Saloum

Kingdom of Saloum Saluum
c. 1494–1969; and 2017–present
Saloum ca. 1850
Capital	Kahone
Common languages	Serer (early period) Cangin languages (early period) Wolof (late period)
Religion	Serer religion Islam (introduced later (mainly practiced amongst the Wolof and Fula immigrants))[1][2]
Government	Absolute monarchy, then constitutional monarchy from 2017 – present
Maad Saloum
• 1494 – c. 1520	Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour (Guelowar period)
• 1935–1969	Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof
• 2017–present	Reinstated monarchy, coronation of Thierno Coumba Daga Ndao
Historical era	Medieval
• Established	c. 1494
• Death of Maad Saloum Fode N'Gouye Joof, last absolute monarch of Saloum, and reinstatement of monarchy in 2017.	1969; and 2017–present

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