Kingdom of Fazughli | |||||||||
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| c. 1500–1685 | |||||||||
| Capital | unspecified | ||||||||
| Common languages | Nubian and other Eastern Sudanic languages | ||||||||
| Religion | Coptic Orthodox Christianity | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established | c. 1500 | ||||||||
• Conquered by the Funj Sultanate | 1685 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Sudan Ethiopia | ||||||||
The Kingdom of Fazughli was a precolonial state in what is now southeastern Sudan and western Ethiopia. Oral traditions assert its establishment to refugees from the Nubian Kingdom of Alodia, after its capital Soba had fallen to Arabs or the Funj in c. 1500. Centered around the mountainous region of Fazughli on the Blue Nile and serving as a buffer between the Funj sultanate and the Ethiopian empire, the kingdom lasted until its incorporation into the Funj sultanate in 1685.