Ndaah Njemeh Joof

His descendants from the branch of Maad Patar Kholleh Joof (the conqueror) ruled the pre-colonial Kingdoms of Sine, Saloum and Baol, from the 14th century to 1969.

After their deaths, the Serer States of Sine and Saloum were incorporated into independent Senegal.

[4][5][6] His descendants went on to found three royal houses: Maad Ndaah Njemeh is one of the most significant figures in Serer and Senegambian dynastic history.

[3] He stems from the royal line of Lamane Jegan Joof, the 11th century founder and King of Tukar.

Niokhori Ndaah is the ancestor of the Joof royal family of Sine and Saloum; Mangi Ndaah the ancestor of the Joof notable family of Baol and the Faal royal family of Baol and Cayor which succeeded the Joof dynasty of Baol (Lingeer Sobel Joof, a descendant of Mangi, is the maternal grandmother of Damel Amari Ngoneh Faal, founder of the Faal dynasty); and Yungari Ndaah is the ancestor of the Joof noble family of Jolof.