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  Sennar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sennar is a town on the Blue Nile in Sudan that is the capital of the state of Sennar.
For several centuries it was the capital of the Funj Kingdom of Sennar.
It is located close to Sennar Dam, which spurred agricultural activity when it was created in 1925 for crop irrigation.
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 SENNAR - LoveToKnow Article on SENNAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
At that time the sultans of Darfur (q.v.) in the west and the sultans or kings of Sennar (the Funj rulers) in the east were the most powerful of the Mahommedan potentates.
It is said that the cause of quarrel was the seizure by the king of Sennar of presents sent by the king of France to the Negus.
Ismail and Badi entered the town of Sennar together on the 12th of June 1821, and in this peaceable manner the Egyptians became rulers of the ancient empire of the Funj.
70.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SE/SENNAR.htm   (11212 words)

  
 Sennar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
"Sennar" is also an alternate spelling of Shinar, in a Biblical context.
Sennar was a kingdom in present-day Sudan founded in the sixteenth century.
It is also the name of its capital, a town on the Blue Nile still found today.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Sennar   (75 words)

  
 Sennar on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was the capital of the Muslim kingdom of Sennar, traditionally known as the “Black Sultanate,” which was founded in the 16th cent.
Under its strongest rulers, Sennar extended over most of the eastern part of the present Sudan.
The Sennar Dam, completed in 1925, is used for crop irrigation.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sennar.asp   (266 words)

  
 FictionPress.Com Story : The Sinister Relationship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sennar is what you would call, "The Town Bully" although he's not a bully at all, but is treated like one.
Sennar has medium brown hair in a chin-length, longed banged, pageboy haircut that drops neatly to sides of his hat, she has long, blond, wavy hair, and a petite body frame.
Sennar is a devoted father to her, despite the town's opinion on him he doesn't let them interfere with the raising on his daughter.
www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=1923802   (2487 words)

  
 SENNAR - Online Information article about SENNAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Its boundaries have varied considerably, but Sennar proper is the triangular-shaped territory between the See also:
Kordofan, the White Nile being bridged near Goz Abu Guma.
Various Egyptian expeditions added considerably to the knowledge of the district, which between 1854 and 1864 was explored by the Belgian scientist E. Pruyssenaere.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SENNAR.html   (1426 words)

  
 EPAT: Large Dams and Reservoirs
In the Volta, Kariba, and Kainji hydrodams, there were no irrigation plans and the health effects are mostly associated with populations living along the shores of the reservoirs.
In contrast, the Aswan dams in Egypt and the Sennar dam in the Sudan are interesting because of the irrigation plans they helped, not because of the reservoirs themselves.
Similarly, Malek (1958) noted that the Sudan had two large dams, the Sennar dam on the Blue Nile and the Jebel Awliya dam on the White Nile south of Khartoum, which impounds the river for about 300 miles in a long, narrow lake.
www.wisc.edu /epat/.pop-env/.schis/.format/.large-dams.html   (2074 words)

  
 FUNJ - LoveToKnow Article on FUNJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
They traditionally come from west of the White Nile and are affiliated by some to the Kordofan Nubas, by others, more justifiably, to the negro Shilluks.
These Funj, who became the dominant race in Sennar in the x5th century, almost everywhere assimilated the speech, religion and habits of the Arabs settled in that region.
Many of them are skilful surgeons and go far afield in their work.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FU/FUNJ.htm   (306 words)

  
 nubia
Located in North-eastern Africa, extending from Sennar south to beyond Khartoum and including the Egyptian Sudan.
The southern section includes Sennar with Dschesireh-el Dschesire (Island of Islands), the ancient Meroe; the western, Bahr el Abiad, Kordofan, and Darfur; the eastern, Tarka; the central, Dongola; and the northern, Nubia proper.
The chief cities are: Khartoum, at the junction of the White and Blue Niles, founded in 1823 and the starting-point of all scientific and missionary expeditions, destroyed in 1885 by the Mahdi, rebuilt in 1898; Omdurman, on the Abiad, founded by the Mahdi; Sennar, capital of Southern Nubia; Kassala, capital of Taka.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nubia
Nubia was divided into petty states, chief of which was Sennar, founded in 1484 by the negro Funji.
From the Middle Ages there is little information as to the position of Christianity; Islam became supreme, partly by force, partly by the amalgamation of the native with the Arabian tribes.
In 1821 Sennar and the dependent provinces submitted to Mohammed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11147a.htm   (1581 words)

