Polity · 1507 CE – 1821 CE
Funj Sultanate
- Peak recorded area
- 630,271 km²
- 1507 CE
- Rulers on record
- 29
- from 1505 CE
Overview
The Funj Sultanate, also known as Funjistan, Sultanate of Sennar after its capital of Sennar, or Blue Sultanate was a kingdom in what is now Sudan, northwestern Eritrea and western Ethiopia. Founded in 1504 by the Funj people, it quickly converted to Islam, although this conversion was only nominal. Until a more orthodox form of Islam took hold in the 18th century, the state remained an "African empire with a Muslim façade", coming to rule over an ethnically diverse population.
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Territory
7 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
29 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Amara DunqasSultan of Sennar1505 CE – 1535 CE
- Nayil of SennarSultan of Sennar1533 CE – 1550 CE
- Abd al-Qadir ISultan of Sennar1550 CE – 1557 CE
- Abu SakikinSultan of Sennar1557 CE – 1568 CE
- Dakin of SennarSultan of Sennar1568 CE – 1585 CE
- Dawra of SennarSultan of Sennar1585 CE – 1587 CE
- Tayyib of SennarSultan of Sennar1587 CE – 1591 CE
- Unsa ISultan of Sennar1591 CE – 1603 CE
- Abd al-Qadir IISultan of Sennar1603 CE – 1606 CE
- Adlan ISultan of Sennar1606 CE – 1611 CE
- Badi ISultan of Sennar1611 CE – 1616 CE
- Rabat ISultan of Sennar1616 CE – 1644 CE
- Badi IISultan of Sennar1644 CE – 1681 CE
- Unsa IISultan of Sennar1681 CE – 1692 CE
- Badi IIISultan of Sennar1692 CE – 1716 CE
- Unsa IIISultan of Sennar1719 CE – 1720 CE
- Nul of SennarSultan of Sennar1720 CE – 1724 CE
- Badi IVSultan of Sennar1724 CE – 1762 CE
- Nasir of SennarSultan of Sennar1762 CE – 1769 CE
- Isma'il of SennarSultan of Sennar1768 CE – 1776 CE
- Adlan IISultan of Sennar1776 CE – 1789 CE
- AwkalSultan of Sennar1787 CE – 1788 CE
- Tayyib IISultan of Sennar1788 CE – 1790 CE
- Badi VSultan of Sennar1790 CE
- NawwarSultan of Sennar1790 CE – 1791 CE
- Badi VISultan of Sennar1791 CE – 1798 CE
- RanfiSultan of Sennar1798 CE – 1804 CE
- AgbanSultan of Sennar1804 CE – 1805 CE
- Badi VIISultan of Sennar1805 CE – 1821 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Classical Arabic
- Currency
- barter
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Funj Sultanate is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.