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ABU HAMED

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 78 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABU HAMED  , a See also:town of the Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:Sudan on the' right See also:bank of the See also:Nile, 345 M. by See also:rail N. of See also:Khartum . 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 See also:west of the old See also:caravan route to Korosko . A See also:branch railway, 138 m. See also:long, from See also:Abu Hamed goes down the right bank of the Nile to Kareima in the See also:Dongola mudiria . 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 See also:deposit all superfluous goods, the sanctity of the See also:saint's tomb ensuring their safety .

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