darfur

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Definition of darfur in English English dictionary

A region in western Sudan where the Fur live

{i} province in western Sudan which is an historical area and former sultanate

Historical region and former province, western Sudan. It was an independent kingdom from 2500 BC. Its first traditional rulers, the Daju, probably traded with ancient Egypt; they were succeeded by the Tunjur. Darfur's Christian period ( 900-1200) was ended by the advance of Islam with the empire of Kanem-Bornu. In the 1870s Darfur came under Egyptian rule, and in 1916 it became a province of Sudan

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Dar·fur