Arbaji

Arbaji lies in the Gezira, the land between the Blue and White Niles, on a route linking Sennar with the river country to the north. Its position made it a market and a meeting place of political powers along the Blue Nile. Around 1504 the forces of the Abdallab and the rising Funj fought near Arbaji. The Funj prevailed, and the Abdallab rulers subsequently governed the northern part of the sultanate as subordinate lords.

The later city of Khartoum lies here.