Funj

An ethnic group in present-day Sudan from which the historical Funj Sultanate arose; the sultanate.

Proper noun

  1. An ethnic group in present-day Sudan from which the historical Funj Sultanate arose; the sultanate.
    • It is known that the Funj rose from southern Nubia (present-day southern Sudan) to overthrow the kingdom of Alodia, but their origins before that remain obscure and disputed. The Funj themselves claimed descent from the...
    • It is possibly the jabalawīn′s own identification with Sinnār, a suitable answer for groups who appear to have lost their own cultural identity as a scattered minority in the midst of society, that makes them often...
    • The plains of Kordofan proper did not fall to the Funj until the reign of Bādi IV Abū Shūlūkh (reigned 1724–62). - 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 359:

Forms

Fung

Derived

Funj Sultanate