Samori Ture, also known as Samory Toure, Samory Toure, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Malinke Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of an empire that stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Cote d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso.
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Role
Role (category) Role (category) Role (category) Birth YearWikipedia's infobox gives his birth as circa 1830, year only. Connections
In Era
Source Samori Ture (Wikipedia)
Ruled
Additional Source Wassoulou Empire / Samorian State (Wikipedia)Body section on Toure declaring himself Faama
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Guinea, originated there.
Sources
1. Samori Ture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
was a Malinke Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of an empire
Infobox (born)
c. 1830
Infobox (died)
June 2, 1900
- Wikipedia biography, role/occupation stated in lead section (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
- Wikipedia biography, pronouns/title in lead section (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
Infobox: born c.|1830; died 1900-06-02
View the Source Wikidata: Samori Ture
Wikidata Q469314, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wassoulou Empire / Samorian State (Wikipedia)
WikipediaRuled: Wassoulou Empire, Body section on Toure declaring himself FaamaQuote, Ruled: Wassoulou Empire, Body section on Toure declaring himself Faama
by 1878 Toure had declared himself Faama (Emperor), with Bissandugu as his capital
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