Cayor Kingdom - Cayor Kingdom (English spelling)

Japanese: カヨール王国 - カヨールおうこく（英語表記）Cayor

A small kingdom that existed in Senegal, the westernmost part of West Africa, from the mid-16th century onwards. The Wolof people, who lived in large numbers in the former Kingdom of Ghana, rebelled against Islam when it was introduced by the Berber Almoravid dynasty, and moved south to the area of present-day Senegal. According to legend, the Wolof kingdom (Jolof Kingdom), which had existed since the 14th century, split in the mid-16th century to form the Kayole Kingdom, one of the small kingdoms. Since then, there have been repeated struggles for supremacy between the kingdoms, but even after French settlers came to Senegal, it continued to function as a kingdom until the 18th and 19th centuries. The last king, Rat-Dior, who took the throne in the mid-19th century, was expelled by France in 1864, and then repeatedly resisted and compromised for more than 20 years. In particular, he was fiercely opposed to the construction of a railway between Dakar and Saint-Louis in 1881 for the export of peanuts by France. After his title of king was abolished in 1885, he fought a final battle, was killed in a surprise attack in 1886, and the kingdom was colonized by France.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

西アフリカの西端セネガルの地に16世紀半ば以降に存在した小王国
かつてのガーナ王国に多く住んでいたウォロフ族は，ベルベル人のムラービト朝によってイスラームがもたらされると，これを嫌って現在のセネガルの地域に南下した。伝承によると14世紀ころから存在した，ウォロフ族の王国（ジョロフ王国）が16世紀半ばに分裂して生まれた小王国の１つがカヨール王国である。それ以降，王国間で覇権争いが繰り返されたが，フランス人入植者がセネガルに来たのちも，18〜19世紀ころまで王国としての機能を果たしていた。19世紀半ばから即位した最後のラト＝ディオール王は，1864年フランスによって追放されたのち，20年以上にわたって激しい抵抗と妥協を繰り返した。特に1881年，フランスがダカール〜サンルイ間に落花生輸出のための鉄道建設を開始すると，猛然と反対。1885年王の称号を廃止されると最後の戦いを挑み，86年奇襲戦の最中に戦死し，王国はフランスによって植民地化された。

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