  
 SMA Agromet Dekadal Early Warning Bulletin
Currently, new season vegetation development is registered in the central States,  up to the borders of Sennar, Gedaref, South and West Kordofan and West and South Darfur.
The indications from the vegetation index and rainfall estimates imply that early season vegetation development is somewhat delayed due to poor or irregular rains.
However some improvements are already noticeable in West and South Darfur, West and South Kordfan,  Blue Nile, Sennar and Gedaref States but these are dependent on good rains during the rest of the season.
www.mundo.u-net.com /samis/currbull.htm   (959 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Sudan - Electric Power in Sudan | Sudanese Information Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Other hydroelectric stations were located at the Sennar Dam farther downstream and at Khashm al Qirbah Dam on the Atbarah River; the latter was part of the small power grid in the Al Qadarif-Kassala area.
The Sennar and Roseires dams were constructed originally to provide irrigation, Sennar in 1925 and Roseires in 1966.
The Blue Nile Grid, in addition to its Roseires and Sennar hydroelectric plants, had thermal plants at Burri in eastern Khartoum, where work on a 40-megawatt extension began in 1986, and in Khartoum North, where a 60-megawatt thermal station began operation in 1985.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/sudan/sudan85.html   (746 words)

  
 Sennar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
They were known as "the Black Sultans," and wore "horned crowns" of quilted fabric with two pointed cheek pieces.
Drawing of a king of Sennar, by F. Cailliaud in 1821.
In Islamic times in Sudan only very devout and holy men were given large tombs, in the form of domes, which were placed over the spot where they died.
www.dignubia.org /maps/timeline/ce-1504.htm   (181 words)

  
 Butler University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kenyon continued her interest in the Republic of Sudan, especially in the small town of Sennar.
From 1979 to 1985 Kenyon and her family lived in Sennar and studied the changing roles of Sudanese woman.
In the 2001-2002 academic year, Kenyon returned to Sennar to continue her field research.
www.butler.edu /las/story.aspx?sID=7&uID=1   (301 words)

  
 The Nile Waters: Moving beyond Gridlock
  To implement this objective, a plan for the construction of two dams, the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile, and the Jebel Awlia on the White Nile, was drawn.
  Egypt was also given the right to inspect Sudanese installations, in particular the Sennar reservoir, in order to assure the Egyptian government that the distribution and control of water from the reservoir was being carried out in accordance with the 1929 Agreement.
The Sennar Dam project represented the first control work to be undertaken in the Sudan for its benefit.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2004/06/04-06-04/Nile.htm   (2467 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Sudan - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Flash floods and the Nile river's seasonal rising waters have affected ten States, of which River Nile, Sennar, Kassala, and South Darfur States are the most adversely affected.
An estimated 17,860 people are affected in Sennar State and 14,000 in Kassala.
The Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) of the GoS indicated that the three Provinces of Sennar (Sinja, Sinar and Aldindir), populated by 1,272,728 people, reported 881 families displaced, 500 destroyed and 743 partially destroyed houses.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/553ef64dc78ca929c1256ab70050662b   (697 words)

  
 Funj dynasty --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Africa along the Nile River in 16th–19th century; capital, Sennar, founded 1504 by 'Amarah Dunqas; early Funj rulers converted to Islam; conflicts with neighboring dynasties and countries, including Ethiopia, in 17th and 18th centuries; slave army formed under Badi II; warrior aristocracy rose against Badi III and successfully against his son Unsa III…
Under their leader 'Amarah Dunqas, the Funj founded their capital at Sennar and throughout the 16th century struggled for control of the Al-Jazirah (Gezira) region against the Arab...
Africa along the Nile River in 16th–19th century; capital, Sennar, founded 1504 by 'Amarah Dunqas; early Funj rulers converted to Islam; conflicts with neighboring dynasties and countries, including Ethiopia, in 17th and 18th centuries; slave army formed under Badi II; warrior aristocracy rose against Badi III and successfully against his...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311349?tocId=9311349&query=jin   (761 words)

  
 www.brucefamily.com - Family of Bruce International, Inc. - Blue Lion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Fung Kingdom of Sennar was a strange and mysterious land.
If Sennar was remembered in Europe, it was for the murder of the French envoy to Gondar in 1705.
It could be said that the kingdom lived by flies, which were at once the greatest curse of its nomad herdsmen and a main foundation of its rulers' authority and wealth.
www.brucefamily.com /bluesp99.htm   (8632 words)

