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FAZOGLI, a district in the Sennar division of the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. It forms part of the foot-hills of the Abyssinian plateau and is traversed by the Blue Nile and its affluent the Tumat. Immediately south are the Beni Shangul gold washings in Abyssinia. The inhabitants of Fazogli are Berta and other Shan galla tribes with an admixture of Funj blood, the country having been conquered by the Funj rulers of Sennar at the close of the 1 sth century. There are also Arab settlements: Fazogli, on the Blue Nile near the Tumat confluence, and nearer the Abyssinian frontier is the prosperous town Kiri. Abu Shaneina on the Nile below Fazogli is the place where the trade route from Beni Shangul strikes the river. The chief imports from Abyssinia are coffee, cattle, transport animals and gold. Durra and tobacco are the principal crops.

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