Pashalik of Timbuktu باشوية تمبكتو (Arabic) | |||||||||
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1591–1833 | |||||||||
Status | Moroccan Governorate (1591–1612) Moroccan Vassal (1612–1826) Tuareg Tributary (1787–1833) | ||||||||
Capital | Timbuktu | ||||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1591 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1833 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Mali |
History of Morocco |
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The Pashalik of Timbuktu, also known as the Pashalik of Sudan, was a West African political entity that existed between the 16th and the 19th century. It was formed after the Battle of Tondibi, when a military expedition sent by Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of Morocco defeated the Songhai Empire and established control over a territory centered on Timbuktu. Following the decline of the Saadi Sultanate in the early 17th century, Morocco retained only nominal control of the Pashalik.[1][2]