Karkoj (Arabic: كركوج) is a town located in Sennar, Sudan. "Karkoj". Retrieved 12 April 2019....

observed that Sennar had declined as trade had over the years shifted to Karkoj, "much more advantageously situated as the terminus of regular navigation...

El Rashid El Tahir Bakr (24 June 1933 – 11 March 1988) was born in the Karkoj Blue Nile region of Sudan. In 1958 he graduated from the Khartoum University...

regained the throne, and in 1611-1612 defeated ‘Ajib at the battle of Karkoj, on the Blue Nile south of Sennar. ‘Ajib himself died in the battle, and...