El Hadj Oumar Tall — the reforming Jihad

1852 · Podor

Born around 1794 in Halwar, in Fouta-Toro, El Hadj Omar Tall became one of the greatest Islamic scholars of his time. In Mecca, he received the title of representative of the Tijaniyya brotherhood for all of sub-Saharan Africa. Around 1850, he built a vast Islamic state stretching from Kaarta to Ségou, in present-day Mali. He vanished in the cliffs of Bandiagara in 1864, in circumstances history has never resolved.

Sources

• Persée — compte-rendu de « Al Hadj Omar Tall, Sultan de l'État Tidjanite » (Outre-Mers, 1985)
• Persée — compte-rendu de David Robinson, « The Holy War of Umar Tall » (Outre-Mers, 1987)
• Wikipédia — Oumar Tall (mort dans la falaise de Bandiagara, 1864)

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