Place · mountain

Marrah Mountains

Also known as Marrah highlands

The Marrah Mountains, or Jebel Marra, are a volcanic massif in Darfur, in western Sudan. They were the homeland of the Fur people and the base from which Suleiman Solong founded the Darfur Sultanate in the seventeenth century. Their fertile highlands supported Fur agriculture, and the last sultan, Ali Dinar, died fleeing into them in 1916.

Marrah Mountains
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Darfur SultanateFoundation, Socioeconomy, Decline

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Daju kingdomTunjur kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Marrah Mountains. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/marrah-mountains
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“Marrah Mountains.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/marrah-mountains. Accessed .
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