Franco-Trarzan War of 1825
| Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 | |||||||
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 Kingdom of France | Emirate of Trarza | ||||||
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| Charles X | Muhammad al Habib | ||||||
The Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 was a conflict between the forces of the new emir of Trarza, Muhammad al Habib, and France, ruled at the time by Charles X and the ultra comte de Villèle. In 1825, Muhammad attempted to establish control over the French-protected Waalo Kingdom, then located south of the Senegal River, by marrying the heiress to the kingdom. The French responded by sending a large expeditionary force that crushed Muhammad's army. The war incited the French to expand to the north of the Senegal River.
See also
[edit]- France in the long nineteenth century
- French colonial empire
- List of French possessions and colonies
References
[edit] | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (November 2014) |
- Leland C. Barrows. "Faidherbe and Senegal: A Critical Discussion" in African Studies Review, Vol. 19, No. 1 (April 1976), pp. 95–117.
- Boubacar Barry. Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Cambridge University Press (1998). ISBN 0-521-59760-9
- Muhammed Al Muhtar W. As-sa'd, "Émirats et espace émiral maure: le cas du Trârza aux XVIIIe-XIXe siècles", Mauritanie, entre arabité et africanité, Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, no. 54, (July 1990), p. 53–82. (in French)
- Mohamed Mokhtar Ould Saad. L'Emirat du Trarza et ses relations avec les royaumes soudanais de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal au cours des XVIIIème et XIXème siècles. Département d’histoire/FLSH, Université de Nouakchott. (in French)
- James L. A. Webb Jr. "The Trade in Gum Arabic: Prelude to French Conquest in Senegal". The Journal of African History, Vol. 26, No. 2/3 (1985), pp. 149–168.
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