Twelve Doors of Mali

Twelve Doors of Mali

The Twelve Doors of Mali were the possessions of the mansa (emperor) of the medieval Mali Empire starting in around 1235. These lands were either allied to or conquered by Sundiata Keita on his campaign to free the Mandinka heartland from the Susu kingdom of Kaniaga.

The Twelve Doors

*Bambougou; conquered by Fakoli Koroma
*The land of the Bozo river tribe; allied to Mali
*Djedeba; allied to Mali
*Do; from which all Keita queens would be picked; allied to Mali
*Jalo; conquered by Fran Kamara
*Kaniaga; conquered by Mari Djata I
*Kri of the; allied to Mali
*Oualata; conquered by Mari Djata I
*Sibi; allied to Mali
*Tabon of the; allied to Mali
*Toron of the; allied to Mali
*Zaghari of the; allied to Mali

iginificance

The twelve doors were the base of the Manden Kurufa (Manden Federation). With future conquest and re-organization they would transform into the provinces of the Mali Empire. They remained important in the political and military circles of imperial power until the end of the Mali Empire in 1645.


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