kingdom · West Africa

Kingdom of Baol

1555 CE – 1894 CE · capital Lambaye

Wolof and Serer kingdom of central Senegal, often united with Cayor, where Amadou Bamba later founded the holy city of Touba.

Origins

Baol was a province of the Jolof Empire that broke away in the mid-16th century, following Cayor's victory at Danki in 1549. Its ruler, the Teigne, was chosen from royal lineages with ties to both Wolof and Serer families, and the capital was at Lambaye.

Rule and society

The Teigne ruled with titled chiefs and a slave soldiery over a mixed population of Wolof and Serer farmers growing millet and later groundnuts. Baol was frequently united with Cayor under one ruler; Lat Sukaabe Fall held both thrones around 1700. Baol's coastal towns traded with the French and Portuguese.

Decline and legacy

France established control over Baol in the 1880s and 1890s and absorbed it into French Senegal. In 1887 the Sufi leader Amadou Bamba founded Touba in Baol, and the region became the heartland of the Mouride brotherhood.

Lineage

Jolof Empire 1300 CE – 1549 CEKingdom of Baol

Connections (3)

  • Cayor in personal union with Kingdom of Baol1697 CE – 1756 CE
  • Kingdom of Baol in personal union with Cayor1697 CE – 1756 CE
  • Kingdom of Baol was conquered by French Empire1894 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kingdom of Baol. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-baol
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