Fazogli

Fazogli (Arabic: فازوغلي), also known as Fazughli, Fazoghl or Fazokl, was a historical province in what is now the border region between Sudan and Ethiopia.

It lay between the Blue Nile and the Sobat River, and included the mountains in the modern Asosa Zone of the Ethiopian Benishangul-Gumuz Region.

[1] The area was believed to be rich in gold deposits, which led an Egyptian military expedition under the leadership of Ismail bin Muhammad Ali, son of Wali Muhammad Ali into the area (1820–1823) in part determine the truth of this belief, as well as to capture some 30,000 inhabitants to be slaves.

[2] Pasha Mohammad Ali later organized Fazogli into a number of sheikhdoms to govern its inhabitants.

Later geologists who surveyed the area for gold included Josef von Russegger.