Taqali

Kingdom of Taqali
1750–1969
CapitalAbbasiyya Keraia (Pre 1929)
Common languagesTegali language
Makk of Taqali 
History 
• Decline of the Kingdom of Sennar
1750
• Taqali conquered by Sudanese Mahdists
1884
• British defeat the Mahdists and incorporate Taqali into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1889
• Creation of the Republic of Sudan
1969

Taqali (also spelled Tegali from the Tagale people) was a state of Nuba peoples that existed in the Nuba Mountains, in modern-day central Sudan.[1][2] It is believed to have been founded in the eighteenth century, though oral traditions suggest it was established two centuries earlier. Due in part to its geographic position on a plateau surrounded by desert, Taqali was able to maintain its independence for some 130 years despite the presence of hostile neighbors. It was conquered by Sudanese Mahdists in 1884 and restored as a British client state in 1889. Its administrative power ended with the 1969 Sudanese coup, though the Makk of Taqali, its traditional leader, retains ceremonial power in the region.

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  2. ^ Kapteijns, Lidwien; Spaulding, Jay (1990). "GIFTS WORTHY OF KINGS: AN EPISODE IN DĀR FŪR - TAQALĪ RELATIONS". Sudanic Africa. 1: 61–70. ISSN 0803-0685. JSTOR 25653176.