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===Administration=== [[File:King sennar 1821.jpg|thumb|A ''manjil'' of [[Fazughli]]]] The sultans of Sennar were powerful, but not [[Absolute Monarchy|absolutely]] so, as a council of 20 elders also had a say in state decisions. Below the king stood the chief minister, the ''amin'', and the ''jundi'', who supervised the market and acted as commander of the state police and intelligence service. Another high court official was the ''sid al-qum'', a royal bodyguard and executioner. Only he was allowed to shed royal blood, as he was tasked to kill all brothers of a freshly elected king to prevent civil wars.{{sfn|O'Fahey|Spaulding|1974|pp=43β46}} The state was divided into several provinces governed by a ''manjil''. Each of these province was again divided into sub-provinces governed by a ''[[makk]]'', each of them subordinated to their respective ''manjil''. The most important ''manjil'' was that of the Abdallabs, followed by Alays at the White Nile, the kings of the Blue Nile region and finally the rest. The king of Sennar exercised his influence among the ''manjils'' forcing them to marry a woman from the royal clan, which acted as royal spies. A member of the royal clan also always sat at their side, observing their behaviour. Furthermore, the ''manjils'' had to travel to Sennar every year to pay tribute and account for their deeds.{{sfn|O'Fahey|Spaulding|1974|pp=47β48}} It was under king Badi II when Sennar became the fixed capital of the state and when written documents concerning administrative matters appeared, with the oldest known one dating to 1654.{{sfn|Spaulding|Abu Salim|1989|pp=2β3}}<!--Spaulding 1985 p. 159 Hearsay evidence Badii, oldest surviving Badi IV -->
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