Flag of the Sudanese Umma Party (Mahdists) |
Tomb of the Mahdi, Omdurman's most famous landmark |
The Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdallah, lived 1844-1885 |
Southwest corner of the Tomb of the Mahdi compound, Omdurman |
In 1881, when Sudan was ruled by Ottoman Egypt, the Mahdi launched a rebellion |
"Mahdi" is the prophesied redeemer of Islam |
The Khedive of Egypt's Governor of Sudan was British General Charles Gordon |
Tomb of the Mahdi, Omdurman |
Failure of the British send relief to Gordon resulted in the fall of Khartoum in January 1885 |
Tomb of the Mahdi |
The Mahdi died a mere six months after the death of General Gordon |
The British under Lord Kitchener recaptured Khartoum after the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 |
After the Battle of Omdurman, the British destroyed the Tomb of the Mahdi |
The British finally allowed the Sudanese to rebuilt the Tomb of the Mahdi in 1947 |
Sign over the side door to the garden behind the Tomb of the Mahdi |
Minarets of the mosque at the Tomb of the Mahdi |
Mosque adjacent to the Tomb of the Mahdi, Omdurman |
Mosque adjacent to the Tomb of the Mahdi, Omdurman |
Green flag with Arabic inscription |
Mosque next to the Tomb of the Mahdi |
Palm tree and minaret, Omdurman |
Minaret, Omdurman |
Minarets, Omdurman |
Compound of the Mahdi's Tomb |
Tomb of the Mahdi |
Mosque to the north of the Tomb of the Mahdi |
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Mahdi (1885-1959), son of Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mahdi, founder of the Umma Party |
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Mahdi (1885-1959), son of Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mahdi, founder of the Umma Party |
A third poster of Abd Al-Rahman Al-Mahdi, Omdurman |
Silver dome of the Mahdi's Tomb |
Trygve and Karen at the Mahdi's Tomb |
Me at the Mahdi's Tomb |
Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Arabic inscription on the Tomb of the Mahdi, Omdurman |
Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Door the the Mahdi's Tomb |
Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Caretaker of the Mahdi's Tomb with Karen |
Caretaker of the Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman |
Water vessels at the Mahdi's Tomb |
Timeless... |
Khalifa's House - residence of the Mahdi's successor, Khalifa Abdulla |
Khalifa's House, built 1887-1888, shortly after the Fall of Khartoum |
Times journalist Hubert Howard Fell Here, Sept 2, 1898, a victim of friendly fire during the Battle of Omdurman |
Door to the Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
Layout of the Khalifa's House |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
Sudanese students visiting the Khalifa's House |
Roof of the Khalifa's House |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
Khalifa's body guard in Dervish costume |
Spears and crocodile-hide shields, relics of the Battle of Omdurman |
Tools for making bullets |
Plan of the Battle of Omdurman, 2 Sept 1898 |
8,200 British and 17,600 Egyptians against 50,000 to 60,000 Dervishes (Mahdists) |
With weapons like this, the British mowed down 9,700 Dervishes killed and up to 16,000 wounded while suffering only 48 losses |
Trygve at the Khalifa's House |
Nordenfeldt gun on a naval shipboard mounting |
Dervish banner from the Battle of Omdurman - bismillah al-rahman al-rahim |
Dervish banner from the Battle of Omdurman with the basic tenets of Islam |
Artists impression of the Battle of Omdurman |
Patchwork design of the Dervish army |
Coffee pot belonging to Amir Wad El-Nigomi |
Museum of the Mahdist-era at the Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
Stairs in the Khalifa's House |
The Khalifa's House was taken over by the British District Commissioner of Omdurman 1899-1928 |
Mahdi's Tomb from the Khalifa's House |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
Over to heat the Turkish Bath I believe... |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The original cap of the Tomb of the Mahdi on display in the courtyard of the Khalifa's House |
The original cap of the Tomb of the Mahdi |
Colorful Gibba belonging to General Gordon |
Photograph of General Gordon dated 1864 |
General Charles Gordon as Governor-General of Sudan |
The Death of the Khalifa at Umm Diwaikarat (Kordofan), 1899 |
Historic photo of the Governor-General's Palace, Khartoum |
Historic photo of the view from the Governor General's Palace of the Blue Nile |
Historic photograph of the Blue Nile from the Governor-General's Palace looking west |
Royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary, 1912 |
The Sudan Times - Royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary, 1912 |
The bath of the Khalifa's House |
Mahdi's Tomb from the Khalifa's House |
Original cap of the dome of the Madhi's Tomb |
French explorer Jean-Baptiste Marchand trekked 14 months across West Africa with three of these steel boats, 1897-98 |
The Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
The First Motorcar in Sudan |
The First Motorcar in Sudan |
Khalifa's House, Omdurman |
Old carriages, Khalifa's House |