Isma'il of Sennar
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Isma'il (1768 - 1776) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar. He was the son of king Badi IV.
The Scottish traveller James Bruce was his guest for most of 1772, and acted as a physician to Isma'il's three wives.[1] Burce left this portrait of Isma'il:
- His head was uncovered; he wore his own short black hair, and was as white in colour as an Arab. He seemed to be a man about thirty-four, his feet were bare but covered by his shirt. He had a very plebeian countenance, on which was stamped no decided character; I should rather have guessed him to be a soft, timid, irresolute man.[2]
Bruce attributes to the Royal Executioner, Ahmed Sid el-Koum, the following summary of Isma'il's political position at the time of the traveller's visit:
- Ismain, the present king, stood upon very precarious ground; that both brothers, Adelan and Abou Kalec, were at the head of armies in the field; that Kittou [brother of Adelan and Abou Kalec] had at his disposal all the forces that were in Sennar; and that the king was little esteemed, and had neither experience, courage, friends, money, nor troops.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, selected and edited with an introduction by C.F. Beckingham (Edinburgh: University Press, 1964), pp. 229-236.
- ^ Bruce, Travels, p. 229
- ^ Bruce, Travels, p. 238
| Preceded by Nasir |
King of Sennar | Succeeded by Adlan II |
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