See also:

• WAD

WAD MEDANI  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the Anglo-See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

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

Sudan, See also:

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

capital of the See also:

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

Blue See also:

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

Nile mudiria, in 14° 24' N., 33° 31' E., on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Blue Nile, 110 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail and 147 M. by See also:

• RIVER

river, S.E. of See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum . Pop. about 20,000 . It is the See also:

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

chief See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot for See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain raised in the Gezira, has oil and See also:

• SOAP

soap See also:

• WORKS

works, and is a thriving commercial centre, being on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade route between Khartum and See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia . The town, which is of considerable antiquity, contains some See also:

• FINE

fine buildings, the chief See also:

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

mosque having a conspicuous See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower . See also:

• WAD

Wad Medan,i was almost destroyed during the Mandia, but its return to prosperity under Anglo-Egyptian See also:

• RULE

rule was rapid . In 1909 it was connected by railway with Khartum, and thus the hindrance to trade through the Blue Nile being scarcely navigable between See also:

• JANUARY

January and See also:

• JUNE

June was over-come . In 1910 railway communication between the town and See also:

• KORDOFAN

Kordofan was established .