 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 |