Saturday, March 21, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DARDANUS- greek mythology, said to have crossed over from samothrace to the troad by swimming on an inflated skin + found kingdom of dardanica before troy invented to account for the troad of a whorship of the cabiri. D called the son of zeus + the pleiad electra.
DARFUR/DARFOR- land of the fur or for, a country of the soudan, formally an independent kingdom, but in 1874, conquered by egypt. history of the dadjo dynasty, dominant in the marra mountains, no history but royal names. next Tunjur D-ahmed-el-mazur, saref, kuni, bate, rufa'a, + shrou, marriage of rafa'a to daughter of kera chief, tribe of dali/dalil + furian kingdom, divided country to districts + penal code. different from koran. his grandsonsoleiman, reigned 1596-1637, a great warrior + devoted massilman. his gr son ahmed bokr 1682-1722 made islam the state religion + increased prosperity by encouraging immigration from bornu + baghirmi, next daura/darut. infamously cruel + captured his successor omer lele during war on wadai abd-er-rahman, el-rachid or the jast, a poor priest chosen king, tho revengeful + fond of intrigue was OK, during napoleon campaigning in egypt; + the euro potentate responded in 1799 to the congrats address of his barbarian ally by an order for the dispatch of 2000 black slaves of 16ish, strong mohammed kurra; but he made himself independent + reigned til 1839, when died of leprosy, leaving fame of a violent, blood thirsty tyrant, who was disgraced by the loss of province kordofan, 40 sons, 3rd mahommed hassin his successor, a religious, but avariciousman, died in 1873, blind + old, then youngest son, brahim, who fought w/ egypt to lose kingdom. 1st explored by james browne.
DARDANUS- greek mythology, said to have crossed over from samothrace to the troad by swimming on an inflated skin + found kingdom of dardanica before troy invented to account for the troad of a whorship of the cabiri. D called the son of zeus + the pleiad electra.
DARFUR/DARFOR- land of the fur or for, a country of the soudan, formally an independent kingdom, but in 1874, conquered by egypt. history of the dadjo dynasty, dominant in the marra mountains, no history but royal names. next Tunjur D-ahmed-el-mazur, saref, kuni, bate, rufa'a, + shrou, marriage of rafa'a to daughter of kera chief, tribe of dali/dalil + furian kingdom, divided country to districts + penal code. different from koran. his grandsonsoleiman, reigned 1596-1637, a great warrior + devoted massilman. his gr son ahmed bokr 1682-1722 made islam the state religion + increased prosperity by encouraging immigration from bornu + baghirmi, next daura/darut. infamously cruel + captured his successor omer lele during war on wadai abd-er-rahman, el-rachid or the jast, a poor priest chosen king, tho revengeful + fond of intrigue was OK, during napoleon campaigning in egypt; + the euro potentate responded in 1799 to the congrats address of his barbarian ally by an order for the dispatch of 2000 black slaves of 16ish, strong mohammed kurra; but he made himself independent + reigned til 1839, when died of leprosy, leaving fame of a violent, blood thirsty tyrant, who was disgraced by the loss of province kordofan, 40 sons, 3rd mahommed hassin his successor, a religious, but avariciousman, died in 1873, blind + old, then youngest son, brahim, who fought w/ egypt to lose kingdom. 1st explored by james browne.
