Khasso

Kingdom of Khasso
1681–1880
1889 map of the Senegal river, with Khasso highlighted.
Capital	Fatola and then Médine, Mali
Common languages	Mandinka language
Religion	traditional African religion, Sunni Islam
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Early modern period
• Fula immigration to Khasso	before 1600
• Battle of Toumbifara	1681
• Split into five smaller kingdoms	1800
• Incorporation into French Sudan	1880
Preceded by Succeeded by Ghana Empire French West Africa
Today part of	Mali

Khasso or Xaaso is a region and former West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today the Kayes Region of Mali. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its capital was at Medina until its fall.^{[citation needed]}

Khasso straddles both banks of the upper Senegal River roughly from Kayes to Bafoulabe, in a strip at most 60 km wide. It is located at the transition point between the mountains to the south and the arid plans to the north, and between the Senegambia region and the Niger.^[1]