Editing Cayor (section)

==Government==
In addition to Cayor, the ''damel'' also ruled over the [[Lebou]] area of [[Cap-Vert]] (where modern [[Dakar]] is), and they often ruled as the "[[Teigne (title)|Teignes]]" (rulers) of the neighboring kingdom of [[Baol]]. In 1445, Venetian traveler [[Alvise Cadamosto]] reported that the king's entourage included Berber and Arab clerics.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mota |first=Thiago H. |date=2021 |title=Wolof and Mandinga Muslims in the early Atlantic World: African background, missionary disputes, and social expansion of Islam before the Fulani jihads |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2021.2000835 |journal=Atlantic Studies |volume=20 |pages=150–176 |doi=10.1080/14788810.2021.2000835 |s2cid=244052915 |issn=1478-8810|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Khali advised the king and was the official representation of the clerical class at the court.<ref name = Colvin/>{{rp|590}} 

Traditionally the damel himself was not purely hereditary, but was designated by a 4-member council consisting of:
* the Jaurin Bul (''Diawrine-Boul''), hereditary chief of the Jambur ("free men"; French ''Diambour'') and president of the council
* the Calau (''Tchialaw''), chief of the canton of Jambanyan (''Diambagnane'')
* the Botal (''Bôtale''), chief of the canton of Jop (''Diop''), and
* the Baje (''Badgié''), chief of the canton of Gateny (''Gatègne'').

The ''damel'' nominated several other important political positions. The [[lingeer]] was generally the oldest woman of the ruling matrilineage, frequently the king's mother, sister, or cousin. Yacine Bubu's replacement as lingeer by her younger sister was an important catalyst for her rebellion.<ref name=Thomas>{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Douglas H. |title=The Lingeer's Jihad: Challenging a Male-Normative Reading of African History |journal=History in Africa |date=2021 |volume=48 |pages=309–336 |doi=10.1017/hia.2021.10 |s2cid=246702643 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/6208D82C95DFEB0DA438F35EC235D7CA/S0361541321000103a.pdf/div-class-title-the-span-class-italic-lingeer-span-s-jihad-challenging-a-male-normative-reading-of-african-history-div.pdf |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>{{rp|324}} She controlled her own army of slave soldiers and clients, and received the tax income of a province.<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|328}} The ''kangam'' were provincial governors and ministers. The ''dyambor'' served as viceroy, and was a ''garmi'' and close kin to the ''damel''. Some villages were designated as being run by princesses called ''dye''.<ref name = Fall/>{{rp|7}}