See also:FAZOGLI, or FAZOKL
, a See also:district of the Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:Sudan.. cut by I I° N. and bounded E. and S. by See also:Abyssinia
.
It forms See also:part of the See also:foot-hills of the Abyssinian See also:plateau and is traversed by the See also:Blue See also:Nile and its affiuent the Tumat
.
Immediately See also:south is the auriferous Beni Shangul See also:country
.
The See also:chief See also:gold-washings See also:lie (in Abyssinian territory) on the See also:west slope of the hills draining to the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Nile
.
Here is the steep See also:Jebel-Dul, which appears to contain See also:rich gold-bearing reefs, as gold is found in all the ravines on its flanks
.
The auriferous region extends into Sudanese territory, gold dust being found in all the khors coming from Jebel Faronge on the S.E. frontier
.
The inhabitants of See also:Fazogli, who are governed, under the Sudan See also:administration, by their own meks or See also:kings, are Berta and other See also:Shangalla tribes with an admixture of See also:Funj See also:blood, the country having been conquered by the Funj rulers of See also:Sennar at the See also:close of the 15th
See also:century
.
There are also Arab settlements
.
Fazogli, the See also:residence of the See also:principal mek, is a straggling See also:town built some Boo yds. from the See also:left See also:bank.of the Blue Nile near the Tumat confluence, 434 M. by See also:river above See also:Khartum and opposite Famaka, the headquarters of the Egyptians in this region between 1839 and 1883
.
Above Famaka and near the Abyssinian frontier is the prosperous town of Kiri, while See also:Abu Shaneina on the Nile below Fazogli is the spot where the See also:trade route from Beni Shangul strikes the river
.
The chief imports from Abyssinia are See also:coffee, See also:cattle, transport animals and gold
.
See also:Durra and See also:tobacco are the principal crops
.
The See also:local currency includes rings of gold, specially made as a circulating See also:medium
.
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