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The states in the description of Darfur and its people, their customs, and the customs of their kings, their titles, and their ranks, and it contains five chapters. The first chapter is about the description of Darfur. As for Darfur, it is the third region of the Sudan kingdoms. This is because for the one coming from the east, the first kingdom and region of the Sudan that appears is the kingdom of Satsar. A reminder, it is said that Darfur is the third region, and this is counted as a region, and Daka is the fourth, and Al-Baqarna is the fifth, and Berto is the sixth, and Adqaz is the seventh, and Naqa is the eighth, and Dar Taktou is the ninth, and Dar Mala Omla is the tenth, and it is the capital of the kingdom of the Ghallat, and they are the Ghallata, whom we mentioned. The one coming from the west, it is counted as Mala al-Dawl, and Taktou is the second, and Naqa is the third, and so on. Know that the ancients used to apply the name "Takur" to some of the people of the Sudan, meaning the people of the kingdom of Berto. But now this name has become common for many kingdoms, the first of which is Dar Dha'i or Dha'i, also known as Dar Salih, and the last of which is Berto. This includes Baqarma, Katlou, and Mandara. So, each of them is called Takur. It has become a custom among them. I met a man from the Sudan a few days ago, and I asked him where he was from. He said, "From the Takur." I asked him, "From which Takur?"

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