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Muhammad Muntaga Tall
Ruler of Nioro, Ruler of Toucouleur Kaarta
Reign1874-1885
PredecessorMustafa Keita
Successor Ahmadu Tall
Born19th century
Unknown
DiedSeptember 1885
Nioro
ReligionIslam

Muhammad Muntaga Tall was a Toucouleur ruler who governed Nioro and later the entirety of Kaarta, rebelling against the reigning caliph, his half-brother Ahmadu Tall in 1884. After being surrounded at Nioro with the city besieged by pro-Ahmadu forces, Muntaga would commit suicide in late 1885, after entering the gunpowder room of his palace and setting it alight.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muhammad Muntaga Tall
Ruler of Nioro, Ruler of Toucouleur Kaarta
Reign1874-1885
PredecessorMustafa Keita
Successor Ahmadu Tall
Born19th century
Unknown
DiedSeptember 1885
Nioro
ReligionIslam

Muhammad Muntaga Tall was a Toucouleur ruler who governed Nioro and later the entirety of Kaarta, rebelling against the reigning caliph, his half-brother Ahmadu Tall in 1884. After being surrounded at Nioro with the city besieged by pro-Ahmadu forces, Muntaga would commit suicide in late 1885, after entering the gunpowder room of his palace and setting it alight.


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