Editing Cayor (section)

{{Short description|Former country in present-day Senegal}}
{{Infobox Former Country
| native_name            = ''Kajoor''
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Cayor
| common_name            = Cayor Kingdom<br>كاجور
| status                 = [[monarchy|Kingdom]]
| government_type        = Monarchy
| year_start             = 1549
| year_end               = 1879
| event_start            = Cayor defeats Jolof at [[Battle of Danki]]
| date_start             = 1549
| event_end              = French colonization
| date_end               = 1886
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| event_post             = <!--- Optional: A crucial event that took place before after "event_end"--->
| date_post              = ||<!--- Flag navigation: Preceding and succeeding entities p1 to p5 and s1 to s5 --->
| p1                     = Wolof Empire
| flag_p1                = <!--- Default: "Flag of {{{p1}}}.svg" (size 30) --->
| image_p1               = <!--- Use if image size needs to be reduced --->
| s1                     = French West Africa
| flag_s1                = <!--- Default: "Flag of {{{s1}}}.svg" (size 30) --->
| image_s1               = <!--- Use if image size needs to be reduced --->|
| image_flag             = Flag Of Cayor2.png
| flag_caption           = Reconstructed flag
| flag                   = <!--- Link target under flag image. Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}} --->
| flag_type              = <!--- Displayed text for link under flag. Default "Flag" --->|
| image_coat             = <!--- Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}}.svg --->
| symbol                 = <!--- Link target under symbol image. Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}} --->
| symbol_type            = <!--- Displayed text for link under symbol. Default "Coat of arms" --->|
| image_map              = File:Kajoor ca. 1850.png
| map_caption            = Cayor in red, ca. 1850.
| capital                = [[Mboul]] (traditional)|
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| common_languages       = [[Wolof language|Wolof]]
| religion               = [[Islam]]
| currency               = {{hlist|[[Cowries]]|[[Gold]]}}
| leader1                = [[Dece Fu Njogu]] (first)
| leader2                = [[Demba War Sall]] (last)
| year_leader1           = 1549
| year_leader2           = 1886-1902
| title_leader           = Damel
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'''Cayor''' ({{langx|wo|Kajoor}}; {{langx|ar|كاجور}}) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the [[Jolof Empire]] in what is now [[Senegal]]. Cayor was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of [[Waalo]], west of the [[kingdom of Jolof]], and north of [[Baol]] and the [[Kingdom of Sine]].