Polity Emirate of Trarza (France)

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Was a precolonial confederation in modern-day Mauritania founded in 1640. After the Franco-Trarzan War it became a French protectorate.

Establishment

  • January 1826: In the Franco-Trarzan War of 1825, the French started to assert control of the mouth of the Senegal river against the rival state of Trarza.
  • January 1826: Franco-Trarzan War of 1825: the French expanded their influence to the north of the Senegal River.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1855: From 1854, French colonial administrator Faidherbe started to establish a series of inland forts up the Senegal River.

Disestablishment

  • January 1903: The Emirate of Trarza was annexed by France in 1902.