Makuria (Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακουρία, romanized: Makouria; Arabic: المقرة, romanized: al-Muqurra) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what...
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on Queen Gaua: A New Last Known Ruler of Dotawo (r. around 1520-6)?', Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies (2023), doi:10.5070/D60060625. Makuria Nubia...
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unifier of Nobatia and Makuria, referred to as the New Constantine by John the Deacon Kyriakos of Makuria, 8th-century king of Makuria. Invaded Egypt to rescue...
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Nobadia and Makuria. It possibly reached its peak during the 9th–12th centuries when records show that it exceeded its northern neighbor, Makuria, with which...
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Georgios I (also George I; Arabic: Firaki) was a ruler of the Nubian state of Makuria (c. AD 860 – 920). The events about the king are preserved in the writings...
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Izz al-Din al-Kawrani (section Conquest of Makuria)
and military leader, and one of the leaders of the campaign to invade Makuria (Nubia) in 1287 by order of Sultan Qalawun of Egypt. His campaign achieved...
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Baybars (section Campaign against Makuria)
both Crusaders and Mongols, and even managed to subdue the kingdom of Makuria, which was famous for being unconquerable by previous Muslim empire invasion...
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of Egypt and the Christianization of the three Nubian kingdoms Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia in the sixth century. As a result of Christianization, the...
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Zakarya ibn-Bahnas) (c. 822 – c. 854) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. In 833, he ceased paying the Baqt to the rulers of Egypt, and prepared...
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of Aksum and the rise of three Christian kingdoms: Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia. Makuria and Alodia lasted for roughly a millennium. Their eventual decline...
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- c. 722) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Authorities believe that during his reign Makuria absorbed the Nubian kingdom of Nobatia. According...
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Church in the Horn of Africa and the Nubian Church in the Sudan (Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia). With the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the West...
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Salomo or Solomon (1080 – 1089) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to contemporary accounts, Salomo abdicated his throne and went...
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854) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. He was forced to sue for peace to end the war between Makuria and Egypt that had started in 854.1 E.A...
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Kyriakos or Cyriacus (ca. 750) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. While some authorities place his reign between Merkurios and Zacharias I...
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fall of Kush, the Nubians formed the three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia. Between the 14th and 15th centuries, most of Sudan was gradually...
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of the kingdom and its dissolution into the three polities of Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia, though the Aksumite presence in Meroe was likely short lived...
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Qalidurut was the King of Makuria during 7th Century. He is mostly known for his victories against Rashidun Caliphate in the First and Second Battle of...
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Nobatia (category Makuria)
antique kingdom in Lower Nubia. Together with the two other Nubian kingdoms, Makuria and Alodia, it succeeded the kingdom of Kush. After its establishment in...
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II (before 887–915/920?) was a ruler of the medieval Nubian kingdom of Makuria. He ascended the throne in 887, after the death of his father Georgios...
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the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. During his reign it is believed that the crown of Alodia was also under the control of Makuria. He is mostly known for...
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Markos (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Markos ruled for only six months.1 Markos was made...
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Nubian: Ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ, Raphael; c. 1002) was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Contemporary writers, such as Abu al-Makarim in a work attributed to Abu...
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oldest known attestation of an Ossetic language. The Old Nubian language of Makuria (modern Sudan) adds three Coptic letters, two letters derived from Meroitic...
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Classical African civilization (section Makuria)
converted to Christianity in 543. Nobatia was annexed by Makuria in the early 8th century. Makuria was a Nubian kingdom that was based in Dongola and lasted...
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Simon (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Zacharias declined the kingship when his father...
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Abraham (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to Severus of El Ashmunein, upon the death of king Simon, Zacharias the son...
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Khalil (r. 1290–1293), they conquered the Crusader states, expanded into Makuria (Nubia), Cyrenaica, the Hejaz, and southern Anatolia. The sultanate then...
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First battle of Dongola (category Makuria)
Muslim Rashidun army and the Oriental Orthodox Christian Nubians of the Makuria in 642. The battle, which resulted in a Makurian victory, halted Arab incursions...
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I (c. 722)[clarification needed] was a ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Zacharias was the son of his predecessor...
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