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Khartoum, Capital of Sudan, 1900. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, 1900)
The Battle of Khartoum, 1885 (1900). British forces commanded by General Garnet Wolseley were dispatched to the Sudan to relieve General Gordon, besieged at Khartoum
Sudanese cavalry, France, 1915. Many thousands of troops from across the British and French Empires fought in the First World War
Souakiny chief, 1848. Artist: Ebenezer LandellsSouakiny chief, 1848. An inhabitant of the port of Suakin in north eastern Sudan, on the Red Sea. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London)
View of Mount Barkal, Sudan, 1842-1845. Artist: E WeidenbachView of Mount Barkal, Sudan, 1842-1845. Jebel Barkal is a mountain 400 kilometres north of Khartoum. In c1450 BC the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III extended his kingdom to the area
Wadi Halfeh, 3rd Febuary 1867. Artist: Edward LearWadi Halfeh, 3rd Febuary 1867
The Marchand expedition: resting at Bahr-el-Gazal, Sudan, June 1897. In 1896-1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), a French army officer
Rest at Bahr-el-Ghazal, June 1897. Scene during a trade mission in Africa in the period of European colonisation. A European and his African porters break their journey
A Qadi, Islamic judge, Khartoum, Sudan, late 19th century. A Qadi (Cadi or Kadi) is a judge who makes decisions according to Islamic Shari ah law
Escape of the prisoners of the Mahdi, Khartoum, Sudan, 1892. Artist: Henri MeyerEscape of the prisoners of the Mahdi, Khartoum, Sudan, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 23rd January 1892
The Mahdi, rebel against Egyptian rule in the Sudan, c1885. Mohammed Ahmed (1848-1885), known as the Mahdi (the expected one) was a charismatic former local government officer who, beginning in 1882
Form Up, No 2! Form Up!, British lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, 1898. The rallying cry of Sergeant-Major Veysey after charge of 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2 September 1898
To the Rescue, war in the Sudan, 1885. British gunboats engaging the enemy on the way up the Nile to relieve General Gordon, besieged by the Mahdi at Khartoum
Remember!, 1888. Artist: Joseph SwainRemember!, 1888. John Bull, the representative of the British people, looks at a map to find out the location of Suakin (Sudan)
