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| 17 |
Egyptian man and woman |
| 18 |
Egyptian syces or housekeepers |
| 19 |
Egyptian syces or housekeepers |
| 20 |
Sudanese girl |
| 21 |
Sudanese girl |
| 22 |
Osman Digna, slaver and Sudanese warrior, Suakin 1880 |
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Osman Digna, slaver and Sudanese warrior, Suakin 1880 |
| 24 |
Sudanese warriors |
| 25 |
Sudanese warriors, one is supposed to be Osman Digna |
| 26 |
Nubie, Bicharins en voyage |
| 27 |
Nubie, Bicharins en voyage |
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Photographs of Egypt and the Sudan, 1870s-80s
| Title |
Osman Digna, slaver and Sudanese warrior, Suakin 1880 |
| Reference |
Y3042B/22 |
| Covering Dates |
1880 |
| Extent and Medium |
Fair condition, slight fading. |
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| Content and context |
196 x 247 mm. Half length seated studio portrait of a Sudanese warrior, his arm resting in an arm rest. According to the caption this is a portrait of Osman Digna (c 1840-1926), the Sudanese leader who joined the Mahdist cause in 1883 after suffering imprisonment for slave trading at the hands of the British and Egyptians. He was active in the Sudan until the decisive defeat of Mahdism at Omdurman in 1898; after this battle he fled to the Red Sea hills. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Sudan |
| Sawakin |
| No further on-line information. |
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