Massina Empire

The Massina Empire was a state of the Fulbe and was in the area of ​​Massina in present-day Mali.

After the destruction of the Songhai Empire by the Moroccans, the Fulbe were autonomous in Massina. They were vassals of the Moroccan Pasha in 1600 in Timbuktu, in the late 17th century vassals of Segu.

Inspired by the success of Usman dan Fodio, who built the jihad of the Fulbe in the years 1804-1810 in the northwest of present-day Nigeria, the Sokoto Caliphate, conquered Amadu Hammadi Bubu (also: Sékou Amadou or Sechu Amadu ) of the people of Fulbe probably after 1810 Djenné and then the area around Mopti 1818-1819. , he founded in today's region of Mopti its capital Hamdallaye / Hamdullahi, whose ruins are a tourist destination today. In 1845 he conquered then Timbuktu, but died in the same year.

Was succeeded by his son Amadu Sechu renounced in 1852 in favor of his son Amadu. Then captured on March 16, 1862 Al- Hajj Omar Hamdallaye the capital and killed Amadu. 1864 was an uprising in Hamdallaye under the leadership of Balobo, the brother of the slain Amadu. Although the rebellion temporarily had some success, but they ultimately failed and the Massina Empire ended in 1868.

The Massina - empire stretched from Timbuktu in the north to the Black Volta in present-day Burkina Faso in the south. During its existence, Islam sat in this area through completely, so to have been built many mosques. Among them was the Great Mosque of Djenne, which was destroyed in 1834 and rebuilt in the spirit of the new age.

Adamawa | Bondu | Denanke | Djelgodji | Fouta Djallon | Fouta Toro | Gando | Liptako | Massina | Sokoto

• Historical State in Africa
• History ( Mali)
• Fulbe