Saloum

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal and parts of Gambia. The precolonial capital was the city of Kahone. Re-established in 2017, Saloum is now a non-sovereign traditional monarchy within Senegal. Its history, geography and culture is intricately linked with the sister state, the Kingdom of Sine, and it is common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum or the Serer Kingdoms.

Key facts

Country.native_name: Saluum
Country.conventional_long_name: Kingdom of Saloum
Country.status: State from c. 1494-1867Currently a non-sovereign monarchy within Senegal
Country.government_type: Absolute monarchy, then constitutional monarchy from 2017 – present
Country.event_start: Mbegane Ndour defeats Elibana, founds the kingdom
Country.date_start: c. 1494
Country.event1: Annexation into French West Africa
Country.date_event1: 1867
Country.event2: 1969
Country.date_event2: Death of Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof, abolition of the monarchy
Country.event3: 2017
Country.date_event3: Re-establishment of the monarchy
Country.image_map: File:Kingdom of Saloum Map.png
Country.image_map_caption: Saloum ca. 1850
Country.capital: Kahone
Country.common_languages: Serer Cangin languages Wolof
Country.religion: Serer religion Islam
Country.leader1: Mbegane Ndour

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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1969-01-01
inception: 1494-00-00

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Typonymy
History
Early history
Founding
Height
Clashes with Colonialism and Islam
Restoration of the Monarchy
People and Society
Economy
Government
Notes
Sources

==Typonymy== Serer oral traditions recount that the area was named Saluum/Saloum by the Maad Saloum Mbegane Ndour in the later part of the 15th century (c. 1494), named after Saalum Suwareh, the marabout of Mbegan Ndour. Alternatively, the name 'Saluum' could mean 'land of the Luum', an important family in the region.