El Hadj Umar Tall

El Hadj Umar Tall

El Hadj Umar al Foutiyou ibn Sa'id Tall (Arabic: عمر بن سعيد طعل‎), (c. 1797–1864 ), born in Futa Tooro, Senegal was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, and Toucouleur military commander who founded a brief empire encompassing much of what is now Guinea, Senegal, and Mali.

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Read more about El Hadj Umar Tall:  Name, Early Life, Initial Conquests, Conqueror of The Bambara, Death and Legacy, Lineage of Kingship

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