The Tunjur (or Tungur) people are a Sunni Muslim ethnic group living in eastern Chad and western Sudan. In the 21st century, their numbers have been estimated...

founder of the Tunjur dynasty became a "king in the island of Sennar". Origins of the Tunjur state are not well known. It is known that the Tunjur kingdom replaced...

and it was renamed Dartunjur (Arabic: دار تنجر, romanized: Dār Tunjur) when the Tunjur ruled the area. Darfur was an independent sultanate for several...

leadership of the first sultan, Abd al-Karim, who overthrew the ruling Tunjur people of the area. It occupied land previously held by the Sultanate of...

the 14th century migrants the Tunjur were the earliest powers in Darfur. The transition of power from the Daju to the Tunjur was facilitated through marriage...

the rise of the Tunjur kingdom, which replaced the old Daju kingdom in the 15th century and extended as far west as Wadai. The Tunjur people were probably...

before the 17th century. They are noted as having helped expel the Christian Tunjur dynasty and installed an Islamic dynasty in their region in the early 17th-century...

Arzoumanian (ill), (2006): Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! A Palestinian Folktale, ISBN 978-0-7614-5225-6, is based on the "Tunjur, Tunjur" story, first told by Fatme...

has been the home to several cultures and kingdoms, such as the Daju and Tunjur kingdoms. The recorded history of Darfur begins in the seventeenth century...

tributary. The Wadai Empire was centered in Chad from the 17th century. The Tunjur people founded the Wadai Kingdom to the east of Bornu in the 16th century...

ruling ethnic group. The Daju were eventually ousted from power by the Tunjur and the last Daju king subsequently fled to present-day Chad. The sources...

until 1916. Originally the Keira clan were perhaps regional rulers in the Tunjur state, with Sulayman traditionally seen as the founder of the Darfur state...

Central African Republic 14,500, Egypt 4,200 Languages Fur Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Amdang, Masalit, Tunjur, Zaghawa, Nilo-Saharans...

According to tradition, the Daju dynasty was conquered by the Sokoro-speaking Tunjur people in the 14th century who moved from the west via the kingdoms of Bornu...

first and was conquered by the Tunjur kingdom in the 16th century. In 1611, a Maba named Abd al-Krim expelled the Tunjur and became the first Kolak (King)...

the rise of the Tunjur kingdom, which replaced the old Daju kingdom in the 15th century and extended as far west as Wadai. The Tunjur people were probably...

South Pacific Uri, Sardinia, a commune in Italy Uri, Darfur, capital of the Tunjur kingdom Uri (name), a given name Uri (Bible), two people in the Bible Aviva...

A Folktale from Panama (illustrated by Geraldo Valério) (2006) Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! A Folktale from Palestine (illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian) (2006)...

Mahdiyya caliphate Mali Massina Mossi kingdoms Niani Niumi Saloum Sennar Shilluk Sine Sokoto Songhai Takrur Toucouleur Tunjur Waalo Wadai Wassoulou Wuli...

scattered after the death of Kasi Furogé, the Daju king, and replaced by the Tunjur. The principal phonetic difference between the two branches is the reflex...

Fur, Beja, Nuba, Nubians, Ingessana, Uduk, Fula, Masalit, Daju, Gimir, Tunjur, Berta; there are over 500 ethnic groups (estimate)  South Sudan By ethnicity...

Daju dynasty (12th century–15th century) – Daju Kingdom Tunjur dynasty (15th century–1650) – Tunjur Kingdom Keira dynasty (1603–1874) – Sultanate of Darfur...

in Darfur in western Sudan. It was at one time the capital of the last Tunjur ruler, Shau Dorshid. It comprises large-scale area of stone and brick walls...

series Sex Education. Saleh was born in Kassala, Sudan, to a family with Tunjur heritage, who are originally from Chad/Darfur. Saleh's family became refugees...

Makuria Dongola Kingdom 340–1312 AD Nobatia Pachoras Kingdom 350–650 AD Shilluk Fashoda Kingdom 1490–1865 AD Tunjur kingdom Uri Kingdom 1400s–1650s AD...

Capital: Tondo  Tonga – Tu'i Tonga Empire Capital: Mu'a (Tongatapu)  Tunjurs – Tunjur Kingdom Capital: Uri Tunis – Sultanate of Tunis Capital: Tunis Tyrconnell...

of Damagaram in the west and Baguirmi to the southeast of Lake Chad. The Tunjur people initiated the Wadai Empire to the east of Bornu during the 16th century...

inhabited primarily by the non-Arab Fur people, with minorities of non-Arab Tunjur and Berti groups.[citation needed] The city lies on a route often used by...

Hills. As of 2006, it had a population of 45,000, predominantly of the Fur, Tunjur and Berti ethnicities. Kutum lies on one of the traditional north–south...

kingdom (12th century–15th century AD) preceded by Tora (overthrown by Tunjur) Emirate of Banu Talis (1228–1551 AD) Hafsid dynasty (1229–1574 AD) (Tunisia)...