Sultanate of Darfur
E891502
The Sultanate of Darfur was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in western Sudan that flourished as a regional center of trade and politics before its 19th-century conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sultanate of Darfur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10875800 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sultanate of Darfur Context triple: [Darfur region, historicalEntity, Sultanate of Darfur]
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Jobat State
Jobat State was a small princely state in what is now Madhya Pradesh, India, that existed under British suzerainty before independence.
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Adal Sultanate
The Adal Sultanate was a medieval Muslim Somali-led kingdom in the Horn of Africa that played a major role in regional trade and warfare, particularly in conflicts with the Christian Ethiopian Empire.
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Yafa Sultanate
The Yafa Sultanate was a traditional Arab sultanate in the Yafa region of southern Arabia that later became one of the constituent states of the British-backed Federation of South Arabia.
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D.
Wadai Sultanate
The Wadai Sultanate was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in central Africa, centered in what is now eastern Chad, that dominated regional trade and politics from the early modern period until French conquest in the early 20th century.
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E.
Daura Emirate
Daura Emirate is a historic Hausa traditional state in northern Nigeria, regarded as one of the oldest Hausa kingdoms and an important center of pre-colonial political and cultural influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sultanate of Darfur Target entity description: The Sultanate of Darfur was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in western Sudan that flourished as a regional center of trade and politics before its 19th-century conquest.
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A.
Jobat State
Jobat State was a small princely state in what is now Madhya Pradesh, India, that existed under British suzerainty before independence.
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B.
Adal Sultanate
The Adal Sultanate was a medieval Muslim Somali-led kingdom in the Horn of Africa that played a major role in regional trade and warfare, particularly in conflicts with the Christian Ethiopian Empire.
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C.
Yafa Sultanate
The Yafa Sultanate was a traditional Arab sultanate in the Yafa region of southern Arabia that later became one of the constituent states of the British-backed Federation of South Arabia.
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D.
Wadai Sultanate
The Wadai Sultanate was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in central Africa, centered in what is now eastern Chad, that dominated regional trade and politics from the early modern period until French conquest in the early 20th century.
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E.
Daura Emirate
Daura Emirate is a historic Hausa traditional state in northern Nigeria, regarded as one of the oldest Hausa kingdoms and an important center of pre-colonial political and cultural influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic state
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historical state ⓘ pre-colonial African kingdom ⓘ sultanate ⓘ |
| capital | Al-Fashir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Khedivate of Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman-Egyptian forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| currency |
cowrie shells
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| endDate | 1874 ⓘ |
| ethnicBase | Fur people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | conquest by Khedivate of Egypt ⓘ |
| founder | Sulayman Solong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRole | regional power in western Sudan ⓘ |
| governmentType |
absolute monarchy
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ |
| hasDynasty | Keira dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century Africa
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early modern period ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Fur language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastRuler | Sultan Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Islamic law
ⓘ
customary law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Darfur
NERFINISHED
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Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ western Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryFeature | cavalry-based army ⓘ |
| notableCity |
Al-Fashir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kobbei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | centralized monarchy ⓘ |
| region | Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousInstitution | Sufi orders ⓘ |
| rulingTitle | Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate |
17th century
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c. 1600 ⓘ |
| successorState | Egyptian-ruled Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradeGood |
gold
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gum arabic ⓘ ivory ⓘ ostrich feathers ⓘ slaves ⓘ |
| tradePartner |
Bornu Empire
NERFINISHED
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Sultanate of Sennar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradeRoute | trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Sultanate of Darfur Description of subject: The Sultanate of Darfur was a powerful pre-colonial Islamic kingdom in western Sudan that flourished as a regional center of trade and politics before its 19th-century conquest.
Referenced by (1)
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