The University of Dongola (in Arabic جامعة دنقلا), is a public university located in Dongola, Sudan. UofD has a standing relationship and has conducted...
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Old Dongola (Old Nubian: ⲧⲩⲛⲅⲩⲗ, Tungul; Arabic: دنقلا العجوز, Dunqulā al-ʿAjūz) is a deserted Nubian town in what is now Northern State, Sudan, located...
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Dongola is a village in Union County, Illinois, United States. The population was 726 at the 2010 census. Dongola was laid out in 1857 as a stop along...
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battle of Dongola or siege of Dongola was a military engagement between early Arab forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Nubian-Christian forces of the...
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The Dongola Reach is a reach of approximately 160 km in length stretching from the Fourth downriver to the Third Cataracts of the Nile in Upper Nubia...
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The Dongola or Dongolawi is an African breed of riding horse. It is predominantly of Barb type, though there may have been some Arab influence in the past...
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Makuria (redirect from Kingdom of Makurra)
Egypt. Its capital was Dongola (Old Nubian: Tungul) in the fertile Dongola Reach, and the kingdom is sometimes known by the name of its capital. Coming into...
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list of universities in Sudan. "Sudanese higher education". Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research. Retrieved 2011-09-15. "A-Z Universities in...
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The Throne Hall of Dongola, also known as the Mosque Building or Mosque of Abdallah ibn Abi Sarh, is an archaeological site in Old Dongola, Sudan. It is...
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The first battle of Dongola took place between the early Muslim Rashidun army and the Oriental Orthodox Christian Nubians of the Makuria in 642. The battle...
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Mahdist War (redirect from Dongola Expedition)
abortive and ruined former line south along the east bank of the Nile to supply the 1896 Dongola Expedition and a second, carried out in 1897, was extended...
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the King of Makuria during 7th Century. He is mostly known for his victories against Rashidun Caliphate in the First and Second Battle of Dongola. Very little...
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Danagla (category Tribes of Sudan)
The Danagla (Arabic: الدناقلة, "People of Dongola") are a Nubian tribe in northern Sudan primarily settling between the third Nile cataract and al Dabbah...
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guns. At the end of August 1896 storms washed away a 12-mile section of the railway as preparations were being made to advance on Dongola. Kitchener personally...
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Baqt (redirect from Arab-Dongola Treaty)
armies met a rare defeat at the Battle of Dongola and only acceded to the Baqt when they realized that the conquest of the region would be difficult. The...
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Sudan (redirect from Republic of Sudan)
the Affad region of southern Dongola Reach in northern Sudan, which hosts "the well-preserved remains of prehistoric camps (relics of the oldest open-air...
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Dongola Limited Editions is a publishing house for artists' books cofounded by Abed Al Kadiri and Sarah Chalabi, in addition to Reza Abedini as an art...
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Dongola is an unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana, in the United States. The community is on Indiana State Road 57 two miles north of Oakland...
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developments south of the third cataract remain obscure, but it appears that Dongola, the later capital of Makuria as well as Soba, the capital of Alodia, were...
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Funj Sultanate (redirect from Funj Sultanate of Sinnar)
white" between the region south of the Nile confluence to as far north as Dongola, owned large herds of various types of animals and commanded many captains...
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Kordofan (category History of Sudan)
government of Sennar. There followed a considerable immigration of Arab tribes and native people from Sennar and Dongola (see old Dongola) into the country...
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Kidskin (redirect from Dongola leather)
and early 17th centuries. Diphera - Mid-19th century type of fine kid used for bonnets. Dongola - Skin from the sheep, kangaroo or goat. French kid - A...
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Salih al-Ja'fari (category Egyptian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam)
moved from Egypt to Dongola in Sudan and established a school for teaching the Qur'an. Salih al-Ja'fari was born and raised in Dongola. Salih al-Ja'fari...
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Angeles, California. Theroux's translation of Idris Ali's Dongola: A Novel of Nubia won the University of Arkansas Press Award for Arabic Literature in...
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Nubians (redirect from History of the Nubians)
Christianization of Nubia Qalidurut, 7th-century king of Makuria, defeated the Arab Muslim invasion at the First Battle of Dongola and Second Battle of Dongola, signed...
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Shaigiya tribe (redirect from The Shaigiya of the Northern Sudan 800-present)
could be found in the country of the "Xiogeia". They were subjects of the Funj Sultanate, which extended as far north as Dongola. From the sixteenth century...
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1923 Great Kantō earthquake (redirect from Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923)
centered around that date as well as awards ceremonies for people of merit. The SS Dongola's captain reported that, while he was anchored in Yokohama's inner...
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Nastasen (category 4th-century BC monarchs of Kush)
Nastasen was a king of Kush who ruled the Kingdom of Kush from 335 to 315/310 BCE. According to a stela from Dongola, his mother was named Queen Pelkha...
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miles (143,742 km2) of land. Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages...
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kilometres (6.2 mi) from Old Dongola, the capital of Makuria. Banganarti was an important Christian pilgrim center; the remains of a substantial medieval church...
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