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118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm negative.

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80 x 80 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

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80 x 80 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Scope and Contents 153 x 96 mm. A view showing the couple with their child in Omdurman after their release in 1898. Sister Teresa was at the Convent in Dilling, five days march south of El Obeid and was captured by Mahdist forces under Mek Omar in September 1882. During her captivity in Omdurman, the Khalifa ordered that all women should be married. Unlike most of the other nuns, Sister Teresa obeyed this injunction and married a Greek named Kokoromba, by whom she had two children. She remained in the...

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118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm negative.

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118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm negative.

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70 x 44 mm.

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120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.

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120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.

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120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.

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45 x 70 mm.

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70 x 44 mm. A market scene.

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120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate

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78 x 78 mm. A view showing the shell marked wall and doorway to the Mahdi's tomb. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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160 x 115 mm. A view looking west over the battlefield of Omdurman. Unfortunately little can be seen of the advancing Dervishes except clouds of dust in the distance.

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160 x 115 mm. A view showing a party of dervishes in white jibbas marching from the battlefield under armed escort.

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159 x 109 mm. A view showing a crowd of Sudanese women clustering round the gallows at Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Scope and Contents 76 x 76 mm. View looking over the heads of the soldiers, past the protective thorn zariba and towards the battlefield. The fact that nothing can be seen of the enemy indicates how little chance the Dervishes had against modern weapons of getting close enough to make their numbers and courage tell. The second bombardment of the town had begun at daybreak. At 6 am scouts reported that the enemy were advancing and at 6.50 am the 32nd Field Battery opened fire at a range of 2700 yards on the...

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76 x 76 mm. View looking over the heads of the soldiers, past the protective thorn zariba and towards the battlefield.

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76 x 76 mm. View looking over the heads of the soldiers, past the protective thorn zariba and towards the battlefield.

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161 x 105 mm. A view showing the entrance to the arsenal with a small carriage standing in the courtyard. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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151 x 130 mm. A closer view of the Mahdi's tomb showing the entrance from the mirhab. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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152 x 108 mm. An exterior view of the two storey brick building from the courtyard. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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78 x 79 mm. A view showing the courtyard and verandah of the Khalifa's house in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

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Packet containing loose monochrome postcards (one missing from original set of six). The postcards show scenes in Omdurman. The packet is 'Set II' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.