Nyala is the capital of South Darfur State in the western part of the Sudan. The name 'nyala' means in the Daju language 'the place of chatting or a theatre'. It was the headquarter of the Daju empire which established first around Jebel Um-Kurdós, where story of sultan Daju Kassi Furok or Kassifrogé who mounted the Antelope from Darfur then perished in Dar Sila took place, until the fall of the Daju rule at the end of the fifteenth century. When Great Britain conquered the Sudan, the British Commander in Chief met Sultan Adam Suleiman in 1932 seeking his advice for his knowledge of the best places in terms of availability of water sources and land topography in order to establish the British Administration Headquarter in Darfur. Sutlan Adam Suleiman has chosen Nyala city for such purpose. However, many sites of ancient antiquities, pottery, engraved pictures of war, horses, animals and hunting are still awaiting for further scientific archaeological works at Jebel Daju (see also UNESCO General History of Africa, & Arckell, A.J. History of Darfur 1200-1700 A.D. SNR). The most important archaeological sites undiscovered yet are Nari, Kedingnyir, Dobo, Simiat Hills, Jebel Keima, Kalokitting, Jebel Wara & Jebel Marra itself. Much of the economical base of the city is wiped out after the disasters of droughts in the 1980s and the outbreak of the civil war whcih led to wider internal and external displacement. The archaeological places & the beauty of nature are most of its main attractive features, just on the foot of the Jebel Marra massif. Nyala serves in most cases as the base for treks going into these mountains, where Jebel Marra as the highest mountain around the area, is the goal of most tourists.