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Country Kingdom of Saloum
Senegal
Gambia Titles Maad Saloum
Also:
Mad Saloum, Maat Saloum, Bour Saloum, Bur Saloum, etc. Founder Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour, (Guelowar period, the last maternal dynasty). Reigned in 1493, himself a descendant of the old Serer paternal dynasties. Preceded by the Serer paternal dynasties of Sine and Saloum and the Wagadou maternal dynasty. Final ruler Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof, king of Saloum (Guelowar period)
Reigned : 1935 - 1969, died : 1969. Descendant of the ancient Serer paternal dynasties (see Joof family). Dissolution 1969 : after the death of the last king (Fode N'Gouye Joof). The Saloum joint independent Senegal. Ethnicity Africans
Senegambians
Serer people | ||
Maad Saloum (variations :Maad a Saloum, Mad Saloum, Maat Saloum, Bour Saloum, Bur Saloum, etc.) means king of Saloum, in the Serer language. The ancient Kingdom of Saloum now part of present-day Senegal was a pre-colonial Serer kingdom. Their kings bore the title Maad or Mad (also Maat though rarely used). The royal title was sometimes used interchangeably with that of their ancient kings and landed gentry - the lamanes.
From 1493 to 1969 (the Guelowar period, the last maternal dynasty in Saloum), at least forty-nine kings were crowned Maad Saloum (king of Saloum). During this Guelowar period, Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour (many variations: Mbégan Ndour or Mbegani Ndour) was the first Serer king of the maternal clan Guelowar to have reigned in Saloum. He ruled from 1493. Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof was the last king of Saloum. He reigned from 1935 to 1969 - the year of his death.