Kebkabiya

Kebkabiya lies west of Jebel Marra in Darfur, on routes linking the sultanate's interior with lands farther west. It was a market and an important stopping place for caravan trade. The surrounding uplands receive more rain than the desert to the north, supporting cultivation and grazing around seasonal watercourses. In the eighteenth century Kebkabiya served as a garrison town under Sultan Muhammad Tayrab of Darfur. His armies expanded eastward into Kordofan, while the sultanate maintained long-distance trading connections across the region. The town's position west of the royal centres made it a place where merchants, soldiers and local communities met.

The later city of Geneina lies here.