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Also Known As ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd Tal • al-Ḥājj ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd Tal • el-Hadj Omar ibn Saʿīd Tal
Born c.1797 • Senegal
Died February 12, 1864 • Mali
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