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ID: 8698207
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698207
Record Type:
administrative
Takrur (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 28 40 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.4789
decimal degrees
Long: 015 40 04 W
degrees minutes
Long: -15.6683
decimal degrees
Note:
Kingdom separated from the Ghana Empire by the Senegal River. In the 11th century under War Dyabi, Takrur became the first West African state to adopt Islam and subsequently influenced the adoption of the religion in the surrounding areas.
Names:
Takrur
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preferred
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C
,
V
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Takrūr
(
C
,
V
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Hierarchical Position:
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Africa
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Takrur
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
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Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
8th-13th centuries
state (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Takrur..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Hunwick, Arabic language and Muslim society (1977_
Takrūr..........
[
VP
]
.................
Al-Naqar, Takrūr (1969)
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Al-Naqar, Takrūr (1969)
..................
Google Maps online (2000-)
accessed 25 October 2016
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
..........
Al-Naqar, Takrūr (1969)
..........
Hunwick, Arabic language and Muslim society (1977_
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