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ID: 8698264
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698264
Record Type:
administrative
Fur (former nation/state/empire)
Note:
Kingdom that by the 17th century was center of trade in the Kordofan plains. Responsible for spreading Islam in the region, its primary dynasty was the Kayra.
Names:
Fur
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
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Africa
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Sudan
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Fur
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
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Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
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16th-19th centuries
sultanate (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Fur..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Fyle, Precolonial Africa (1999)
81
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Fyle, Precolonial Africa (1999)
81-82
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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Fyle, Precolonial Africa (1999)
81-82
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