Funj people
Funj people The Funj are an ethnic group in present day ... ruled the area for several centuries. The Funj monarchy had become Arabized by the time ...
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History of Sudan (Coming of Islam to the Turkiyah)
... among themselves for title to territory. The Funj Main article: Kingdom of Sennar At the ... into their orbit, a new power, the Funj, had risen in southern Nubia and had ... Christian kingdom of Alwa. In 1504 a Funj leader, Amara Dunqas , founded the Kingdom of ... Sultanate eventually became the keystone of the Funj Empire. By the mid-sixteenth century, Sennar ... cataract and south to the rainforests. The Funj state included a loose confederation of ...
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Kingdom of Sennar
... as in the early sixteenth century the Funj people under Amara Dunkas arrived from the ... been driven north by the Shilluk. The Funj defeated Abdallah and set up their own kingdom based at Sennar. The Funj religion had originally been a mix of ... regent. This began long conflict between the Funj sultans attempting to reassert their independence and ...
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Turkiyah
... accepted Sannar's surrender from the last Funj sultan, Badi VII . However, the Jaali Arab ... of the fertile Al Jazirah, heartland of Funj, to flee to escape the slave traders ...
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Alodia
... the final destruction of Alodia is the Funj conquest of the region in the early ... to have preserved its identity after the Funj conquest and its incorporation into the Kingdom ...
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Makuria
... from the late twelfth century to the Funj conquest in the early fifteenth century," p ... from the late twelfth century to the Funj conquest in the early fifteenth century", UNESCO ...
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History of Sudan
... one of these tribes, known as the Funj, moved north and united Nubia forming the Kingdom of Sennar. The Funj sultans quickly converted to Islam and that ...
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Darfour   (translated from French)
... 1200), il dirigea une campagne contre les Funj, mais ne dépassa pas Omdurman. Il fut ...
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Ja'Alin
... were at one time subject to the Funj kings, but their position was in a ...
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Shagia
... northward since 1772. Formerly subject to the Funj kings of Sennar, they became independent on ...
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