GCEIslamic Religious StudiesIslam in West Africa2023

Al-Hajj Umar Tal's Tijaniyya-inspired jihad in the 19th century resulted in the establishment of which empire in West Africa?

AThe Sokoto Caliphate
BThe Toucouleur EmpireCORRECT
CThe Kanem-Bornu Empire
DThe Mandinka Empire
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Al-Hajj Umar Tal, a Toucouleur scholar and devout member of the Tijaniyya Sufi order, led a series of military campaigns from the 1850s that resulted in the creation of the Toucouleur Empire, which at its height controlled much of present-day Guinea, Senegal, and Mali. His jihad was motivated by both religious reform and the spread of Tijaniyya Islam.
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