Amadu's Jihad
| Seku Amadu | |
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| Almami of the Massina Empire | |
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In office c. 1818 – 1845 |
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| Succeeded by | Amadu II |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Aamadu mo Muḥammadu mo Abi Bakr Lobbo c. 1776 |
| Died | 20 April 1845 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Known for | Founder of the Massina Empire |
| Religion | Muslim |
Seku Amadu (Fula: Seeku Aamadu ; Arabic: شيخ أحمدو بن محمّدو لبّو, translit. Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo;French: Cheikhou Amadou or Sékou Amadou) (c. 1776 – 20 April 1845) was the Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger Delta, now the Mopti Region of Mali. He ruled as Almami from 1818 until his death in 1845, also taking the title Sise al-Masini.
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Būbū bin Abī Bakr bin Sa'id al-Fullānī (Fula: Aamadu Hammadi Buubu) was born around 1776 and was raised by Hamman Lobbo, his father's younger brother. Amadu was a pupil of the Qadiriyya Sufi teacher Sidi Mukhtar al-Kunti. In the Inner Niger Delta region, alliances of Fulbe traders ruled the towns like Djenné, but non-Moslem Bambara people controlled the river. The Fulbe ardo'en were tributary to the Bambara of Ségou, and practiced a form of Islam that was far from pure.
Seku Amadu may have served in the Sokoto jihad before returning to the Massina region. He settled in a village under the authority of Djenné. When his teaching brought him a large following he was expelled, and moved to Sebera, under Massina. Again he built a large following and again he was expelled. Shaykh Usman dan Fodio, who founded the Sokoto Caliphate in Hausaland in 1809, authorized him to carry out jihad in region. Originally his conquests were to have been included in the western part of the Sokoto Caliphate under Abdullahi dan Fodio of Gwandu. As with other jihad leaders, Seku Amadu received a flag from Usman dan Fodio as a visible symbol of his authority.
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