Darfur

An Islamic sultanate located in the western Sudan; Islam state religion since c. 1700. In the 1780es, Sultan Kuhammad Tayrab defeated KORDOFAN, which remained a dependency of Darfur until it was conquered by Egypt. In 1835 Darfur briefly conquered neighboring WADAI, located in modern Chad. In 1874 the Sultan of Darfur recognized the suzerainty of Khedive Ismail of EGYPT. In 1883 Darfur became part of the Mahdi State; after the collapse of the latter in 1898, Darfur recognized the sovereignty of the Anglo-Egyptian administration of the Sudan.
Early in World War I, the Sultan of Darfur transferred his allegiance to the Ottoman Sultan and declared the jihad against the British. A British expedition occupied Darfur and terminated the Sultanate (1916).

EXTERNAL FILES

Article Darfur, in EB 1911. Deals with the history, especially during the 19th century. Darfur, from sudanupdate.com Ethnicity from Perception to Cause of Violent Conflicts: The Case of the Fur and Nuba Conflicts in Western Sudan, by Mohamed Suliman, posted by IFAA, paper focussed on recent events, rooted in history Josephine Bakhita - an African Saint, from afrol.com People Profile : the Fur of Sudan and Chad, from SLRK Article Zobeir Rabama, in EB 1911, Arab condottiere; conqueror of Darfur (1874)

DOCUMENTS

Regnal Chronologies : Northern Africa, scroll down for Darfur List of Sultans of Darfur, from almanach.be

REFERENCE

P.M. Holt, A Modern History of the Sudan, NY : Grove Press 1961, esp. pp.25-28 Article : Darfur, in : International Year Book 1898 p.257 [G]

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