طائفة اليارسي و دورها في حضارة ممالك الفولتا بين القرنين 16 و 17 الميلاديين

Abstract EN

The spread of Islam in west Africa has been with pacific ways, the trade was the most important of this ways, by means of Muslim merchants has reached the farthest point inside Africa, particularly the role that The Yarse’s cult has played, they were traveling merchants whom toured west Africa and arrived at the Volta area, which were pagans and enemys of islam for several centuries.

The people of this area called Mossi, they were Pagans , and had fonded a lot of kingdoms, whom fought islam Until the fifteenth century, they attacked Timbuctu in Mali kingdoms twice, and they resisted the invasions of Askiya Mohamed touré the king of Sangahai.

But after the arrival of Yarse to the volta area, islam began to spread in the Mossi kingdoms, they persuaded the kings of Mossi to embrace islam, and they made an Islamic reforms which resulted in the islamisation of the majority of the mossi people.