# Kobbei

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**Kobbei** (also Kobbai, Kubay or Kubayh[1]) is a former town in [North Darfur](/source/North_Darfur) of western [Sudan](/source/Sudan), west of [Al-Fashir](/source/Al-Fashir). It is now deserted. At its peak in the 19th century it was a thriving town, the largest in Darfur, with a population of up to 8,000.[2][3] It declined as the wells at the oasis dried up, and the caravans first slowed, due to conflicts with [al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur](/source/Al-Zubayr_Rahma_Mansur) to the south, and then stopped with the fall of the [Darfur Sultanate](/source/Sultanate_of_Darfur) in 1874.[1][3][4] The ruins are located west of *Jabal Kobbei* (Mount Kobbei) along the *Wadi Kobbei* (Kobbei Arroyo) for approximately two miles.[1]

Kobbei was the major trading center of the Darfur Sultanate,[1] but was dependent on long-distance trade both north-south, and to a slightly lesser extent east-west. Slaves from the south were a major component of the trade, as were ostrich feathers, camels, [ivory](/source/Ivory_trade) and [acacia tree gum](/source/Gum_arabic). When al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur acquired holdings in the [Bahr el Ghazal](/source/Bahr_el_Ghazal_(region_of_South_Sudan)), he diverted to [Khartoum](/source/Khartoum) significant portions of the goods coming from the south. These diversions began in 1856 and the decline in trade was significant by 1860.

## Notes

1. Tubiana, Marie-José (editor) (1983) "Chapter 5 Translations and Commentray, Documents XLII to XLVII The merchants Muhummad Kannuna and 'Ali Bey Ibrahim al-Tirayfi" *Land in Dar Fur: Charters and Related Documents from the Dar Fur Sultanate* (Fontes Historiae Africanae: Series Arabica #3; translations by R. S. O'Fahey and M. I. Abu Salim) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, [pages 106-107](https://books.google.com/books?id=qnwFZXcMyi0C&pg=PA106), ISBN 0-521-24643-1

1. Theobald, Alan Buchan (1965) *ʼAlī Dīnār: Last Sultan of Darfur, 1898-1916* Longmans, London, pp. 1-16, OCLC [25827495](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25827495)

1. O'Fahey, Rex S. (2008) *The Darfur Sultanate: A History* Columbia University Press, New York, [pages 251-252](https://books.google.com/books?id=HQxYJWkO7EEC&pg=PA252), ISBN 978-0-231-70038-2

1. O'Fahey, Rex S. "Introduction" *In* Marie-José (editor) (1983) *Land in Dar Fur: Charters and Related Documents from the Dar Fur Sultanate* (Fontes Historiae Africanae: Series Arabica #3; translations by R. S. O'Fahey and M. I. Abu Salim) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England,[page 3](https://books.google.com/books?id=qnwFZXcMyi0C&pg=PA3), ISBN 0-521-24643-1

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