The granite hills of the southern Blue Nile round later Roseires, Fazughli, Kurmuk and Asosa, with their alluvial gold, home of the Berta and their neighbours (the Gaam of the Ingessana hills, the Uduk and Koma to the south, the Burun to the west).
Oral tradition says Alodian refugees founded the kingdom of Fazughli after Soba fell, about 1500; Fazughli is first named in writing in 1607. An Alodian province called al-Anag may have lain here, but that is a guess. In 1200 these are self-governing hill peoples on the southern fringe of Alodia.
Who holds it
- Title
- Elders and chiefs
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; Alodian reach not pinned.
Customs
Hill chiefs; gold washing; farming.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later sources and languages only.
On the map: Drawn across the modern Sudan-Ethiopia border; the Benishangul highlands beyond 35 E are left to the Ethiopia part of this sheet.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.