Saloum

Kingdom of Saloum Saluum
c. 1494
Saloum ca. 1850
Capital	Kahone
Common languages	Serer (early period) Cangin languages (early period) Wolof (late period)
Religion	Serer religion Islam (mainly practiced amongst non-Serer minorities)
Government	Absolute monarchy, then constitutional monarchy from 2017 – present
Maad Saloum
• 1494 – c. 1520	Mbegane Ndour
• 1935–1969	Fode N'Gouye Joof
• 2017–present	Thierno Coumba Daga Ndao
History
• Established	c. 1494
• 1969	Death of Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof, last absolute monarch of Saloum
• 2017	Re-establishment of the monarchy

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal and parts of Gambia. The precolonial capital was the city of Kahone. Its history, geography and culture was intricately linked with the sister state, the Kingdom of Sine, and it was common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum or the Serer Kingdoms.