Wadai Sultanate

Sultanate of Wadai
سلطنة وداي
1501–1912
Wadai and surrounding states in 1750.
Wadai and surrounding states in 1750.
Capital
Common languagesMaba, Chadian Arabic, Tunjur, Fur
Religion
Traditional African religion, later Islam (official 1635)
GovernmentMonarchy
Kolak 
• 1603–1637
Abd al-Karim Al Abbasi
• 1902–1909
Dud Murra of Wadai
• 1909-1912
'Asil Kolak
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Established
1501
• Abd al-Karim overthrows the Tunjur King Daud
1635
• Disestablished
1912
• Wadai reconstituted under French suzerainty
1935
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tunjur kingdom
Sultanate of Darfur
French Equatorial Africa
Today part ofCentral African Republic
Chad
Sudan

The Wadai Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة وداي Saltanat Waday, French: royaume du Ouaddaï, Fur: Burgu or Birgu;[1] 1501–1912), sometimes referred to as the Maba Sultanate (French: Sultanat Maba), was an African sultanate located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and the Central African Republic. It emerged in the seventeenth century under the leadership of the first sultan, Abd al-Karim, who overthrew the ruling Tunjur people of the area. It occupied land previously held by the Sultanate of Darfur (in present-day Sudan) to the northeast of the Sultanate of Baguirmi.

  1. ^ Nachtigal, G. (1971). Sahara and Sudan: Kawar, Bornu, Kanem, Borku, Enned. University of California Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-520-01789-4. Retrieved 2018-10-10.