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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