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See also: town of the Anglo-See also: Egyptian Sudan on the' right See also: bank of the See also: Nile, 345 M. by See also: rail N. of See also: Khartum
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It stands at the centre of the See also: great S-shaped See also: bend of the Nile, and from it the railway to See also: Wadi See also: Haifa strikes straight across the Nubian See also: desert, a little west of the old See also: caravan route to Korosko
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A branch railway, 138 m. long, from See also: Abu Hamed goes down the right bank of the Nile to Kareima in the See also: Dongola mudiria
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The town is named after a celebrated See also: sheikh buried here, by whose See also: tomb travellers See also: crossing the desert used formerly to deposit all superfluous goods, the sanctity of the See also: saint's tomb ensuring their safety
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