Islamic Nubian polities
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Islamic Nubian polities were the Muslim-ruled successor states in Nubia that emerged after the decline of the region’s medieval Christian kingdoms, reshaping its political and religious landscape.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Islam in Nubia | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic state
ⓘ
historical polity grouping ⓘ successor state ⓘ |
| affected |
political landscape of Nubia
ⓘ
religious landscape of Nubia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
emergence of Muslim scholarly lineages in Nubia
ⓘ
spread of Sufism in Nubia ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Islamization of Nubia
ⓘ
decline of Christian institutions ⓘ integration into Red Sea and Nile trade networks ⓘ |
| culturalChangeTo | Islamic Nubian culture ⓘ |
| culturalContinuityFrom | medieval Nubian culture ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
external Muslim military and political pressure
ⓘ
local Nubian elites converting to Islam ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
Nile agriculture
ⓘ
Red Sea trade ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | medieval Christian Nubian kingdoms ⓘ |
| followed |
Kingdom of Alodia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Makuria NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Nobadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
emirate
ⓘ
sultanate ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arab Muslim expansion
ⓘ
Funj Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftFrom | Old Nubian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nubia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Egypt ⓘ |
| partOf |
Islamic world
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
history of Islam in Africa ⓘ history of Nubia ⓘ |
| politicalChangeFrom | Christian Nubian kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalChangeTo | Muslim-ruled states ⓘ |
| precededBy | treaty-based coexistence between Christian Nubia and Muslim Egypt ⓘ |
| region | Middle Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousChangeFrom | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousChangeTo | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Islam in Nubia