Tunjur people

The Tunjur are a Muslim ethnic group and live mainly in the Darfur region of western Sudan and in the neighboring region Wadai Chad others. To the territory of the former Bornu Empire Lake Chad Today they speak Arabic as their native language, and in the 19th century raised their Arab travelers look out. They ruled previously in Darfur and Wadai.

Rule in Darfur

The Tunjur apply as immigrant nation's founder and bearer of culture. According to a widespread, previously recorded by Gustav Nachtigal tradition, the Tunjur are descended from the Banu Hilal immigrated from Arabia. Folk traditions in Darfur indicate an origin from Dongola, or more generally in the area of the Nile Valley to the. The evidence of immigration from the Middle East supported by the appearance of the Arab Tunjur, though that could generally have of them spoken Arabic replaced an older Semitic language today. In Darfur, they took over the power of the Daju and were in turn overthrown by the Keira. As the legend of the sinking of the Tunjur applies for a new theory to the end of the Assyrian Empire at the end of en 7th century BC, the Tunjur could have resulted from the subsequent exodus.

Fall by Keira

The transfer of power from the Tunjur to Keira is explained by a legend in general. It is about the harsh and unjust sow Dorsit, the last king of Tunjur who was beaten by Dali, the first king of Keira, in a nightly battle devastating. Then the cruel ruler was abandoned by his followers and disappeared, never to return.

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