Samory, approximately 1830-1900

LC control no.	n 83025340
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Samory, approximately 1830-1900 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Samodu, approximately 1830-1900 Samori Touré, approximately 1830-1900 Samory, ca. 1830-1900 Samory Touré, ca. 1830-1900 Toure, Samore Lafiya, Almamy, approximately 1830-1900 Touré, Samori, approximately 1830-1900 Touré, Samory, approximately 1830-1900 Ture, Samori, approximately 1830-1900
Associated country	Guinea
Associated place	Mali Côte d'Ivoire
Birth date	1830~
Death date	1900-02-02
Place of death	Gabon
Profession or occupation	Kings and rulers
Found in	Duboc, A. A. L. Samory le sanglant, 1947. Freestone, B. The horsemen from beyond, c1981: p. 22 (Samory, the great Almami Samodu) Wikipedia, July 7, 2017 (Samori Ture (also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, c. 1830 - June 2, 1900) was a Guinean Muslim cleric, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day southeastern Guinea and was also part of north-eastern Sierra Leone, part of Mali and part of northern Côte d'Ivoire; he resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898; Samori was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samori_Ture> Wikipedia, May 17, 2024 (Samori Ture; Samory Toure; also known as Samori Toure or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure; a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, which stretched across north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Côte d'Ivoire, and part of southern Burkina Faso; born in Manyambaladugu [Guinea], family moved to Sanankoro soon after his birth; captured by French forces on September 29, 1898 at Guelemou [Côte d'Ivoire]; died June 2, 1902 in exile in Gabon, on the small island of Missanga in the Ogooué River near Ndjolé)