Welcome,

my mission is to popularize obscure precolonial African history, with the focus being on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. My special interest lies in the history of Christian Nubia and the Arabization of the Nubians.
For entries with major contributions of mine see below. For my stuff on Wikimedia Commons click HERE.

Entries with my involvement

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Entries I expanded to GA and FA status

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Mighty medieval Nubian kingdom

Entries I expanded to GA status

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Early Islamic monarchy in Eritrea
Badly known kingdom of medieval Darfur
Successor state of Alodia
An obscure successor state of Alodia
The throne hall of the Makurian kings as well as the oldest standing Sudanese mosque

Entries I created and/or significantly expanded

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19th century evidence for the pre-Arabic language of the Sudanese "Arab" Ababda tribe
About 18th century European armour
A kingdom in what is now Ethiopia that used to be of major importance before the Oromo invasions.
The first 100 years of the Funj sultanate
Obscure late 9th/early 10 century Makurian king
The early military confrontations of Muhammad
Late Antique/early Medieval kingdom in Lower Nubia
Big Thracian kingdom
Summary of the Christian and Islamic history of Sudan
Semi-legendary culture of Darfur
On the cultural niveau of the Visigoths
Everything below the "History" section

Awards

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  The Barnstar of Diligence
For your outstanding work on Alodia which has brought the article from sketchy & unreferenced to readable & scholarly in 2017. Welcome back to Wikipedia and good luck with your efforts to delve into East African history. groupuscule (talk) 10:35, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
  The Africa Award
It is my great pleasure to bestow a small token of appreciation for the endless work you have put into African related articles and you are hereby decorated with this Africa Award. You have made Wikipedia a better informed place - thank you. Presented by Gog the Mild (talk) 17:23, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
  The Good Article Barnstar
Awarded for the continuing pursuit of excellence in African history. You have now generated half of the pre-20th century African history good articles. Impressive. Please continue to educate the world on the history of the continent. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:34, 25 April 2019 (UTC):

precolonial African history

Thank you for quality articles such as Alodia, Kingdom of Fazughli and Throne Hall of Dongola, pursuing your mission to "popularize obscure precolonial African history", for service from 2015, including map making, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

  The Original Barnstar
Just came across your work at History of Sudan. Great work on that article!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:21, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Sanjak & Eyalet of Ibrim

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Sanjak of Ibrim
Sanjak of Ottoman Empire
c. 1560-1584
1585–x
Coat of arms
CapitalQasr Ibrim
Sai
History 
• Established
c. 1560
1584-1585
• Disestablished
28 November 2024
Preceded by
Succeeded by
  Makuria
Eyalet of Ibrim  
Today part of  Egypt
  Sudan
Eyalet of Ibrim
Eyalet of Ottoman Empire
1584-1585
Coat of arms
CapitalQasr Ibrim
Sai
History 
• Established
13 February 1584
• Disestablished
25 December 1585
Preceded by
Succeeded by
  Sanjak of Ibrim
Sanjak of Ibrim  
Today part of  Egypt
  Sudan

Eyalet of Ibrim, stretching from Qena to Sukkot (André J. Veldmeijer: "Leatherwork from Qasr Ibrim (Egypt). Part I: Footwear from the Ottoman Period", p. 15) Berberistan Funjistan O'Fahey Spaulding 1974 p.29 Shortly before Özdemir Pasha became governor Habesh (July 1555) attempted invasion, but troops revolted (Peacock 92-94) Campaign in Mahas 1583-1584 (Peacock 97), Sanjak of Mahas appears in 1584, battle of Hannik 1585 (Peacock 96-97)

Rüppell

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Shendi province: "Die ausschließliche Landessprache ist die arabische" (1824)

Moses George

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Moses George
 
King of Makuria and probably Alodia
Reignc. 1155-1191
PredecessorDavid
SuccessorBasil
BornFirst half of the 12th century
DiedAfter 1191
MotherSister of king David

Relations between medieval Nubia and Abyssinia

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Literature

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Red Sea

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  • Miran, Jonathan (2007). "Power Without Pashas: The Anatomy of Na'ib Au-tonomy in Ottoman Eritrea (17th-19th C.)". Eritrean Studies Review. 5: 33–88. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Serels, Steven (2018). The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-1945. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Upcoming

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  • Włodzimierz Godlewski: "Relation between the State and the Church in Kingdom of Makuria (8th-9th cent.)"
  • Anna Pieri, Mohamed Saad, Katarzyna Solarska: "Unexpected Reuse discovered in the Temple of Dangeil"
  • Amel Hassan Gismallah: "Churches in the Third Cataract Region and Southern Dongola region"
  • Gertrud J.M. van Loon : "Frontier Wanderings. Church Decoration in the Aswan Region and in Lower Nubia (6th-15th century). Preliminary Results"


https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1052696 tabaqat nationalism

Holt Cambridge History of Africa p. 42 Ajib Islamizer

Hirsch Karten 1990 S. 83-9

Churches Built in the Caves of Lasta (WÃllo Province, Ethiopia): A Chronology

https://www.academia.edu/27498407/Nubian_cathedrals_with_granite_columns_A_view_from_Sai_Island


Holt Funj & Darfur

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http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/assets/hip/gb/uploads/M02_HOLT4458_06_SE_C02.pdf