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Funj Sultanate
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The Funj Sultanate, also known as Funjistan, Sultanate of Sennar or Blue Sultanate was an Islamic kingdom in what is now Sudan, northwestern Eritrea and western Ethiopia. Succeeding the medieval Nubia
Contemporary albeit romanticizing depiction of Sultan Badi III receiving Theodor Krump.
Contemporary albeit romanticizing depiction of Sultan Badi III receiving Theodor Krump.
A Funj king of Sennar and his ministers as represented in a book by Félix Mengin, 1823
A Funj king of Sennar and his ministers as represented in a book by Félix Mengin, 1823
Sennar in 1821
Sennar in 1821
At the time of the Egyptian invasion in 1821 the palace of Sennar was already in ruins.
At the time of the Egyptian invasion in 1821 the palace of Sennar was already in ruins.
Makuria
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Makuria was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Its capital was Dongola in the fertile Dongola Reach, about halfway between the 3rd and 4th Nile cataract.
Funj Sultanate
…or Blue Sultanate was an Islamic kingdom in what is now Sudan, northwestern Eritrea and western Ethiopia. Succeeding the medieval Nubian kingdoms of Makuria and Alodia, it was established in 1504 by Sultan Amara Dunqas, a convert to Islam who founded its capital Sennar on the Blue Nile. It was dominated by…
A model of the Faras Cathedral at the state of its excavation in the early 1960s. The rediscovery of the church and its magnificent paintings revoluti
A model of the Faras Cathedral at the state of its excavation in the early 1960s. The rediscovery of the church and its magnificent paintings revolutionized the knowledge of Christian Nubia.
Burial within a tumulus of the tumulus field of Kassinger Bahri (second half of the 4th century–early 6th century)
Burial within a tumulus of the tumulus field of Kassinger Bahri (second half of the 4th century–early 6th century)
A Nubian archer on a Portuguese manuscript from the 16th century
A Nubian archer on a Portuguese manuscript from the 16th century
The Hisn el-Bab castle opposite of (now submerged) Philae Island at the southern end of the First Nile Cataract marked the border between Egypt and Ma
The Hisn el-Bab castle opposite of (now submerged) Philae Island at the southern end of the First Nile Cataract marked the border between Egypt and Makuria from the 7th–12th centuries.