Editing Cayor (section)

===18th Century===
During the 18th century, under the leadershup of Damel Maïsa Teindde Ouédji, Cayor annexed the [[Kingdom of Baol]] but was then embroiled in a succession dispute after his death. Baol regained its independence in 1756.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barry |first1=Boubacar |title=Le royaume du Waalo: le Senegal avant la conquete |date=1972 |publisher=Francois Maspero |location=Paris |page=195-6}}</ref> During the 1750s and 60s, Cayor was repeatedly involved in wars against [[Waalo]] and [[Kingdom of Jolof|Jolof]], with the ''Buurba'' ruling as Damel 1759-60. The forces of the [[Trarza Emirate]] helped [[Maissa Bigué Ngoné Fall]] regain the throne, in return for yearly tribute and permission to raid in Cayor one month a year.<ref name = Webb/>{{rp|41-2}}

In 1776, inspired by the rise of the [[Imamate of Futa Toro]], the marabouts of Cayor again began to agitate for political power under the leadership of Malamin Sarr. Damel Amari Ngoone Ndela Kumba pre-emptively attacked, capturing Sarr's son and selling him into slavery. In response, some clerics did the same to agents of the crown. In a climactic showdown the marabouts were defeated, Sarr was killed, and many were again sold into slavery.<ref name = Colvin/>{{rp|599}} The surviving marabouts played an important role in founding the [[Lebou]] republic on the [[Cap-Vert]] peninsula.{{sfn|Monteil 1963|p=78}}

Soon after, the [[Almamy]] of Futa Toro [[Abdul Kader (almami)|Abdul Kader]] joined with the Buurba of Jolof to avenge the clerics and re-establish his influence over Cayor. As the invading army crossed the [[Ferlo Desert]], the damel removed food stores and poisoned wells so that the exhausted Torodbe could not replenish their supplies. At the battle of Bunxoy, Amari Ngoone Ndela destroyed the Futanke force and captured Abdul Kader himself.<ref name = Bunxoy>{{cite book| last = Boulègue | first = Jean | author-link = | date = 1999| title = Histoire d'Afrique : les enjeux de mémoire|chapter = Conflit politique et identité au Sénégal : la bataille de Bunxoy (c. 1796)| chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/histoiredafrique0000unse/page/93/mode/1up| location = Paris| publisher = Karthala| page = 93-99|language = French}}</ref>{{rp|95}} He treated him well, as a respected religious leader, then sent him home laden with gifts after the Torodbe had elected a new almamy.<ref name = Colvin/>{{rp|601}}

In the aftermath of this decisive victory of the old, secular order over reformist Islamists, tension continued to increase between the clerics and the nobility. During this period, contemporary writers began to refer to the ruling class as 'pagan' for the first time, although they still self-identified as Muslim.<ref name = Colvin/>{{rp|601}}