Cayor

The Cayor Kingdom (; ) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. The Cayor Kingdom was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom of Jolof, and north of Baol and the Kingdom of Sine.

Key facts

Former Country.native_name: Kajoor
Former Country.conventional_long_name: Kingdom of Cayor
Former Country.common_name: Cayor Kingdomكاجور
Former Country.status: Kingdom
Former Country.government_type: Monarchy
Former Country.year_start: 1549
Former Country.year_end: 1879
Former Country.event_start: Cayor defeats Jolof at Battle of Danki
Former Country.date_start: 1549
Former Country.event_end: French colonization
Former Country.date_end: 1886
Former Country.p1: Wolof Empire
Former Country.s1: French West Africa
Former Country.image_flag: Flag Of Cayor2.png
Former Country.flag_caption: Reconstructed flag
Former Country.image_map: File:Kajoor ca. 1850.png
Former Country.map_caption: Cayor in red, ca. 1850.
Former Country.capital: Mboul (traditional)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Show 3 more facts

inception: 1549-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1879-01-01
Commons category: Cayor

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~15 min read

Article

13 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Independence and Amary Ngone
Marabout Wars
18th Century
Lat Jor and the French
Culture
Government
Religion
List of rulers
See also
References
Sources

==Etymology== Cayor (also spelled Kayor, Kadior, Cadior, Kadjoor, Nkadyur, Kadyoor, Encalhor, among others) comes from the Wolof endonym for the inhabitants "Waadyor" meaning "people of the joor", a fertile soil found in northern Cayor. This distinguishes the people of Cayor from their neighbors, who to the present day refer to themselves by doubling the name of their native region (e.g. Waalo-Waalo, Saloum-Saloum).