142 Sennar 1671-1774 In time these slaves supplied the Kings of Fung with recruits for their armies.

Besides his warlike enterprise, Baadi built the mosque now at Sennar, and furnished it with copper windowbars.

1671 « In 1671 he died, and was succeeded by his son Ansu. During this reign there was a great famine and an outbreak of smallpox. 1683. In 1683 Ansu was succeeded by his son Baadi el Akhmar. In this reign a number of the Fung tribes and the people of Keri, under their prince, rebelled, but they were defeated with great slaughter, and the Prince of Keri was killed. Sheikh Harnid Welid el Terabi, a celebrated Sheikh, lived during this reign. His tomb is now at Sennar.

1710. In 1710 Baadi was succeeded by his son Ansu II. This monarch caused such great dissatisfaction by his extravagance and debauchery that the Southern Fungs revolted, deposed the King, and placed a noble called Nur on the throne. This happened in 1714.

1719. In 1719 Nur was succeeded by his son Baadi Abu Shilluk. In this reign the Abyssinian King Kedem Yasu invaded the Sennar with a large army. He was, however, defeated with great slaughter by Sheikh Emin, near the village of Tekiyah, on the Dinder River. It is said that the reason for this invasion was that some presents sent by the -King of France to Abyssinia had been seized by King Baadi.

After this great victory the renown of Sennar spread in all directions, and eventually even reached to Constantinople. Crowds of learned and celebrated men nocked into the country from Arabia, Egypt, and India. Notwithstanding this, in 1758 Baadi, owing to his bad administration, was deposed and exiled. He was succeeded by his son Nasser.

1758. 1758.—Under this reign the Hameg tribe became very powerful, and the Fung lost a great deal of their influence and prestige. In 1765 Nasser was killed by a rebellious vassal, and was succeeded by his son Ismail.

17 74. In 1774 Ismail was deposed, exiled to Suakin, and succeeded by his son Adlan. During this reign many intertribal wars went on both in Sennar and Kordofan, and the power and influence of the Hameg grew so great that they eventually became the masters of the King.