List of sultans of Darfur explained

This is a list of sultans of the Sultanate of Darfur.

List

Names and dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers:^[1]

Sultans

• Sulayman Solong (1603 - 1637)
• Musa ibn Sulayman (1637 - 1682)
• Ahmad Bakr ibn Musa (1682 - 1722)
• Muhammad I Dawra (1722 - 1732)
• Umar Lele (1732 - 1739)
• Abu al-Qasim (1739 - 1756)
• Muhammad II Tairab (1756 - 1787)
• Abd ar-Rahman ar-Rashid (1787 - 1801)
• Muhammad III al-Fadhl (1801 - 1839)
• Muhammad IV Husayn (1839 - 1873)
• Ibrahim (1873 - 24 October 1874)

Position abolished in 1874 following the Egyptian invasion of Darfur and its incorportation into Turco-Egyptian Sudan.^[2]

Governors of Darfur

• Hassan Bey Hilmi (24 October 1874 - 1881)
• Rudolf Karl Slatin (1881 - December 1883)

Position of Sultan re-established in 1899 following end of the Mahdist War.

Sultans

• Ali Dinar (21 March 1899 - 6 November 1916)

Position abolished in 1916 following the Invasion of Darfur and the region's incorporation into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: John Stewart . African States and Rulers . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 2006 . Third . North Carolina . 70–71.
2. Rex Sean . O'Fahey . 1997 . THE CONQUEST OF DARFUR, 1873 - 1882 . Sudan Notes and Records . 1 . 47 . JSTOR.
3. James Angus . Gillan . 1939 . DARFUR, 1916 . Sudan Notes and Records . 22 . 1 . 1 . JSTOR.