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...

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 Darfur...

to tradition, the Daju dynasty was conquered by the Nubians-speaking Tunjur people in the 14th century who moved from the North from the kingdoms of Makuria...

The Tunjur people founded the Wadai Kingdom to the east of Bornu in the 16th century. In the 17th century, there was a revolt of the Maba people who established...

Chad. The Tunjur people initiated the Wadai Empire to the east of Bornu during the 16th century. During the 17th century, the Maba people revolted and...

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...

The Tunjur people founded the Wadai Kingdom to the east of Bornu in the 16th century. In the 17th century there was a revolt of the Maba people who established...

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...

Fordunga, Furawi, Konjara, or Kungara. They are an active agricultural people and may also herd cattle. Some Fur families who have accumulated a substantial...

commune in Italy Uri, Darfur, capital of the Tunjur kingdom Uri (name), a given name Uri (Bible), two people in the Bible Aviva Uri (1922–1989), Israeli...

remained a part of French colonial empire until 1960. Founded by the Tunjur people in the 16th century and located in the eastern Chad Basin, Wadai's economy...

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...

In western Sudan, the Daju people gained control of an area near Darfur and were subsequently ousted by the Tunjur people in the early thirteenth century...

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

Tunjur was facilitated through marriage. Eventually the Tunjur began marrying amongst the Fur people producing Sultan Dali, a celebrated figure in Darfur...

of the Maba people but was destroyed at end of the 15th century. A second Wadai state grew out of the first and was conquered by the Tunjur kingdom in...

Its name stems from the Daju people, the ruling ethnic group. The Daju were eventually ousted from power by the Tunjur and the last Daju king subsequently...

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

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

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...

African people Indigenous people of Africa Ethnic groups in Chad List of ethnic groups in Rivers State List of ethnic groups in Tanzania European people Classification...

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...

Kingdom, west of Kanem–Bornu, was established in the early 16th century by Tunjur rulers. In the 1630s, Abd al Karim invaded and established an Islamic sultanate...

also included a confederation of nomadic peoples who spoke languages of the Teda–Daza group, the Toubou people In the 8th century, Wahb ibn Munabbih used...

Kanuri people Kim Kimr Lisi Maba Mararit Masalit Musgum Sara Shuweihat Sinyar Sungor Tama Teda Toubou Tunjur Tupuri Yerwa Kanuri Zaghawa people List of...

Daju Kingdom (c.1100s-1400s) Kingdom of al-Abwab (13th–15/16th century) Tunjur Kingdom (1400s-c.1650) Kingdom of Fazughli (1500–1685) Funj Sultanate, also...

Prior to the 1630s CE, Wadai, also known as Burgu to the people of Darfur, was a pre-Islamic Tunjur kingdom, established around 1501 CE. Initially, the core...

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