The word may have its origins from the old Serer title lamane (or laman) which means master of the land, inheritor or heir in old Serer (Fula and Serer are closely related languages). The Lamans were the ancient Serer kings before the fall of the Serer lamanic class in the 14th century. The Fula title Lam Toro—who later became leaders of Futa Toro, originated from the Serer title Laman.[1]
Bibemi, since its 1770 foundation, until the higher Muslim title Sultan was assumed.
Compound title
LaamiiÉ—o juulÉ“e 'Emir of the Muslims (𞤂𞤢𞥄𞤥ðž¤ðž¥…𞤯𞤮 𞤶𞤵𞥅𞤤𞤦𞤫, lit. those who pray)' was a title, alongside the proper Arabic Amir al-Mu´minin (which was maintained), of the Imam`Usuman dan Muhammad Fodio, the original leader of the largest of the Fula jihads (conquests by the Fula people in the name of spreading Islam) in Sokoto, the home state of the leader of the Fulbe jihad, whose heirs (since 1817) adopted the title Sarkin Musulmi and became known as Sultan of Sokoto, still considered the paramount ruler of traditional Islamic people in Nigeria
Baban-Lamido in Adamawa (now partially in Cameroon) since its foundation in 1809
Sources and references
^The Seereer Resource Centre, Seereer Lamans and the Lamanic Era (2015) [in] The Seereer Resource Centre, [1]