Ali Dinar

Ali Dinar
Ali Dinar after his death in battle in 1916
Sultan of Darfur
Reign	21 March 1899 – 6 November 1916
Predecessor	Position re-established
Successor	Position abolished
Born	1856
Died	6 November 1916(1916-11-06) (aged 59–60) Jebel Juba, Darfur
Dynasty	Keira dynasty
Father	Zakaria bin Sultan Mohammed Al Fadl

Ali Dinar (Arabic: علي دينار, romanized: ʿAlī Dīnār; c. 1856 – 6 November 1916) was the last sultan of Darfur and ruler from the Keira dynasty.

In 1898, with the decline of the Mahdists, he managed to regain Darfur's independence.

A sword owned by Ali Dinar, heir to the throne of the Sultanate of Darfur. He was killed in action during the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition in 1916, with the sword being on display at the British Museum.

A rebellion led by him in 1915—in the context of his giving his support to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War— led the British government to dispatch the Invasion of Darfur, in which he was killed in action, after which his Sultanate was incorporated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

Further reading

• 'Alī Dīnār, Last Sultan of Darfur, 1898–1916

References

• Entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Jay Spaulding,Lidwien Kapteijns: An Islamic alliance: ʻAlī Dīnār and the Sānūsiyya, 1906-1916 at Google Books