Baté Empire

The Batè Empire was a pre-colonial state centred on Kankan in what is today Guinea.^[1] It was founded in the 16th century by migrants from the Sahel, Mandinka and Soninke people, as an Islamic merchant state. The founders settled on the left shore of the Milo River in Upper Guinea, and made Kankan their capital. They practiced a devout form of Islam and were known for their piety. In the first half of the eighteenth century, Batè leaders aligned with the Fula people from the Imamate of Futa Jallon, which was a rising military power to their west. In the 1870s, the Batè increasingly suffered from conflict and raids in their territory. They sought protection from Samori Ture and agreed to merge with his Wassoulou Empire. The Batè remained within the Wassoulou Empire until Ture's capture and exile to Gagon in 1898, becoming part of the colonized areas of France.^[2]

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^ Trillo, Richard (2003). The rough guide to West Africa. Rough Guides. p. 586. ISBN 978-1-84353-118-0.
^ Camara, Mohamed Saliou (29 May 2020). "The History of Guinea". Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.626. ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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[1] Trillo, Richard (2003). The rough guide to West Africa. Rough Guides. p. 586. ISBN 978-1-84353-118-0.

[2] Camara, Mohamed Saliou (29 May 2020). "The History of Guinea". Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.626. ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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