Toucouleur people

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The Toucouleur people are a West African ethnic group, primarily Muslim, historically centered along the Senegal River and known for their role in regional trade and Islamic scholarship.

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Toucouleur people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West African people
ethnic group
casteGroup artisans
clerics
nobles
slaves
colonialHistory incorporated into French West Africa
continent Africa
culturalPractice Islamic festivals
Islamic jurisprudence study
recitation of the Quran
economicActivity riverine trade
trans-Saharan trade
ethnonym Tukulaaru
Tukulor
historicalCenter Futa Tooro
surface form: Futa Toro

Senegal River
surface form: Senegal River valley
historicalReligionRole Islamization of the Senegal River region
historicalState Futa Toro Imamate
Toucouleur Empire
languageFamily Fula language
surface form: Fula languages
locatedIn Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
mainLanguage Pulaar
majorCountryPopulation Mali
Mauritania
Senegal
notableLeader El Hadj Umar Tall
surface form: Almamy Abdul Kader Kane

El Hadj Umar Tall
region West Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Fulani
surface form: Fula people

Halpulaaren
religion Islam
religionBranch Sunni Islam
religiousEducation Quranic schools
religiousRole Islamic clerics
Quranic teachers
selfDesignation Tukulaaru
socialStructure hierarchical caste system
spreadOfIslamPeriod 18th century
19th century
traditionalMadhhab Maliki
traditionalOccupation Islamic scholarship
agriculture
trading
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam African traditional religions
traditionalSettlementType riverine villages

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Pulaar ethnolinguisticGroup Toucouleur people