 As in the Imamate of Futa Toro, the Muslim and traditionalist Fula of Futa Jallon lived side-by-side.Then, according to traditional accounts, a 17th-century holy war erupted.In 1725, the Muslim Fulɓe took complete control of Futa Jallon after the battle of Talansan and set up the first of many Fula theocratic states to come.