Tuesday 19 September 2017

Postcard from Sudan.


Horseman of the Fur tribe-Darfur,Sudan.
The Fur are the largest ethnic group in the Darfur region of western Sudan.The name of Darfur comes from the name of this tribe and means "the home of the Fur".The Fur were renowned as cavalrymen in the Kanuri state of Borno in what is now Nigeria.The Fur were influenced by the Mahdist movement, a religious revolution of Arabic-speaking Sudanese against the Ottomans.
Thank you Ashraf for the beautiful card.

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