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Amara Dunqas

عمارة دنقس

1535 CE · 941 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for Amara Dunqas, founder of the Funj sultanate of Sennar in Sudan; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

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At a glance

Roles
sultan
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
East Africa & Swahili coast
Identifiers
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad, mufti of Zabid · 'Abd Allah al-Fakihi, the grammarian · Abu al-Su'ud Afandi · Abu Numayy II, sharif of Mecca · Al-Akhdari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad

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Sources

  • Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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islam.museum contributors. “Amara Dunqas”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amara-dunqas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-20.

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