War Jabi

War Jaabi
Manna Dynasty
Reign?? – 1041
PredecessorRabis
SuccessorLebi Ibn War Jabi
Died1041
IssueLabi
Names
War Jaabi bin Rabis
FatherRabis
ReligionIslam

War-Dyabe (Arabic: وار ذياب بن ربيس) or War Jabi[1] (Arabic: وار جابي), also known as: War Jaabi or War-Dyabe, was the first Muslim king of Tekrur in the 1030s, the first to proclaim Islam as a state religion in the Sudan.

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