Darfur Sultanate

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area approx. 170,000 sq mi (historical)
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Sultanate_of_Bagirmi
gptkb:Kordofan
gptkb:Sultanate_of_Sennar
gptkb:Wadai_Sultanate
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Al-Fashir
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Maria_Theresa_thaler
gptkbp:dissolved 1916
gptkbp:established c. 1600
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Fur_people
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Darfur_Sultanate
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Early modern period
Colonial period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Darfur Sultanate
gptkbp:language Fur
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Ali_Dinar
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:Darfur
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Anglo-Egyptian_conquest_(1916)
gptkb:War_with_Wadai_Sultanate
conflicts with Kordofan
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Sultan's_Palace_in_Al-Fashir
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Kebkabiya
gptkb:Tawila
gptkb:Um_Kedada
Kuttum
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Conquest_by_Anglo-Egyptian_forces_in_1916
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Ali_Dinar
gptkb:Muhammad_Tayrab
gptkb:Sulayman_Solong
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:population approx. 1 million (19th century estimate)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tunjur_Kingdom
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:King
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:livestock
gptkb:gum_arabic
ivory
slave trade
ostrich feathers
gptkbp:tributaryOf Egypt (nominally, at times)
Ottoman Empire (nominally, at times)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wadai_Empire
gptkb:Sahelian_peoples
gptkb:Sudan_(historically)
gptkb:Sulayman_Solong
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7