Claim: Abdul Bubakar, the almami of the Imamate of Futa Jallon in the late nineteenth century, sought to reorganize the Tukolor confederation (founded in the mid-nineteenth century by Omar Saidou Tall of the Toucouleur people) to oppose further French advances up the Senegal River.
Evidence: Abdul Bubakar was the almami of the Imamate of Futa Jallon in the late nineteenth century. Abdul Bubakar sought to reorganize the Tukolor confederation to oppose further French advances up the Senegal River. The Toucouleur Empire (also known as the Tijaniyya Jihad state or the Segu Tukulor) (1861–1890) was founded in the mid-nineteenth century by Omar Saidou Tall of the Toucouleur people, in part of present-day Mali.