Fur Sultanate (historical)

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The Fur Sultanate was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in the Darfur region of western Sudan, centered around the Jebel Marra massif and ruled predominantly by the Fur people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fur Sultanate 1
Fur Sultanate (historical) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic sultanate ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
pre-colonial African kingdom ⓘ
capital Al-Fashir ⓘ
Kobbé ⓘ
Tura ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coreRegion Jebel Marra massif ⓘ
linked to: Jebel Marra
currency cowrie shells ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
endCause Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Darfur ⓘ
endTime 1916 ⓘ
ethnicBase Fur people ⓘ
event Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Darfur ⓘ
export gum arabic ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
ostrich feathers ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
sultanate ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Fur people ⓘ
Zaghawa ⓘ
linked to: Zaghawa people
import firearms ⓘ
horses ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Fur language ⓘ
linked to: Fur
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region

western Sudan ⓘ
neighbor Kordofan ⓘ
Sultanate of Bagirmi ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Bagirmi

Sultanate of Wadai ⓘ
linked to: Wadai Sultanate
notableRuler Sultan Ali Dinar ⓘ
Sultan Muhammad al-Fadl ⓘ
Sultan Sulayman Solong ⓘ
overlordshipClaim Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region
partOf Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution Sufi orders ⓘ
rulingTitle Sultan of Darfur ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
successorState Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
todayPartOf Republic of the Sudan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jebel Marra → hasEthnicAssociation → Fur Sultanate (historical) ⓘ
Fur region → historicalCenterOf → Fur Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Fur Sultanate (historical)