Ali Dinar
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Ali Dinar (1856 - November 6, 1916) was a Sultan
of the Sultanate of Darfur
and ruler from the Keira dynasty
.
A rebellion led by him in 1915 provoked the British to launch a punitive expedition, in which he was killed.
Sultan
Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
of the Sultanate of Darfur
Sultanate of Darfur
The Sultanate of Darfur was a pre-colonial East African state in what is today Sudan. It functioned independently from 1603 to October 24, 1874.-Origins:...
and ruler from the Keira dynasty
Keira dynasty
The Keira dynasty were the rulers of the Sultanate of Darfur from the seventeenth century to 1916. Originally the Keira clan were perhaps regional rulers in the Tunjur state, with Sulayman traditionally seen as the founder of the Darfur state...
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A rebellion led by him in 1915 provoked the British to launch a punitive expedition, in which he was killed.