Khasso
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Khasso or Xaaso is a region and former West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today the Kayes Region of Mali. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its capital was at Medina until its fall.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Khasso
- Country.common_name
- Khasso
- Country.era
- Early modern period
- Country.event_start
- Battle of Toumbifara
- Country.year_start
- 1681
- Country.event_pre
- Fula immigration to Khasso
- Country.date_pre
- before 1600
- Country.event1
- Split into five smaller kingdoms
- Country.date_event1
- 1800
- Country.event_end
- Incorporation into French Sudan
- Country.year_end
- 1880
- Country.s1
- French West Africa
- Country.image_map
- KhassoMap.jpg
- Country.image_map_caption
- 1889 map of the Senegal River, with Khasso highlighted.
- Country.capital
- Kouniakary and then Médine
- Country.common_languages
- Mandinka language
- Country.religion
- traditional African religion, Sunni Islam
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
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- inception
- 1681-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1857-07-18
- replaced by
- French Sudan
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