Makuria. Invaded Egypt to rescue Patriarch of Alexandria Michael Rafael of Makuria, 10 century Nubian King of Makuria. Built the famous " Red Palace" at Dongola Salomo of Makuria, 11th century King of Dotawo. United the kingdom of Dongola and Soba Moses Georgios of Makuria, 12th century "king of Alodia, Makuria, Nobadia, Dalmatia[g] and Axioma", mostly known for his conflict with Ayyubids Georgios I of Makuria, King of Makuria, Son of Zacharias III Renegotiated the Baqt with the Abassids Jaafar an-Nimeiry, former Sudanese president. Khalil Farah, 20th century Sudanese Nubian musician. Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian Nubian Singer, known as "The King" Mohammed Wardi, Sudanese Nubian singer Mo Ibrahim, Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire Hamza El Din, Singer and musicologist Khalil Kalfat, Literary critic, political and economic thinker and writer Abdallah Khalil, Ex-Sudanese Prime Minister, co-founder of the White Flag League, co-founder and ex-general secretary of the Umma Party Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman, Egyptian Field Marshal and statesman, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, de facto head of state of Egypt Muhammad Ahmad, 19th century Sufi sheikh and revolutionary leader of the Ansar Osama Abdul Latif, a Sudanese businessman, chairman of DAL Group Idris Ali, Egyptian novelist and short story writer Fathi Hassan, Painter Ali Ghazal, Egyptian footballer Ali Hassan Kuban, Singer Taha Abdelmagid Abdel Raouf Amjad Ismail Haitham Mustafa Mazin Mohamedein Musab Ahmed Mohamed Homos See also Barabra is an old ethnographical term for the Nubian peoples of Sudan and southern Egypt. Nubian wig worn by the affluent society of ancient Egypt Aethiopia is an ancient Greek geographical term which referred to the regions of Sudan and areas south of the Sahara desert. References Inline citations General references Black Pharaohs - National Geographic Feb 2008 External links Nubian people history Johanna Granville "Nubians of Egypt and Sudan Past and Present" Nubians by Abubakr Sidahmed Nubians Use Hip-hop to Preserve Culture - Sudan Tribune "The Forgotten Minorities: Egypt's Nubians and Amazigh in the Amended Constitution" Nubia Indigenous peoples of East Africa Indigenous peoples of North Africa Ethnic groups in Sudan Ethnic groups in Egypt Ethnic groups in the Arab world Sudanese people of Nubian descent Ancient peoples