Qerri

Qerri, also rendered Kerri, stood on the Nile north of the junction of the Blue and White Niles. It was the seat of the Abdallab, a ruling lineage whose authority extended over the northern Gezira and the neighbouring lands of the Butana. Their position on the river placed them between the older Nubian lands to the north and the political centres of the Blue Nile.

In the early sixteenth century the Abdallab came into conflict with the rising Funj of Sennar. Their rulers subsequently governed the northern part of the Funj realm as subordinate lords, retaining considerable local authority. From Qerri they remained important political intermediaries between Sennar and the communities farther down the Nile until the Egyptian conquest of 1820.