Badi II
Bādī II Abū Daqn,known asThe Bearded(r. 1644/5 – 1681), was a ruler of theKingdom of Sennar.He was the son ofRabat Iand ascended to the throne in 1644/5.
During the reign of Badi II, the Kingdom ofTaqalito the west was defeated and made a vassal state. He captured northern and western parts ofKordofanand extended Funj territory across theWhite Nile,occupying the northern half of theShilluk Kingdomin 1650[1]and defeating theAbdallabi tribeswho were supported by the Ottoman Empire. He defeated the Darfur Sultan Musa by the mid-1650s and reduced the tribal chieftaincies northward along the Nile to feudatories.[2]
Through his conquests, Badi II formed a slave army, drawing primarily from the population of Nubia. The captured slaves were taken to Sennar where their influence grew and they formed a military caste that later fought with the aristocracy for control of state offices.[3]
Under Badi II, Sennar became the fixed capital of the Funj Sultanate. During his reign written documents concerning administrative matters first appeared, with the oldest known dating to 1654.[4]
Badi II died in 1681. He was succeeded by Unsa II.[2]
References[edit]
- ^Beswick, Stephanie (2014). "The Role of Slavery in the Rise and Fall of the Shilluk Kingdom". In Souad T. Ali; et al. (eds.).The Road to the Two Sudans.Cambridge Scholars. p. 115.ISBN9781443856324.
- ^abE.A Wallis Budge,A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia,1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970)
- ^McKenna, Amy, ed. (2011).The History of Northern Africa.The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 133.ISBN9781615303182.
- ^Spaulding, Jay; Abu Salim, Muhammad Ibrahim (1989).Public Documents from Sinnar.Michigan State University. pp. 2–3.ISBN0870132806.
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