Khasso
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Khasso or Xaaso is a region and former West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today the Kayes Region of Mali. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its capital was at Medina until its fall.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Khasso
- Country.common_name
- Khasso
- Country.era
- Early modern period
- Country.event_start
- Battle of Toumbifara
- Country.year_start
- 1681
- Country.event_pre
- Fula immigration to Khasso
- Country.date_pre
- before 1600
- Country.event1
- Split into five smaller kingdoms
- Country.date_event1
- 1800
- Country.event_end
- Incorporation into French Sudan
- Country.year_end
- 1880
- Country.s1
- French West Africa
- Country.image_map
- KhassoMap.jpg
- Country.image_map_caption
- 1889 map of the Senegal River, with Khasso highlighted.
- Country.capital
- Kouniakary and then Médine
- Country.common_languages
- Mandinka language
- Country.religion
- traditional African religion, Sunni Islam
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
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- inception
- 1681-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1857-07-18
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Khasso or Xaaso is a region and former West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today the Kayes Region of Mali. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its capital was at Medina until its fall.
Khasso straddles both banks of the upper Senegal River roughly from Kayes to Bafoulabe, in a strip at most 60 km wide. It is located at the transition point between the mountains to the south and the arid plans to the north, and between the Senegambia region and the Niger River valley.