Editing Cayor (section)

===Marabout Wars===
During the height of the [[Char Bouba War|Tubenaan movement]] in the late 17th century, marabouts across the region began to aspire to political power for the first time, advocating a restoration of traditional Islamic values. [[Empire of Great Fulo|Futa Toro]] was the first to fall. In Cayor, the powerful marabout Ndiaye Sall allied with Yacine Bubu, who had recently and controversially been removed from her position as [[lingeer]] by her nephew, the Damel Detye Maram. They joined forces to overthrow him, enthroning another nephew of Yacine Bubu's, Ma Faly Gueye. Six months later, however, Gueye was caught drinking alcohol by Sall's ''talibes'' and killed.<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|328}} Yacine Bubu, determined to protect the power of the royal family and prevent Sall from establishing a theocracy, convened a secret assembly of notables to reach out to Makhoredia Diouf, Buur of [[Saloum]], for support against the marabouts.{{sfn|Barry|1998|p=52}}<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|329}} They were successful in defeating Sall, but instability continued for years afterwards.

In 1693 the aristocracy, now threatened by the Buur of Saloum, appealed to the [[Teigne]] of neighboring [[Baol]], [[Lat Sukaabe Fall]] for help. He took over Cayor and declared himself the ''Damel-Teigne'', imposing the hegemony of his maternal line, the Geej, over the previously dominant Dorobe and [[Guelwaar]] matriclans. He also strengthened central power, coopted the marabouts with royal appointments, and frequently clashed with the French over their attempts to impose a trade monopoly on the kingdom.{{sfn|Barry|1998|p=82-3}}