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BATTAKHIN

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 529 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BATTAKHIN , See also:

AFRICAN

African " See also:

ARABS

Arabs " of Semitic stock . They occupy the See also:

banks of the See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue See also:

Nile near See also:

KHARTUM

Khartum, and it was against them that See also:

General See also:

Gordon fought most of his battles near the See also:

TOWN

town . Their See also:

SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

sheikh, El Obeid, routed Gordon's troops on the 4th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1884, a defeat which led to the See also:

close investment of Khartum .

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