<Li> Fatimid dynasty (Egyptian period) (969--1171) </Li> <Li> Ayyubid dynasty (1171--1254) </Li> <Li> Mamluk dynasty (1250--1517) </Li> <Li> In Sudan: <Ul> <Li> The Sennar Sultanate (1502--1821) was a sultanate in the north of Sudan . It was named Funj after the ethnic group of its dynasty or Sinnar (or Sennar) after its capital, which ruled a substantial area of the Sudan region . </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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