ABSTRACT
The Turco-Egyptian invasion, of the Sudan in 1820-1 found the Eunj kingdom ill-prepared to resist. Each of the feuding princes was individually and abruptly forced to choose between resistance and collaboration. The heir to the throne of Dongola, ousted by the Shalqiya both from his capital and his place of honourable exile at Arqu, chose to collaborate; he was installed as the puppet governor of Arqu. The Shalqiya princes resolved to fight, and were assisted, in some measure, by the Ja‘aliyln of al-Matamma. Two set battles between the horsemen of Sinnar and the Turks demonstrated the superiority of modern weapons; the defeated princes abandoned their provinces and took service with the invaders. The other riverain princes from Berber to Fazughll, including the sultan, quietly capitulated.
