Aftermath Alodia

melik ( kinglet ) of fazughli, seen frédéric cailliaud. on head wears taqiya umm qarnein.

the funj chronicle claims, after alodia destroyed, there occurred nubian exodus kordofan , fazughli. based on oral traditions, historian spaulding suggests, these refugees found kingdom in fazughli. said have been strong, having plenty of horses , fine gold . maintained christian faith, @ least among ruling nubian elite, would, on time, become known hamaj. in 1615, kingdom said have been conquered ethiopian emperor susenyos, annexed sennar in 1685. in sennar, hamaj become 1 of dominant ethnicities. in 1761-62, seized control entirely, ruling until turko-egyptian invasion of 1821. however, spaulding later warned historicity of tradition of post-alodian exile state may questionable .

nevertheless, tradition, alodian legacy can summarized this: while nubians distinct ethnicity between aswan , al dabbah (south of dongola) day, nubians further upstream underwent process of arabization. between al dabbah , conjunction of blue , white nile, adopted arabic language tribal identity of arab ja alin without actual intermixing. among them, nubian language faded away around 300–200 years ago, villages far south shendi retaining original language deep 19th century. linguistic traces of regions nubian past can found today: sudanese arabic, succeeded nubian language, contains many words of nubian origin, in semantic fields of farming, fauna , handicrafts. place names of nubian origin can apparently found far south blue nile state. christianity outlived alodia in shape of apotropaic rituals until 20th century. such rituals, including crosses , resembling christening, have been recorded in gezira, fazughli, kordofan, nuba mountains , darfur. other legacy of christian nubia crowns features resembling bovine horns, called taqiya umm qarnein , worn diverse sudanese petty kings, funj kings themselves. compared christian predecessors, more stylized , made of textiles. tradition of shaving head of king upon coronation stems christian traditions well.