Daju

The Daju kingdom was a state in Darfur, ruled by the Daju from the southern slopes of Jebel Marra. Its chiefs paid tribute to their king, and the people were partly Islamized.

Around 1400 al-Maqrizi noted the Daju's skill in stoneworking. In the fifteenth century the Tunjur settled northern Jebel Marra and displaced the Daju. Tradition portrayed the last king, Ahmad al-Daj, as a tyrant exiled to Dar Sila, where his descendants ruled as sultans. His flight probably occurred late in that century, and the Tunjur inherited Darfur.