Imamate of Futa Jallon

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Islamic theocratic state pre-colonial West African state

The Imamate of Futa Jallon was an 18th–19th century Islamic theocratic state established by Fulani jihad leaders in the highlands of what is now Guinea, becoming a major center of West African Muslim scholarship and politics.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Futa Jallon Imamate 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theocratic state ⓘ
pre-colonial West African state ⓘ
basedOn jihad against non-Muslim rulers ⓘ
capital Fougoumba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialConquestBy French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonLanguage Pular ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
endTime 19th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
ethnicBasis Fulani NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Muslim clerical elites ⓘ
founder Fulani jihad leaders ⓘ
governmentType imamate ⓘ
theocracy ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century West African jihads ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
incorporatedInto French West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Sokoto Caliphate reformers NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Fulani jihad states ⓘ
legacy contributed to Fulani political dominance in highland Guinea ⓘ
shaped Islamic practice in Guinea ⓘ
locatedIn Futa Jallon highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Guinea ⓘ
majorCity Fougoumba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringEntity Imamate of Futa Toro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Leone hinterland polities ⓘ
Wassoulou region NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor center of Islamic learning ⓘ
center of West African Muslim scholarship ⓘ
influence on later Fulani jihads ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic (religious and scholarly) ⓘ
partOf Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ
politicalStructure federation of provinces ⓘ
rule by almami (imam) ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousLaw Sharia ⓘ
startTime 18th century ⓘ
c. 1725 ⓘ
titleOfRuler Almami NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Guinea → hasHistoricalEntity → Imamate of Futa Jallon ⓘ
West Africans → hasHistoricalState → Imamate of Futa Jallon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Futa Jallon Imamate
Peul → notablePolities → Imamate of Futa Jallon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Futa Jallon Imamate
Middle Guinea → wasCenterOf → Imamate of Futa Jallon ⓘ