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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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- 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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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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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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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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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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northeastern Syria Alodia, a kingdom of Christian Nubia, south of Nobatia and Makuria Alwa Mehwa, a village and former Mehwal (petty princely state) in Gujarat...
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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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Banu Kanz (category Makuria)
Christian region. They eventually assumed control of the Nubian Kingdom of Makuria in the early 14th century, but by the early the 15th century, they were...
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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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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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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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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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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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Kingdom of Makuria and the Rashidun Caliphate led by Commander Uqbah ibn Nafae in 642. The Second Battle of Dongola between the Kingdom of Makuria under King...
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(1819–78), last king of Hanover 1851–1866 Makuria Georgios I of Makuria (c. AD 860-920) Georgios II of Makuria (r. 887-915/920) Saxony George of Saxony...
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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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