  
 The Islamic Republic of Sennar
Sennarstan is located in the heart of the Islamic Republic of Sennar.
The Islam is the biggest religion of Sennar.
The Religion Office protects the muslims and the islam in all regions of Sennar.
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 Dredging News Online - DREDGER, DREDGE PIPE & WORK BOAT, SUDAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Profile: The Sudanese Sugar Co invites tenders for the supply of a dredger and associated plant and equipment for the Sennar Sugar Factory.Item 1: Dredger.
The dredger is needed to dredge the intake channel of North West Sennar Pumping Station of the Sugar Factory and the main canal.
The unit shall operate readily at an ambient temperature ranging between 10°C and 50°C. It shall and be transportable by trailer towed by a tractor to different work locations.
www.sandandgravel.com /news/contracts/contracts_484.htm   (563 words)

  
 Sennar - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
Sennar, town, E Sudan, on the Blue Nile.
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www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=SENNAR&enc=43058   (225 words)

  
 Pictures Catalogue - Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. [The great Sennar dam, 1] [picture] : [Sudan, World War II] / - ...
Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering.; Caption on cover: Various negatives of the great Sennar dam.
Dam is situated on the Blue nile 223 miles south of Khartoum & 784 miles from Lake TANA.
If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must complete the Request for permission form.
nla.gov.au /nla.pic-an23565575   (205 words)

  
 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Sennar @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Sennar @ HighBeam Research
SENNAR [Sennar] or Sannar, town, E Sudan, on the Blue Nile.
Our archive contains millions of documents from thousands of sources and goes back over 23 years.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Sennar&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (142 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Court of Oman
All members shall send a representative to Sennar in Nubia to oversee operations and ensure fair business practices.
No Christian or Moslem may be enslaved except where the slaver involved was sanctioned by the state of origin.
Shippers receive 40% of the profits plus any side bonuses but should turn in 60% of payment received to the central command in Sennar for redistrubution to supplier nations.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=47883&page=2   (2895 words)

  
 AIM25: School of Oriental and African Studies: Arkell, Anthony John
He followed this with a period as District Commissioner for Kosti (White Nile Province) from 1926-1929 and then for Sennar (Blue Nile Province) from 1929-1932.
Scope and content/abstract: Papers, 1887-1947, largely dating from after c1919, of Anthony John Arkell, comprising reports, articles and notes, and chiefly concerning the archaeology, history and ethnology of the Sudan, together with some administrative papers.
System of arrangement: The entire collection has been arranged under the original groupings of the first deposit, as follows: personal papers; administrative papers; material on White Nile province; material on genealogy; material on Sennar; material on Darfur; material on archaeology and anthropology in the Sudan; material on the peoples of the Sudan.
www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/19/88.htm   (467 words)

  
 The Islamic Republic of Sennar -> Islamic City of Sennarstan
The Islamic Republic of Sennar -> Islamic City of Sennarstan
The Islamic Republic of Sennar->The Capital of Sennarstan->Islamic City of Sennarstan
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 Kenyon (1991) Five women of Sennar: Culture and change in central Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kenyon (1991) Five women of Sennar: Culture and change in central Sudan
Five women of Sennar: Culture and change in central Sudan
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 Important Dates of the Church's History in Sudan
1505 - Soba falls-to the Funj of Sennar (the ruins of the cathedral are still visible at Soba Sharq)
XVIIc - News reach Europe of Portuguese Christians in Roseires coming from Ethiopia; the Vatican repeatedly sends ambassadors to Sennar and Bornu (presuming it could be Kordofan)
1699 - In Sennar and Eilafun, for about nine years, there are communities of Franciscans.
www.eglisesoudan.org /english/dates.htm   (1142 words)

  
 BBC - Weather Centre - 5 Day Forecast in Celsius for Sennar, Sudan
BBC - Weather Centre - 5 Day Forecast in Celsius for Sennar, Sudan
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