OMDURMAN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the Anglo-See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

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

Sudan, on the See also:

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

west See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

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

Nile, immediately See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the junction of 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 and See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue See also:

• NILES

Niles in 15° 38' N.; 32° 29' E., 2 M . N. by W. of See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum . Pop . (1909 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 42,779, of whom 541 were Europeans . The town covers a large See also:

• AREA

area, being over 5 M. See also:

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

long and 2 broad . It consists for the most See also:

• PART

part of mud huts, but there are some houses built of See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-dried bricks . See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

Save for two or three wide streets which See also:

• TRAVERSE

traverse it from end to end the town is a network of narrow lanes . In the centre facing an open space are the ruins of the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of the See also:

• MANDI

Mandi and behind is the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in which he lived . The See also:

• KHALIFA, THE

Khalifa's house (a two-storeyed See also:

• BUILDING

building), the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque, the See also:

• BEIT, ALFRED (1853-1906)

Beit el Amaina (See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal) and other houses famed in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the town also See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face the central square . A high See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall runs behind these buildings parallel with the Nile . Omdurman is the headquarters of the native traders in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the See also:

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

chief articles of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce being See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory, See also:

• OSTRICH

ostrich feathers and See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum arabic from See also:

• DARFUR

Darfur and See also:

• KORDOFAN

Kordofan . There is also an important See also:

• CAMEL (from the Arabic Djemal or the Heb. Gamal)

camel and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market .

Nearly every tribe in the Sudan is represented in the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Among the native artificers the See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal workers and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather dressers are noted . 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 maintains elementary and technical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . See also:

• MISSION

Mission See also:

• WORK

work is undertaken by various See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . Omdurman, then an insignificant See also:

• VILLAGE

village, was chosen in 1884 by the Mandi Mahommed Ahmed as his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and so continued after the fall of Khartum in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1885 . Its growth was rapid, the Khalifa (who succeeded the Mandi) compelling large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of disaffected tribesmen to live in the town under the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye of his soldiery . Here also were imprisoned the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European captives of the Mandists—notably See also:

• SLATIN, SIR RUDOLF CARL VON (18J7— )

Slatin See also:

• PASHA

Pasha and See also:

• FATHER

Father Ohrwalder . On the 2nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1898 the Anglo-Egyptian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army under See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• KITCHENER, HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER, VISCOUNT (1850- )

Kitchener totally defeated the forces of the Khalifa at Kerreri, 7 M . N. of the town . A See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk marks the spot where the 21st Lancers made a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge . Within the enclosure of the Khalifa's house is the tomb of See also:

• HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)

Hubert See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard, son of the 9th See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle, who was killed in the house at the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the city by a splinter of a See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell fired at the Mandi's tomb .