Seku Amadu (1773 - 1845) was the founder of the Peul Massina Empire in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali. 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Africa-related stubs | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Ethnic groups of Africa | Fulani Empire | Mali | Nigeria ... The Massina Empire was a nineteenth-century Peul empire centered in the Mopti Region of present-day Mali. ... Mopti is the 5th region of Mali. ...

An imam by training, Seku Amadu preached for years against what he saw as the corruption of the Islamic elites governing Tomboctou and Djenné. Inspired by the recent uprising of Usman Dan Fodio in neighboring Hausaland, Seku Amadu led his followers in a jihad against the then-dominant animist Bambara Empire in 1818. By 1819, he had decisively defeated the Bambara in battle, seizing Djenné and much of the territory around Mopti. He founded a capital for his new Massina Empire at Hamdullahi, not far from the city of Mopti. Imam is an Arabic word meaning Leader. The ruler of a country might be called the Imam, for example. ... Islam   listen? (Arabic: al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ... See also Timbuktu (novel) for the book by Paul Auster. ... The location of Djenné within Mali Djenné (also Dienné or Jenne) is a city on the Bani River in southern Mali with a population of about 12,000 (in 1987). ... Shaihu Usman dan Fodio (also referred to as Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio; alternative spelling, Shehu), 1754-1817 was a writer and Islamic reformer. ... The Hausa are a people of northern Nigeria and south-eastern Niger. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The Bambara Empire, also known as the Bamana Empire or the Segou Empire, was a large kingdom based at Segou, now in Mali. ... The location of Djenné within Mali Djenné (also Dienné or Jenne) is a city on the Bani River in southern Mali with a population of about 12,000 (in 1987). ... Mopti is a city at the confluence of the River Niger and the River Bani in Mali, between Timbuktu and Ségou. ... Hamdullahi was a nineteenth-century imamate on the Niger river in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali. ...

At the height of the Empire's power, a 10,000 man army was stationed in the city, and Seku Amadu ordered the construction of six hundred madrasas to further the spread of Islam. He also ordered alcohol, tobacco, music and dancing banned in accordance with Islamic law, and constructed a social welfare system to provide for widows, orphans, and the poor. Madrassa in the Gambia The word madrassa in the Arabic language (and other languages of the Islamic nations such as Persian, Turkish, Indonesian etc. ... Social welfare can be taken to mean the welfare or well-being of a society. ...

In 1845, Seku Amadu conquered Tomboctou. However, he died within the year, leaving control of the Massina Empire to his son, Amadu Seku. Seku Amadu's Empire outlived him by only seventeen years, falling to Toucouleur conqueror El Hajj Umar Tall in 1862. See also Timbuktu (novel) for the book by Paul Auster. ... Takrur was one of the minor Iron Age states of West Africa, which flourished roughly parallel to the Kingdom of Ghana. ... El Hadj Umar Tall (1797 - 1864) was a conqueror and Toucouleur king who founded a brief empire encompassing much of what is now Guinea, Senegal, and Mali. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Reference

• Davidson, Basil. Africa in History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.

External links

• Early Malian Biographies
• [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/10/sfw/ht10sfw.html Timeline of

Western Sudan]

• Pre-Colonial Malian History (French language)