rulers (title Fankamala)
- Jaalo patrilineage -
... - ... Jaje Jaalo
... - ... Mare Mfa Jaalo
... - ... Maxanja Mbata Jaalo
... - ... Sandiki Xoi Jaalo
*1690* Amadu Awa Jaalo
*1698 - 1725* Seega Dua Jaalo
*1730* Jaje Gansiri Jaalo
*1737* Gimba Kinti Jaalo
*1744 - 1796 Demba Seega Jaalo
1796 - ... Uri Jaje Jaalo
... - 1803 Safere Jaalo
1803 - 1804 Diba Sambala Jaalo
1804 - 1805 Muusa Xoi Jaalo
1805 - 1819 Awa Demba Jaalo (1st time)
18.. - 1846 Awa Demba Jaalo (2nd time)
1846 - 1854 Kinti Sambala Jaalo
1854 - 1880 Juka Sambala Jaalo
1880 - 1890* Maxani Sambala Jaalo
*1891 - 1902 Demba Yamadu Jaalo
1902 - 1905 Sidi Gesse Jaalo
1905 - 19.. Kita Demba Jaalo
+ Sajo Dambala Jaalo
Bundu
bf.1699 Bundu established
4 Feb 1905 incorporated into French colony of Senegal
1905 divided, under Chefs de Canton continuing the dynastic rule
Rulers (title Eliman)
- Sisibe dynasty -
... - 1699 Maalik Dawda Si
1699 - 1715 Bubu Maalik Si
1715 - 17.. Tumaane Bubu Maalik Si
17.. - 1731 vacant
1731 - 1764 Maka Bubu Maalik Si
1764 Samba Tumaane Si
1764 - 177. Amadi Gay Si
Rulers (title Almaami)
- Sisibe dynasty -
177. - 1786 Amadi Gay Si
1786 - 1790 Muusa Gay Si
1790 - 1797 Seega Gay Si
1797 - 1799 Amadi Pate Gay Si
1799 - 8 Jan 1819 Amadi Aysaata Si
20 Jan 1819 - 1826 Muusa Yero Maalik Aysaata Si
1827 - 1835 Tumaane Muudi Si
1835 - 1837 Maalik Kumba Si
1837 - 1851 Saada Amadi Aysaata Si
1852 - Sep 1853 Amadu Amadi Makumba Si
1853 - Apr 1857 Umar Saane Si
1854 - 1856 Amadi Gay Si (in rebellion)
1857 - 10 Dec 1885 Bokar Saada Si
(in rebellion from 18 Feb 1856)
Dec 1885 - Jul 1886 Umar Penda Si
Jul 1886 - May 1888 Saada Amadi Saada Si
May 1888 - 1891 Amadi Cire Suma Si
May 1888 - 31 Jan 1891 Usuman Gassi Si
(in rebellion; recognized by France)
Feb 1891 - 1902 Maalik Ture Si
1902 - 4 Feb 1905 vacant
Chefs de Canton
1905 - 1921* Wopa Bokar Si (in North Bundu)
1905 - 1917 Abdul Seega Si (in South Bundu)
1917 - 1954 Saada Abdul Si (in North Bundu)