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Ali Dinar

d. 1916 · 20th century

Ali Dinar was the last sultan of the Darfur Sultanate, who restored the sultanate in 1898 after the fall of the Mahdist state. He ruled with considerable independence under nominal recognition of Anglo-Egyptian authority. During the First World War he sided with the Ottomans, and he was killed in 1916 after a British expedition conquered Darfur.

Ali Dinar
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Darfur SultanateMilitary, Governance, Decline

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Dar Masalit

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