| LC control no. | sh 85052477 |
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| LC classification | DT156.35 |
| Family name heading | Funj dynasty, 1504-1821 |
| Variant(s) | Fung dynasty, 1504-1821 Fungs |
| See also | Sudan--Kings and rulers |
| Found in | 98-37356: Sudan of the Three Niles : The Funj chronicle, 910-1288/1504-1871, 1999: CIP galley (Funj sultanate, centered at Sinnà„r, Sudan, est. in the 16th century by Muslims) Britannica Micro.: v. 5, p. 54 (Funj dynasty, also spelled Fung, line of kings that ruled in the Nilotic Sudan of Eastern Africa in the 16th-18th century ... Funj capital founded in 1504-5 ... In 1821 it was supplanted by the Turkish government of Egypt.) Americana: v. 25, p. 841 (Funj founded their capital at Sennar and by the beginning of the 17th cent. they had est. their supremacy over Arab tribes ... By the mid 17th century the Funj dynasty had reached its golden age ... the forces of Mohammed Ali advanced to Sennar in 1821.) Islamic desk reference, 1994 (Funj: the Funj appear in the early xvith c. as a nomadic cattle-herding people in the Nilotic Sudan. The Muslim dynasty of the Funj kings reigned from 1533-1762 and their capital Sinnar is said to have been founded in 1504.) |
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