FUNG (FUNNIYEH, FUN J, FUNCHA), a mixed negroid race, occupying parts of Sennar and the hilly country to the south be tween the White and Blue Niles. They traditionally come from west of the White Nile and are affiliated to the negro Shilluks. The Fung became the dominant race in Sennar in the 15th century, assimilated the speech, religion and habits of the Arabs settled in that region and until the 19th century were one of the most power ful of African peoples in the eastern Sudan. Traces exist of the custom of king killing. The king once in his reign sowed and ploughed a plot of land. He wore a takia, a close fitting hat with two flaps stuffed to resemble wings. To-day the Fung are a bright, hospitable folk. Many of them are skilful surgeons and go far afield in their work. The fellahin, indeed, call surgeons "Senaari" (men of Sennar) . See H. A. MacMichael, History of the Arabs of the Sudan (1922).