Kombo (Sometimes transliterated as Combo ) was a kingdom and later a chieftaincy in Gambia during the colonial period . Kombo was part of the Mali Empire and gained independence after its fall, and was then ruled by the Sambou Bainunka clan. Mansa Karapha Yalli Jatta became the first King of Kombo, after seeking help from the then independent Kaabu Empire to establish the Kingdom of Kombo, he married the daughter of the Bainuk Queen Wullending Jasseh of Sanyang who sits at Gunjur and took her to Busumbala . Mansa Karapha Yalli Jatta was from the Jatta ( Lion ) clan who claim ancestry from Sundiata Keita the first Emperor of the Mali Empire . Kombo was ruled by two families, the Jatta (Djatta) and Bojang (Bodian) clans, when one clan becomes Mansa, the other clan gets to choose the crown prince from their own clan and vice versa. From 1840-1855 Mansa Suling Jatta was the King of Kombo, he was killed in the Soninke-Marabout war , and most of the Jatta clan moved to other regions.
6-678: Jatta or Jåttå is a surname and clan name. The surname originated from Prince Karapha Yalli Jatta son of Mansa Ali Djata Keita son of Mari Djata I establisher of the Mali Empire . Notable people with the surname include: Antonio Jatta (1852–1912), Italian politician and lichenologist Assan Jatta (born 1984), Gambian football striker Bakery Jatta (born 1998), Gambian footballer Barbara Jatta (born 1962), Italian art historian Daniel Laemouahuma Jatta , Jola scholar and musician from Mandinary, Gambia Fabakary Jatta (born 1947), member of
12-583: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Kombo There are relatively few mentions of Kombo in early Western literature on the Gambia, owing primarily to the fact that European visitors primarily visited the northern ports. In 1621, as English explorer Richard Jobson was about to leave the Gambia, he recorded that he met the King of Kombo, who welcomed him to the country. Portuguese explorer André Donelha wrote in 1625 that Kombo "produces much rice and
18-404: Is very beautiful." Another Portuguese explorer, Francisco de Lemos Coelho, wrote in 1688 that the King of Kombo was a Falupo, a general term meaning a Jola living near Casamance and that his village was the largest anywhere on the river. Coelho further wrote that Kombo had "much wax and rice" and that the King and his people were Pagan. In reality, he was a Mandinka while his mother was a Jola and he
24-694: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Jatta (film) , a 2013 Kannada film [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Jatta . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jatta&oldid=1211472840 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Gambian origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
30-902: The Pan-African Parliament from the Gambia Ousman Rambo Jatta (born 1969), the Councilor of Old Bakau in Gambia Paul Jatta (born 1991), Gambian footballer Sidia Jatta (born 1945), Gambian politician, academic, and writer Jatta (novel) , fantasy novel for teens with the heroine Princess Jatta 'whose life is not a fairytale' See also [ edit ] Jåttå Station , railway station at Jåttå in Stavanger, Norway Jåttå videregående skole , upper secondary school in Stavanger, Norway Jatta Ismail Khel , village in
36-478: Was a Muslim who probably was not very religious to attract European tourists and traders as many Muslims do today. The Masquerade Kumpo is named after Kombo. An early map of the Gambia by the Courlanders in 1651 shows that they believed Kombo was an island. The Vermuyden map of 1661 and Leach's map of 1732 did not make this same error. Leach's map shows a number of locations, including Mansakunda (the King's town),
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