1 Qirsh - Ali Dinar Countermarked

Ali Dinar retook Darfur in 1898 after the Battle of Omdurman left the Mahdist state effectively finished, reestablishing the Keira Sultanate as a nominally independent entity under loose Anglo-Egyptian oversight. The countermark on this piece reflects his practical approach to currency: rather than striking entirely new coinage, existing pieces were overstamped to assert local authority. Darfur had no established mint infrastructure, and the countermarking program was a direct workaround.

Ali Dinar ruled until 1916, when a British expeditionary force killed him at the Battle of Beringia following his ill-judged alignment with the Ottoman Empire during WWI.