List of rulers of the Jolof Empire

The following is a list of rulers of the Joof Empire. The Jolof Empire (French language – Diolof or Djolof) was a West African state that ruled parts of Senegal and The Gambia from 1360 to 1890.

The rulers were known as "Buur-ba Jolof".

Rulers of the Jolof Empire

(years of rule in parentheses)

N'Dyadya N'Dyaye or Ndiadiane Ndiaye (1350–1370)
Sare N'Dyaye (1370–1390)
N'Diklam Sare (1390–1420)
Tyukuli N'Diklam (1420–1440)
Leeyti Tyukuli (1440–1450)
N'Dyelen Mbey Leeyti (1450–1465)
Birayma N'dyeme Eter (1465–1481)
Tase Daagulen (1481–1488)
Birayma Kuran Kan (1488–1492)
Bukaar Biye-Sungule (1492–1527)
Birayma Dyeme-Kumba (1527–1543)
Leele Fuli Fak (1543–1549)
al-Buri Penda (1549–1566)
Lat-Samba (1566–1597)
Gireun Buri Dyelen (1597–1605)
Birayma Penda (1605–1649)
Birayma Mba (1649–1670)
Bakar Penda (1670–1711)
Bakan-Tam Gan (1711–1721)
al-Buri Dyakher (1721–1740)
Birayamb (1740–1748)
Birawa Keme (1748–1750)
Lat-Kodu (1750–1755)
Bakaa-Tam Buri-Nyabu (1755–1763)
Mba Kompass (1763–1800)
Mba Buri-Nyabu (1800–1818)
Birayamb Kumba-Gey (1818–1838)
al-Buri Tam (1838–1845)
Baka Kodu (1845–1847)
Birayamb Aram (1847–1849)
Birayma-Penda (1849)
Mbanyi-Paate (1849)
Lat-Koddu (1849)

(vacant throne for a period)

Birayamb Ma-Dyigen (1850–1855)
al-Buri Peya (1855–1856)
Bakan-Tam Yaago (1856–1858)
Taanor (1858–1863)
Bakan-Tam Khaari (1863–1871)
Amadu Seeku (1871–1875)
Alboury Ndiaye (1875–1890)
Ruled by France (1889–1960)