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Umm Durman (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:

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Chief street in Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/161
Scope and Contents

78 x 79 mm. A view looking along the wide unsurfaced street that leads to the Mahdi's tomb and the Khalifa's house with Sudanese in the foreground and mud houses beyond. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Close to zeriba [fence constructed of thorn-bushes], 1898-09-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/119
Scope and Contents

160 x 98 mm. A view showing a dervish corpse near the British lines.

Dates: 1898-09-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Col. Villiers Hatton, C.B., commanding 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/191
Scope and Contents

158 x 125 mm. A view showing Colonel (later Major General) Hatton standing beside a tent in the Omdurman camp, with the Nile in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cooking in a Sudanese home, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/2/3
Scope and Contents

120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.

Dates: 1950 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Defiant Baggaras made prisoner, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/163
Scope and Contents

74 x 77 mm. A view showing members of the Baggara tribe under the guard of Sudanese soldiers. Presumably these people are inhabitants of Omdurman rather than members of the Khalifa's army since they are not wearing jibbas. The dome of the Mahdi's tomb can be seen in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dervish prisoners moving guns in the arsenal, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/177
Scope and Contents

166 x 96 mm. A view showing dervishes at work in the arsenal courtyard under the supervision of Sudanese soldiers. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dervish steamer 'Telawaia' [i.e. Tewfikiya] bringing news of foreigners at Fashoda, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/185
Scope and Contents 79 x 79 mm. A view showing the paddle steamer moored off Omdurman. The steamer arrived on September 7 unaware that Omdurman had fallen to Kitchener. On questioning, the dervishes aboard stated that they had been fired on at Fashoda by troops under European command and Kitchener realised that Marchand and his men had reached Fashoda before him. This was the start of the Fashoda Incident which came close to bringing England and France to war and which resulted in the name of Fashoda being...
Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dr. Cole with former leprosy patient, now cleared, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/6/2
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dr. Margaret Coles doing language study, 1950 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/2/2
Scope and Contents

120 x 80 mm. glossy print with duplicate.

Dates: 1950 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[During the battle], 1898-09-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/121
Scope and Contents

82 x 70 mm. An uncaptioned print showing an indistinct view looking down on an army unit firing during the battle, with clouds of smoke drifting up from their guns.

Dates: 1898-09-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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During the second fight, 1898-09-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/116
Scope and Contents 160 x 89 mm. A view looking out over the battlefield during the second phase, with dervish corpses lying in the foreground. The second phase was a much more hard won affair during which there were many perilous moments, especially when the Khalifa brought up his Black Flag army to strike at Kitchener's right flank as his Green Flag army came down from the hills to the north. The two armies did not coincide and by 11.30 am the remnants of the Khalifa's armies had been driven off to the...
Dates: 1898-09-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Father Guiseppe Rognotto, captured at El Obeid, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/178
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. A view showing Guiseppe Rognotto ('Beppo') in a courtyard in Omdurman after his release. Rognotto was a colleague of Sister Teresa Gregolini at the mission at Dilling. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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First sight of the Dervish force, 1898-09-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/110
Scope and Contents

162 x 118 mm. A view showing three scouts watching the approaching Dervish army through binoculars.

Dates: 1898-09-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ford van previously used for home visiting, 1975

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/5/8
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1975
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Funeral of the Hon. Hubert Howard, 1898-09-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/128
Scope and Contents

153 x 133 mm. A view showing officers standing by the body of a victim of Omdurman. Howard was a Times Correspondent killed by British shell in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.

Dates: 1898-09-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Gateway to Khalifa's house; bodies of dervishes killed by shells, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/154
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view showing the entrance to the Khalifa's house which stands next to the Mahdi's iron mosque. Several corpses lie among the rubble outside the entrance. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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General view of Women’s and Children’s Block in main hospital, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/6/3
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Grave of Captain Guy Caldecott, Warwickshire Regiment, and of 21st Lancers, 1898-09-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/130
Scope and Contents

159 x 107 mm. A view showing the grave of Captain Caldecott and two 21st Lancers with lines of soldiers in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.

Dates: 1898-09-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Graves of Seaforth Highlanders, 1898-09-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/131
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154 x 133 mm. A view showing two graves. The nearer grave is that of a private soldier, D. Johnstone. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.

Dates: 1898-09-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Greek families from Khartum [i.e. Khartoum], 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/174
Scope and Contents

79 x 79 mm. A view showing two Greek families in Omdurman after their release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Greek family, prisoners from Khartum [i.e. Khartoum], 1885, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/173
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78 x 79 mm. A view showing a man and wife and their three children in Omdurman after their release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Grenadier Guards 1st Batt. Officers' Mess waiters and cook, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/189
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161 x 112 mm. A view showing a group of five private soldiers standing beside a pile of crockery in the Omdurman camp. They are named as: 'Private E.S. Howe, Queen's Coy. Private J. Packham, Queen's Coy. Private H. Tallant, No. 6 Coy. Private M. Allen, No. 8 Coy. Private W. Gallier, No. 6 Coy'. The Nile can be seen in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, cooks, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/190
Scope and Contents 154 x 88 mm. A group portrait of 17 private soldiers in the Omdurman camp. With the Nile in the background. The soldiers are named as: 'Lieut. G. Powell, Quartermaster. Privates T. Williams, No. 2 Coy. C. Hughes, No. 8 Coy. J.C. Smith, No. 6 Coy. H. Clothier, No. 5 Coy. A Florence, No. 4 Coy. W. Ball, No. 3 Coy. T. Young, No. 5 Coy. Privates J. McKenna, No. 7 Coy. H. Edwards, No. 6 Coy. P. Malony, No. 8 Coy. Sergt. J.C. Brooke, Master Cook. Privates J. Dunne, No. 7 Coy. ...
Dates: 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hamza Abdel Rahman and Nurse Kodi Kutu with one of the old folk, 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/6/11
Scope and Contents

80 x 80 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hassan Gana and laboratory assistant Adam Tutu leaving a patient’s house, 1975

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/9/5/10
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1975
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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