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Wadai Empire
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Wadai Sultanate.
The Wadai Sultanate or Wadai Empire (1635–1912) was an African sultanate located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and the Central African Republic. It emerged in the seventeenth century under the leadership of the first sultan, Abd al-Karim, who overthrew the ruling Tunjur people of the area. It bordered the Sultanate of Darfur and the Sultanate of Baguirmi.