| LC control no. | n 85380702 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rabih, Sultan, -1900 |
| Variant(s) | Rabah Zobeir, -1900 Rabah Zubeir, -1900 Râbeh, -1900 Rābiḥ, -1900 Rabih az-Zubayr, -1900 Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah Rabih Fadel-Allah, -1900 Rabih Fadl Allah, -1900 Rabih Fadlallah, -1900 Rabih, Sultan, d. 1900 Rabah, Sultan, -1900 |
| Associated country | Sudan Chad |
| Death date | 19000422 |
| Place of birth | Halfaya (Sudan) |
| Profession or occupation | Sultans Slave traders |
| Found in | Des ennemis, des Arabes ... 1983: p. 9 (Rābiḥ) LC data base, 2-24-86 (hdg.: Rabah, Sultan, d. 1900) Zeltner, J.C. Les pays du Tchad dans la tourment, 1880-1903, c1988: p. 20 (Râbeh, lieutenant de Zubayr Pasha au Soudan) Historical dictionary of Chad, 1987 (Rabah Zubeir; also Rabih Fadl Allah, 1845?-1900, Halfaya, Sudan; Sudanese slave-raider and builder of vast personal empire in Central Africa) Rabih au Bornou (1893-1900), 1979: prelim p. 1 (Rabih Fadel-Allah) Wikipedia, Apr. 18, 2014 (Rabih az-Zubayr; Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah or Rabih Fadlallah, Arabic رابح فضل الله , رابح الزبير ابن فضل الله; usually known as Rabah in French; c. 1842-Apr. 22, 1900; Sudanese warlord and slave trader; in Halfaya al-Muluk, a suburb of Khartoum; in 1860s he became principal lieutenant of Sudanese slaveholder Sebehr Rahma; by early 1870s was chief lieutenant of al-Zubayr, who was made pasha of Bahr el Ghazal for the then ruler of Egypt; after revolt Rabin excaped and carved out kingdom for himself south of Ouaddai [present-day Chad/Central African Republic]; his forces invaded Darfur in 1887; first conflicts with French 1891-1893; conquered Borno Empire [northern Nigeria/Chad] in 1893; resuscitated slave raids in the area; killed while fleeing French forces at the Chari River [Chad]) StudyLight website, 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, viewed Apr. 18, 2014 (Rabah Zobeir, d. 1900) Rabeh und das Tschadseegebiet, 1902 (DLC copy not examined) LC database, accessed January 4, 2023 hdg. (Rabah, Sultan, -1900) |
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