Wad Madani

Wad Madani lies on the Blue Nile in the Gezira, the broad plain between the Blue and White Niles. The town takes its name from Muhammad Madani, a teacher associated with the spread of Islamic learning along the river. Its early history belongs to the era in which the Funj kingdom of Sennar came to dominate the region. The Blue Nile brought water from the Ethiopian highlands through this agricultural country before joining the White Nile farther north.