The Soninke-Marabout War of 1850 to 1856 was a civil war between factions of the Kingdom of Kombo in the Gambia. The war resulted from a dispute between...

Economics And Political Science. p. 25. During the Ottoman-Russian War of 1853–1856, a great Kurdish revolt broke out against the Ottomans with the support...

1840-1855 Mansa Suling Jatta was the King of Kombo, he was killed in the Soninke-Marabout war, and most of the Jatta clan moved to other regions. There are relatively...

penetrated more deeply than before. When conflict broke out between the Muslim marabouts and the traditional powers of Senegambia, the king relied on the British...

the region at this time there were wars raging between the Soninke pagans and the Marabout Muslims. One of Marabout chief Maba Diakhou Ba's captains, a...

British soldiers at both sackings of Sabbajee. Negotiated end to Soninke-Marabout War (1850–1856). Albreda ceded by the French to the British in 1857. Daniel...

colonial conflicts, and has contributed soldiers to Britain in World War I and World War II as part of the Gambia Regiment. Since independence in 1965, The...

Gambia Colonial period James Island 1830–1831 Barra War 1850–1856 Soninke-Marabout War 1860–1861 Baddibu War 1866 Capture of Tubabkolong Royal West African...

recognition, becoming the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). The War Office was considering the creation of a military force from the West African...

during World War II. The unit saw active service in both world wars, participating in the Kamerun and East African campaigns during World War I and in the...