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
Sultan of Darfur
Ali Dinar after his death in battle in 1916
Sultan of Darfur
Reign1898 - 1916
PredecessorPosition re-established
SuccessorPosition abolished
Born1856
Died6 November 1916(1916-11-06) (aged 59–60)
Jebel Juba, Darfur
DynastyKeira dynasty
FatherZakaria 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.

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