See also:

• FASHODA (renamed, 1904, K000K)

FASHODA (renamed, 1904, K000K)  , a See also:

• POST

post on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• BANK

bank of the Upper See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, Anglo-See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan, in 9° 53' N., 32° 8' E., 459 M . S., by See also:

• RIVER

river, of See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum . It is the headquarters of the mudiria (See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province) of the Upper Nile . The station is built on a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula connected by a narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of See also:

• LAND

land with a See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge which runs parallel with the river . The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is mostly deep swamp and the station is most unhealthy; mosquitoes are See also:

• PRESENT

present in millions . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is always See also:

• DAMP

damp and the temperature rarely below 98° in the shade . The See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government offices are well-built See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick structures . In front of the station is a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and when the Nile is at its lowest this channel becomes dry . Several roads from See also:

• KORDOFAN

Kordofan converge on' the Nile at this point, and near the station is the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the mek, or See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, of the See also:

• SHILLUK

Shilluk tribe, whose designation of the post was adopted when it was decided to abandon the use of See also:

• FASHODA (renamed, 1904, K000K)

Fashoda . At Lul, r8 m. farther up stream, is an See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• MISSION

mission station . An Egyptian military post was established at Fashoda in 1865 . It was then a trading station of some importance, slaves being the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief commodity dealt in .

In 1883—1884 the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the Mandists . On the loth of See also:

• JULY

July 1898 it was occupied by a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French force from the See also:

• CONGO

Congo under Commandant J . B . Marchand, a circumstance which gave rise to a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• GREAT

great tension between Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . On the 11th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December following the French force withdrew, returning homevia See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia (see See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

AFRICA, § 5, and See also:

• EGYPT

EGYPT: See also:

• HISTORY

History, and Military Operations) .