Ba Lobbo

Ba Lobbo was a nephew of Seku Amadu, founder of the Massina Empire, and the empire's able general; no source read gives his birth or death date. ¹ Considered as his uncle's successor in 1845, he was passed over by the council for the founder's son Amadu Seku (Amadu II); considered again on Amadu II's death in 1853, he backed his nephew Amadu Amadu (Amadu III). ¹ After Hamdullahi fell in 1862 he led the remaining Massina forces and drove Umar Tall from the city in 1864, and ruler lists give him as Massina's almami in 1863–1867. ^{1 2}

His short English biographical article — the only one found on him, resting wholly on Bâ and Daget's L'empire peul du Macina (1975) — presents him as an able general of his uncle's empire. ¹ The French article on Seku Amadu likewise calls him the founder's nephew. ³ On his uncle's death in 1845 his name was put forward for the succession and the council chose the founder's son Amadu Seku instead; on Amadu II's death in 1853 he was considered again, backed his nephew Amadu Amadu, and served as the army's leading general under him. ¹

When Hamdullahi fell to Umar Tall in 1862 and Amadu III was executed, Ba Lobbo led what remained of the Massina forces. ¹ He assembled a force of Fulas and Kountas and in 1864 drove Umar Tall from Hamdullahi into the cliffs of Dogon country near Bandiagara, where Umar died; Umar's nephew Tidiani Tall then suppressed Ba Lobbo's resistance. ¹ The almami list in the English Massina Empire article places him last in its sequence, dated 1863–1867, after Amadu III (1852–1862). ²

This section sets out different positions as reported in the sources. It is not a verdict by the museum.

The English empire article's decline narrative loosely calls Ba Lobbo Amadu III's brother, against the biographical article's sourced statement that he was Seku Amadu's nephew (Bâ and Daget); the record follows the biographical article and states the loose wording here. ^{2 1} No source read names a school, order or affiliation for Ba Lobbo personally, so his faith stands unclassified in the data record: that the Massina state he served was a Qadiriyya state is the state's character and his milieu, not an attestation of the man. ^{1 2}

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