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Muhammad Bahr al-Din

d. 1951 · 20th century · Also known as Andoka

Muhammad Bahr al-Din, known as Andoka, was sultan of Dar Masalit, on the border of Sudan and Chad, from 1910 to 1951. He succeeded Sultan Taj al-Din, killed fighting the French at Dorothe, and made Geneina his capital. After Britain annexed Darfur in 1916 and the Anglo-French frontier was fixed in 1919, he accepted British indirect rule within Sudan.

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