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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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedWith Darfur Sultanate (early ruling house) NERFINISHED
Wadai Sultanate (early ruling house) NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
cultureArea Sahel NERFINISHED
Sudanic belt NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Zaghawa people NERFINISHED
partOf Chadian ethnic groups NERFINISHED
Sudanese ethnic groups NERFINISHED
politicalStructure sultanate (historically)
region Darfur NERFINISHED
Wadai NERFINISHED
religion Islam
socialRole ruling elite (historically)
traders

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western Sudan hasEthnicGroup Tunjur people