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History of Darfur
Sudan notes and records • 31 (I) • Published In 1950 • Pages: 177-209
By: Lampen, G. D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief outline of important events and political personalities in Darfur from the origin and consolidation of the Fur Sultanate in the seventeenth century to its incorporation into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan at the turn of the twentieth century. Also discussed are political processes during the early twentieth century as the colonial government replaced traditional elites with centrally appointed military and civilian officials.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- History
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Status, role, and prestige
- Administrative agencies
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fur
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1640-1945
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Darfur region, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By G. D. Lampen
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk83015138
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Darfur (Sudan)