Tunjur people

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The Tunjur people are an ethnic group of mixed Arab and African origin historically associated with ruling dynasties and trading communities in the Darfur and Wadai regions of western Sudan and eastern Chad.

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Tunjur people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedWith Darfur Sultanate (early ruling house)
linked to: Sultanate of Darfur

Wadai Sultanate (early ruling house)
linked to: Wadai Sultanate
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
cultureArea Sahel
Sudanic belt
economicActivity caravan trade routes across Sahel
long-distance trade
ethnicity mixed Arab and African origin
historicalPeriod medieval period in central Sudan and Chad
historicalRegion eastern Chad
western Sudan
knownFor ruling dynasties in Darfur
ruling dynasties in Wadai
trading communities in Darfur
trading communities in Wadai
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages (via Arab ancestry)
neighboringGroups Arab tribes of Darfur
Fur people
Zaghawa people
partOf Chadian ethnic groups
linked to: Chadians

Sudanese ethnic groups
politicalStructure sultanate (historically)
region Darfur
linked to: Darfur region

Wadai
religion Islam
socialRole ruling elite (historically)
traders

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western Sudan hasEthnicGroup Tunjur people