The Ouaddai Kingdom was an originally non-Muslim kingdom, located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad. It emerged in the sixteenth century as an offshoot of the state of Darfur (in present-day Sudan) to the northeast of the Baguirmi Empire. Early in the 17th century, the Maba and other small groups in the region rallied to the Islamic banner of Abd al-Karim, who led an invasion from the east and overthrew the ruling Tunjur group. Abd al-Karim established a dynasty and sultanate that lasted until the arrival of the French. During much of the 18th century, Ouaddai resisted reincorporation into Darfur. Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God) is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Lake Chad (in French: Lac Tchad) is a large, shallow lake in Africa. ... Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ... The Baguirmi Empire or Bagirmi Empire was an Islamic empire or sultanate that existed in the 16th and 17th centuries southeast of Lake Chad in what is now the country of Chad. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Time Magazine, August 17, 1925 Abd el-Krim (c. ... The Tunjur, or Tungur, are a Muslim people estimated around 176. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

In about 1800, during the reign of Sabun, the sultanate of Ouaddai began to expand its power as profited considerably from its strategic position astride the trans-Saharan trade routes. A new trade route north--via Ennedi, Al Kufrah, and Benghazi--was discovered, and Sabun outfitted royal caravans to take advantage of it. He began minting his own coinage and imported chain mail, firearms, and military advisers from North Africa. Sabun's successors were less able than he, and Darfur took advantage of a disputed political succession in 1838 to put its own candidate in power in Wara, the capital of Ouaddai. This tactic backfired, however, when Darfur's choice, Muhammad Sharif, rejected Darfur's meddling and asserted his own authority. In doing so, he gained acceptance from Ouaddai's various factions and went on to become Ouaddai's ablest ruler. 1800 (MDCCC) was an common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Satellite image The Sahara is the worlds largest non-polar desert, over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), about the same size as the United States. ... Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti is most extensive of the 14 prefectures that Chad was divided into between 1960 and 1999. ... Categories: Stub | Municipalities of Libya ... Benghazi (Arabic بنغازي, transliterated BanġāzÄ«) is a seaport in Libya, Africa. ... A coin is usually a piece of hard material, generally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is issued by a government to be used as a form of money. ... For other uses, see Chainmail (disambiguation). ... An assortment of modern handheld firearms using fixed ammunition, including military assault rifles, a sporting shotgun (fourth from bottom), and a tactical shotgun (third from bottom). ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Sharif conducted military campaigns as far west as Bornu and eventually established Ouaddai's hegemony over Baguirmi and kingdoms as far away as the Chari River. In Mecca, Sharif had met the founder of the Senussi Islamic brotherhood, a movement that was strong among the inhabitants of Cyrenaica (in present-day Libya) and that was to become a dominant political force and source of resistance to French colonization. The militaristic Ouaddai opposed French domination until being overcome between 1903 and 1913. It became part of the independent Republic of Chad on that country's independence in 1960. Borno State is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. ... The Chari or Shari River is a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa, flowing from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... It has been suggested that Sanusiyya be merged into this article or section. ... The Roman Empire ca. ... Map of the first (light blue) and second (dark blue — plain and hachured) French colonial empires. ...

See also

• Rulers of the Ouaddai Kingdom

References

• This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. - Chad