List of rulers of the Jolof Empire

The following is a list of rulers of the Jolof Empire. The Jolof Empire (French language – Diolof or Djolof) was a West African state that ruled parts of Senegal and The Gambia from 1360[1] to 1890.

The rulers were known as "Buur-ba Jolof". Their surnames were Njie (or Ndiaye).

Rulers of the Jolof Empire

(years of rule in parentheses)

End of empire (Jolof became a Kingdom)
  • al-Buri Penda (1549–1566)
  • Lat-Samba (1566–1597)
  • Gireun Buri Dyelen (1597–1605)
  • Birayma Penda (1605–1649)
  • Birayma Mba (1649–1670)
  • Bakar Penda (1670–1711)
  • Bakan-Tam Gan (1711–1721)
  • al-Buri Dyakher (1721–1740)
  • Birayamb (1740–1748)
  • Birawa Keme (1748–1750)
  • Lat-Kodu (1750–1755)
  • Bakaa-Tam Buri-Nyabu (1755–1763)
  • Mba Kompass (1763–1800)
  • Mba Buri-Nyabu (1800–1818)
  • Birayamb Kumba-Gey (1818–1838)
  • al-Buri Tam (1838–1845)
  • Baka Kodu (1845–1847)
  • Birayamb Aram (1847–1849)
  • Birayma-Penda (1849)
  • Mbanyi-Paate (1849)
  • Lat-Koddu (1849)

(vacant throne for a period)

  • Birayamb Ma-Dyigen (1850–1855)
  • al-Buri Peya (1855–1856)
  • Bakan-Tam Yaago (1856–1858)
  • Taanor (1858–1863)
  • Bakan-Tam Khaari (1863–1871)
  • Amadu Seeku (1871–1875)
  • Alboury Ndiaye (1875–1890)
  • Ruled by France (1889–1960)

References

  1. Fage, John D.; Oliver, Roland, The Cambridge history of Africa: From c. 1600 to c. 1790, p. 486, ISBN 0521209811

See also

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