Dār Fertit

Dar Fertit ( more spelling Dar Fartit ) is a historical term for the lowlands of southern Darfur ( Dar Fur ) and the eastern highlands to the east of present-day Central African Republic, which includes the White Nile tributary.

This region includes parts of the North East and North West in Sudan and South Sudan. Currently, there is a collective term for non- Dinka, non-Arab, non- Luo of Bahr el Ghazal groups of states in southern Sudan. In the past and at the present time, the region was home to many ethnic groups and languages. The name is misleading, because although Dār "home" means there are no people in the name " Fertit ". Since 1840, the region was, together with the present-day South Sudan, claimed by any other state. Not even the Muslim sultans who operated there slave trade, claimed the area. 1873 annexed Egypt under the Ottoman Empire, expanding the area around the White Nile around.

History

The region has a very hostile soil, considered impassable in the rainy season. From 1700 to Dar Fur and other Muslim sultanates were often raided to enslave people or just jenige leave again. The name " Fertit " whose etymology has gone lost in history, was transferred to the population south of Darfur, and is significant for non-Muslims who are not legally enslave. During 1800, individual and whole nations from the west and north fled in search of protection from attacks or fear of slavery by "Dar Fertit ". When Egypt expanded into the south of Sudan, private merchants were given a concession which allowed you to promote ivory and subjugate other human beings as slaves. These merchants acted the zaribas they specially built, called out of their fortresses.

Middle of 1800 conquered Al- Zubayr Rahma, one of the slave traders, Dar Fertiti and took it as his personal possession.