Inner Niger Delta

The Massina ( well Macina ) is about 40,000 km ² flood lowlands with inland delta of the Niger in Mali.

Therein lie the cities of Djenné, located at Bani- tributary of the Niger, and Mopti. Northeast to Timbuktu connects.

After the war of Jihad Ahmad b. Mohammad 1818 established himself about 1820 to 1862 in the village Hamdullahi the seat of a Fulbe ruler, who is to Amir al - Mu'minin ( " Commander of the Faithful " ) proclaimed.

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