Shakka

Shakka lies southeast of the Marrah Mountains, in the southern reaches of the old Darfur sultanate. Its position placed it among the routes between Darfur and the lands of Bahr al-Ghazal. Merchants known as jellabas traded in this region, where goods and people moved northward from the southern hinterland. Shakka's place in this network reflected the wider reach of Darfur's political and commercial connections beyond its central highlands.