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Fung may refer to: *Feng (surname), a Chinese surname that is ''Fung'' in Cantonese *Funj people The Funj are an ethnic group in present-day Sudan. The Funj set up the Funj Sultanate with Abdallah Jamma and ruled the area for several centuries. The Funj rose in southern Nubia and had overthrown the remnants of the old Christian kingdom of Alo ..., also spelled Fung See also * Phung (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng (surname)
Feng may refer to: * Feng (surname), one of several Chinese surnames in Mandarin: ** Féng (surname) ( wikt:冯 féng 2nd tone "gallop"), very common Chinese surname ** Fèng (surname) ( wikt:鳳 fèng 4th tone "phoenix"), relatively common Chinese family name ** Fēng (surname) ( wikt:風 fēng 1st tone "wind"), rare Chinese surname **Fèng ( wikt:奉 fèng 4th tone "offer"), rare Chinese surname * Feng (chieftain), legendary Jutish chieftain and the prototype for William Shakespeare's King Claudius * FEng, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering * Fengjing, the former capital of the duchy of Zhou during the late Shang dynasty * Feng County, Shaanxi, in China * Feng County, Jiangsu, in China *Fenghuang, mythological birds of East Asia * Feng (mythology), Chinese legendary creature that resembles a lump of meat and regenerates after being eaten *Cardinal Feng, in Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition * Feng Office (web application), open source team collaboration software * Feng (progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funj People
The Funj are an ethnic group in present-day Sudan. The Funj set up the Funj Sultanate with Abdallah Jamma and ruled the area for several centuries. The Funj rose in southern Nubia and had overthrown the remnants of the old Christian kingdom of Alodia. In 1504 a Funj leader named Amara Dunqas, founded the Black Sultanate at Sannar (the capital). The Black Sultanate soon became the keystone of the Funj Empire. The origins of the Funj are not clearly known. However, there are three different hypotheses regarding their origin. The Funj claimed to be descendants of Banu Umayya through those who escaped the slaughter of their family by the Abbasids and fled to Abyssinia and thence into the Nubian territory. Since the Ja'alin claimed descent from the Abbasids and the Abdallab from the Juhayna, the Funj may have claimed Umayyad descent to express their superiority to their subject peoples. James Bruce, in his book '' Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'', theorized that the Fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |