Wadai Sultanate
Sultanate of Wadai سلطنة وداي | |||||||||||
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| 1635–1912 | |||||||||||
Wadai and surrounding states in 1750. | |||||||||||
| Status | State from 1635-1912 Currently a non-sovereign monarchy within Chad | ||||||||||
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| Common languages | Maba, Chadian Arabic, Tunjur, Fur | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam (official), Traditional African religion | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 1635–1637 | Abd al-Karim | ||||||||||
• 1902–1909 | Dud Murra | ||||||||||
• 1909–1912 | Adam Asil | ||||||||||
• 2019–present | Cherif Abdelhadi Mahdi | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||||
• Abd al-Karim overthrows the Tunjur King Daud | 1635 | ||||||||||
• French conquest | 1912 | ||||||||||
• Wadai reconstituted under French suzerainty | 1935 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Central African Republic Chad Sudan | ||||||||||
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The Wadai Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة وداي Saltanat Waday, French: royaume du Ouaddaï, Fur: Burgu or Birgu; 1635–1912), sometimes referred to as the Maba Sultanate (French: Sultanat Maba), was an African sultanate located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and the Central African Republic. It emerged in the seventeenth century under the leadership of the first sultan, Abd al-Karim, who overthrew the ruling Tunjur people of the area. It bordered the Sultanate of Darfur and the Sultanate of Baguirmi.