Ali Dinar
Ali Dinar (Arabic: علي دينار) (1856 – November 6, 1916) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Darfur and ruler from the Keira dynasty.
| Ali Dinar | |
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| Sultan of Darfur | |
 Ali Dinar after his death in battle in 1916 | |
| Sultan of Darfur | |
| Reign | 1898 - 1916 |
| Predecessor | Position re-established |
| Successor | Position abolished |
| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 6 November 1916 (aged 59–60) Jebel Juba, Darfur |
| Dynasty | Keira dynasty |
| Father | Zakaria bin Sultan Mohammed Al Fadl |
In 1898, with the decline of the Mahdists, He managed to regain Darfurs independence.
A sword owned by Ali Dinar, heir to the throne of the Sultanate of Darfur. He was killed by British forces in 1916, and the sword is kept at the British Museum.
A rebellion led by him in 1915—in the context of his giving his support to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War—provoked the British to launch a punitive expedition, the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition, in which he was killed, After which his Sultanate was incorporated into the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium.
References
- Entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Jay Spaulding,Lidwien Kapteijns: An Islamic alliance: ʻAlī Dīnār and the Sānūsiyya, 1906-1916 at Google Books
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