Chapters 4 / 7
Funj & Darfur Sultanates
1504 CE – 1821 CE · 11 eras
Neighbours at a glance: what existed across the region in a given year
Eras in this chapter
- Tunjur kingdomSudan – Darfur & Kordofan · 1400 CE – 1650 CE
- 'Abdallab chiefdom (Funj vassal)Sudan – Middle Nile · 1480 CE – 1821 CE
- Shilluk KingdomSouth Sudan – Upper Nile · 1490 CE – 1861 CE
- Ja'aliyyin kingdom (Sa'dab, Funj vassal)Sudan – Middle Nile · 1500 CE – 1821 CE
- Anuak (Anywaa) communitiesSouth Sudan – Upper Nile · 1500 CE – present
- Dinka (Jieng) communitiesSouth Sudan – Upper Nile · 1500 CE – present
- Nuer (Naath) communitiesSouth Sudan – Upper Nile · 1500 CE – present
- Funj Sultanate of SennarSudan – Middle Nile · 1504 CE – 1821 CE
- Sultanate of Darfur (Keira)Sudan – Darfur & Kordofan · 1650 CE – 1874 CE
- Musabba'at sultanate (Kordofan)Sudan – Darfur & Kordofan · 1680 CE – 1785 CE
- Kingdom of TaqaliSudan – Darfur & Kordofan · 1750 CE – 1969 CE
Neighbouring eras for context (10) · 6 of 10 in progress
- Beja (Red Sea Hills peoples)Red Sea & Arabia · 275 CE – present
- Suakin – Red Sea port (Beja, Ottoman)Red Sea & Arabia · 1100 CE – 1922 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Mamluk SultanateEgypt · 1250 CE – 1517 CE
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic)Ethiopia & Eritrea (Horn) · 1270 CE – 1974 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Bornu EmpireChad & Central Sahara · 1380 CE – 1893 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Ottoman Egypt & Muhammad Ali dynastyEgypt · 1517 CE – 1882 CE
- Ottoman Hejaz & Saudi stateRed Sea & Arabia · 1517 CE – present Regional context · research in progress
- Libya (Ottoman, Italian, independent)Chad & Central Sahara · 1551 CE – present
- Wadai SultanateChad & Central Sahara · 1635 CE – 1912 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Zande kingdomsCentral Africa (CAR/Congo border) · 1700 CE – 1905 CE Regional context · research in progress