Sultanate of Darfur

Sultanate of Darfur
سلطنة دارفور (Arabic)
Salṭanat Dārfūr
1603–1874
1898–1916
Map of Darfur in 1914.
Map of Darfur in 1914.
StatusSultanate
Capital
Common languagesFur, Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Demonym(s)Dafurian
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
Sultan 
• 1603–1637
Sulayman Solong
• 1898–1916
Ali Dinar
Historical eraEarly Modern Period
• Established
1603
• Conquered by Rabih az-Zubayr
24 October 1874
• Independence from Mahdist Sudan
1898
1916
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tunjur kingdom
Mahdist Sudan
Turkish Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Today part ofSudan

The Sultanate of Darfur (Arabic: سلطنة دارفور, romanizedSalṭanat Dārfūr) was a pre-colonial state in present-day Sudan. It existed from 1603 to 24 October 1874, when it fell to the Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr, and again from 1898 to 1916, when it was occupied by the British and the Egyptians and was integrated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. At its peak in the late 18th and early 19th century it stretched all the way from Darfur in the west to Kordofan and the western banks of the White Nile in the east, giving it the size of present-day Nigeria.[1]