Samorian state
10°51′36.2″N 14°25′26.6″W / 10.860056°N 14.424056°W
Samorian state Samoridugu | |||||||||||||||
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| 1860–1898 | |||||||||||||||
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Samorian state at its peak | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Bissandugu | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic (official) Mandinka | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
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• 1860–1898 | Samori Ture | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 1860 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 29 September 1898 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Côte d'Ivoire Guinea Mali Sierra Leone Liberia Ghana Burkina Faso | ||||||||||||||
The Samorian state was a short-lived West African state that existed from roughly 1860 until 1898, although dates vary from source to source. It spanned from what is now southwestern Mali and upper Guinea, with its capital in Bissandugu; it expanded further south into Northern Sierra Leone and east into northern Ivory Coast before its downfall.