Bādī IV Abū Shulūkh

…Funj until the reign of Bādī IV Abū Shulūkh (reigned 1724–62). Expansion eastward was barred by Ethiopia, with which the Funj waged two wars, the first in 1618–19 and the second, in which the Funj under Bādī IV were victorious, in 1744.

Under Bādī IV Abū Shulūkh (reigned 1724–62), the ruling aristocracy was finally broken, and the king assumed arbitrary power, supported by his slave troops. So long as Bādī IV could command the loyalty of his army, his position was secure and the kingdom enjoyed respite from…