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Ali Dinar

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Ali Dinar
Ali Dinar after his death in battle in 1916
Sultan of Darfur
Reign21 March 1899 – 6 November 1916
PredecessorPosition re-established
SuccessorPosition abolished
Born1856
Died6 November 1916(1916-11-06) (aged 59–60)
Jebel Juba, Darfur
DynastyKeira dynasty
FatherZakaria bin Sultan Mohammed Al Fadl

Ali Dinar (Arabic: علي دينار, romanizedʿAlī 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.

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