This is a list of sultans of the Sultanate of Darfur.

List

Names and dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers:[1]

Sultans

  • Sulayman Solong (1603–1637)
  • Musa ibn Sulayman (1637–1682)
  • Ahmad Bakr ibn Musa (1682–1722)
  • Muhammad I Dawra (1722–1732)
  • Umar Lele (1732–1739)
  • Abu al-Qasim (1739–1756)
  • Muhammad II Tairab (1756–1787)
  • Abd ar-Rahman ar-Rashid (1787–1801)
  • Muhammad III al-Fadhl (1801–1839)
  • Muhammad IV Husayn (1839–1873)
  • Ibrahim (1873–24 October 1874)

Position abolished in 1874 following the Egyptian invasion of Darfur and its incorportation into Turco-Egyptian Sudan.[2]

Governors of Darfur

  • Hassan Bey Hilmi (24 October 1874–1881)
  • Rudolf Karl Slatin (1881–December 1883)

Position of Sultan re-established in 1899 following end of the Mahdist War.

Sultans

Position abolished in 1916 following the Invasion of Darfur and the region's incorporation into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ John Stewart (2006). African States and Rulers (Third ed.). North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 70–71.
  2. ↑ Rex Sean, O'Fahey (1997). "THE CONQUEST OF DARFUR, 1873 - 1882". Sudan Notes and Records (1): 47 – via JSTOR.
  3. ↑ James Angus, Gillan (1939). "DARFUR, 1916". Sudan Notes and Records. 22 (1): 1 – via JSTOR.
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