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Khartoum (region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 184 Collections and/or Records:

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Native women carrying water, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Egypt/68
Scope and Contents From the File:

Packet containing loose monochrome postcards showing scenes in Khartoum. The packet is 'Set III' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.

Dates: 1900
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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Native women, Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Egypt/61
Scope and Contents From the File:

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.

Dates: 1900
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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No. 1. Cairo to Khartoum, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

Dates: 1928
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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No. 2. Khartoum to Rank, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

Dates: 1928
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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Officers' Mess, 1st Batt Grenadier Guards, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/187
Scope and Contents

153 x 114 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards seated at a table under an awning. Their names are listed as: ' Lieut. E. Seymour. Lieut. F. Swaine. Lieut.-Col. F. [later Lt Gen Sir Francis] Lloyd. Lieut. E. Verschoyle. Lieut. G. Russell. Capt. Murray-Threipland. Lieut. H. Stucley. Lieut. [later Lt General Sir] Sidney Clive. Lieut. E. Trotter. Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst. Capt. W. Marshall'. 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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Officers' Mess, 1st Batt Grenadier Guards, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/188
Scope and Contents

161 x 113 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards seated at a table under an awning. Their names are listed as: ' Lieut. E. Seymour. Lieut. F. Swaine. Lieut.-Col. F. [later Lt Gen Sir Francis] Lloyd. Lieut. E. Verschoyle. Lieut. G. Russell. Capt. Murray-Threipland. Lieut. H. Stucley. Lieut. [later Lt General Sir] Sidney Clive. Lieut. E. Trotter. Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst. Capt. W. Marshall'. 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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[Omdurman group], 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/193
Scope and Contents

163 x 136 mm. A view showing two Arabs, three soldiers of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and a pony. The group are named as: ''Tommy'. Private Edward Godfrey, No. 4 Coy, 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Native Groom. Private Thomas Hart, No. 4 Coy. Pony 'Malabrigo'. 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Lieut. [later Brigadier General Sir Ernest] E.F.O. Gascoigne, Adjutant, D.S.O.'. 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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[Omdurman group], 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/194
Scope and Contents

163 x 169 mm. A view showing two Arabs, three soldiers of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and a pony. The group are named as: ''Tommy'. Private Edward Godfrey, No. 4 Coy, 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Native Groom. Private Thomas Hart, No. 4 Coy. Pony 'Malabrigo'. 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Lieut. [later Brigadier General Sir Ernest] E.F.O. Gascoigne, Adjutant, D.S.O.'. 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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Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], Mar 1920, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/354
Scope and Contents

40 x 70 mm. A general scene of men sat and stood in the street. Perhaps during market day.

Dates: 1920-03
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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One of Neufeld's jailers, in the prison yard, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/175
Scope and Contents

79 x 79 mm. A view showing one of the jailers in the prison yard at Omdurman. Whether or not this is Idris es Salier, the most well-known of Neufeld's jailers is unknown. 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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Our very own extra special correspondent, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/198
Scope and Contents

159 x 115 mm. A view showing an unidentified war correspondent standing beside a makeshift tent. This is presumably Gregson (the supposed photographer of the album). 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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[Polo], 1937 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/2/3
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm. Showing men with polo-sticks mounted on horses. On the reverse of the print are two words, one of which may be 'Khartoum', with the date '1938'.

Dates: 1937 - 1938
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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[Polo match], 1937 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/2/2
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Showing a line of people sat behind a rope barrier. Presumably they are watching a polo match. There is a marquee pitched behind them. Hebbert and his wife Anne are fifth and sixth from the left. On the reverse of the print are two words, one of which may be 'Khartoum', with the date '1938'.

Dates: 1937 - 1938
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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[Rail line], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/8
Scope and Contents

76 x 51 mm. A railway line, probably at Khartoum.

Dates: 1928
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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Railings round tomb, which were formerly in the Mission Church of Khartum [i.e. Khartoum], 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/157
Scope and Contents

77 x 77 mm. A view inside the Mahdi's tomb showing the iron railings taken from the Austrian Mission Church. 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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Railings round tomb, which were formerly in the Mission Church of Khartum [i.e. Khartoum], 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/158
Scope and Contents

77 x 77 mm. A view inside the Mahdi's tomb showing the iron railings taken from the Austrian Mission Church. 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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Reception at the Khartoum Palace - King George Accession Day 1939, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/2/6
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Showing people stood in groups in the Palace grounds. Hebbert is in the centre of the photograph.

Dates: 1939
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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Rifle Brigade camp, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/186
Scope and Contents

158 x 105 mm. A slightly blurred view of the Rifle Brigade camp at Omdurman, showing tents and 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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Ruins in Khartum [i.e. Khartoum], 1898-09-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/146
Scope and Contents

79 x 81 mm. A view looking along towards unidentified ruins in Khartoum. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.

Dates: 1898-09-04
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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Sept. 8th 6.0 a.m. 'Three cheers for the Queen'. Grenadiers and Camerons cheering Her Majesty's gracious telegram, read out by Maj.-Gen. Gatacre C.B, 1898-09-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/197
Scope and Contents

159 x 115 mm. A rear view showing the two groups of soldiers raising their helmets to the Queen's message of congratulations on the Battle of Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.

Dates: 1898-09-08
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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Sister Teresa Gregolini with her baby and Greek husband Kokorombo. She was Lady Superior of the Convent at El Obeid and captured there in 1883, 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/172
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...
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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Staircase on which Gordon was killed, 1898-09-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/144
Scope and Contents

88 x 88 mm. A view showing part of the ruins of the staircase on which the invading dervish killed Gordon on January 26 1885. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.

Dates: 1898-09-04
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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Statue of General Gordon in Khartoum, 1924 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/2/38
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unlabelled slides from Hebbert's time in Africa.

Dates: 1924 - 1945
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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[Street scene], 1937 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/2/9
Scope and Contents

95 x 60 mm. A view looking along a wide street. There are a number of automobiles parked or on the road. Two men in long white robes are stood beside the road talking.

Dates: 1937 - 1939
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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The Blue Nile at Khartoum - Mogren Quays, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/7
Scope and Contents

140 x 92 mm.

Dates: 1928
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).