Kingdom of Fazughli

Kingdom of Fazughli
c. 1500–1516
Tentative estimation of the extent of the Kingdom of Fazughli
Tentative estimation of the extent of the Kingdom of Fazughli
Capitalunspecified
Common languagesNubian and other Eastern Sudanic languages
Religion
Coptic Orthodox Christianity
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Established
c. 1500
• Conquered by the Funj Sultanate
1516
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Alodia
Sultanate of Sennar
Today part ofSudan
Ethiopia

The Kingdom of Fazughli was a precolonial state in what is now southeastern Sudan and western Ethiopia. Oral traditions assert its establishment to refugees from the Nubian Kingdom of Alodia, after its capital Soba had fallen to Arabs or the Funj in c. 1500. Centered around the mountainous region of Fazughli on the Blue Nile and serving as a buffer between the Funj sultanate and the Ethiopian empire, the kingdom lasted until its incorporation into the Funj sultanate in 1685.


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