Soriya

 ( Islam In Guinea ) 

The Soriya was a political party in the Imamate of Futa Jallon in what is now Guinea. Active from the mid-18th century, it supported the successors of the war leader Ibrahim Sori, first cousin of the jihad leader Karamoko Alfa .

It contended with a clerical group, the Alfaya, which supported the successors of Karamoko Alfa. The rivalry between the two groups continued into the 20th century in Guinea.

• Alfaya, political opponents of the Soriya
• Ibrahima Sori, king of the Imamate of Futa Jallon

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• (2025). 9780810846340, Volume 94 of African historical dictionaries, Scarecrow Press. . ISBN 9780810846340