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Old Dunqulah (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 18.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: The historic town of Old Dunqulah was situated on the east bank of the Nile about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of present-day Dunqulah. Old Dunqulah was the capital of the Christian kingdom of Makurra from the mid-6th century. Old Dunqulah was besieged in 652 by a Muslim army from Egypt. |
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| Dunqulah al-ʻAjūz (preferred,C,V)
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| Donqla al ʻAjuz (C,V)
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| Dungulah al-Qadīmah (C,V)
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| Dunqulah al Qadīmah (C,V)
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| Old Dunqulah (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Old Dongola (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Old Dunkula (C,O,English,U,N)
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| capital of .... |
Makuria .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Sudan) [6003641] |
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from the mid-6th century CE |
| related to .... |
Dunqulah .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Sudan, Northern) [7001617] |
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