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Muhammad Muntaga Tall
Ruler of Nioro, Ruler of Toucouleur Kaarta
Reign1874-1885
PredecessorMustafa Keita
SuccessorAhmadu Tall
Born19th century
Unknown
DiedSeptember 1885
Nioro
ReligionIslam

Muhammad Muntaga Tall was a Toucouleur ruler who governed Nioro and later the entirety of Kaarta, rebelling against the reigning caliph, his half-brother Ahmadu Tall in 1884. After being surrounded at Nioro with the city besieged by pro-Ahmadu forces, Muntaga would commit suicide in late 1885, after entering the gunpowder room of his palace and setting it alight.