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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Name: The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Author: Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History

|             |       |Just before reaching Hamdab the
                |             |       |rocky ground opens out         
                |             |       |considerably at the mouth of   
                |             |       |the Khor El Shungui. A good    
                |             |       |camping ground on the river    
                |             |       |bank. The road described from  
                |             |       |Hamdab onwards was followed by 
                |             |       |part of River Column, 1885.    
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Dates, dura, cotton, dukhn, and
                |             |       |barley grown. The road to      
                |             |       |Berber leaves the river about 2
                |             |       |miles below Hamdab, crossing   
                |             |       |the rocky ground at a point    
                |             |       |marked by two solitary dom     
                |             |       |palms.                         
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Good camping ground for a large
                |             |       |force, commanded by rocky      
                |             |       |ridge, 400 yards from river.   
                |             |       |                               
  Jebel Kulgeili|      4      |   22  |The road as far as Jebel       
                |             |       |Kulgeili skirts the belt of    
                |             |       |cultivation, which is          
                |             |       |interspersed with a few native 
                |             |       |houses. It is commanded the    
                |             |       |whole way by a low ridge of    
                |             |       |rocks, at a distance from the  
                |             |       |river varying from 50 to 500   
                |             |       |yards.                         
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Jebel Kulgeili, 400 feet high, 
                |             |       |commands the surrounding       
                |             |       |country for a distance of      
                |             |       |several miles. The direct      
                |             |       |desert road to Berti (19 miles)
                |             |       |leaves the river at the foot of
                |             |       |this hill.                     
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The road, after leaving        
                |             |       |Kulgeili, becomes rocky and    
                |             |       |much cut up by ravines and

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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

History

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History

|             |       |Just before reaching Hamdab the
                |             |       |rocky ground opens out         
                |             |       |considerably at the mouth of   
                |             |       |the Khor El Shungui. A good    
                |             |       |camping ground on the river    
                |             |       |bank. The road described from  
                |             |       |Hamdab onwards was followed by 
                |             |       |part of River Column, 1885.    
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Dates, dura, cotton, dukhn, and
                |             |       |barley grown. The road to      
                |             |       |Berber leaves the river about 2
                |             |       |miles below Hamdab, crossing   
                |             |       |the rocky ground at a point    
                |             |       |marked by two solitary dom     
                |             |       |palms.                         
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Good camping ground for a large
                |             |       |force, commanded by rocky      
                |             |       |ridge, 400 yards from river.   
                |             |       |                               
  Jebel Kulgeili|      4      |   22  |The road as far as Jebel       
                |             |       |Kulgeili skirts the belt of    
                |             |       |cultivation, which is          
                |             |       |interspersed with a few native 
                |             |       |houses. It is commanded the    
                |             |       |whole way by a low ridge of    
                |             |       |rocks, at a distance from the  
                |             |       |river varying from 50 to 500   
                |             |       |yards.                         
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Jebel Kulgeili, 400 feet high, 
                |             |       |commands the surrounding       
                |             |       |country for a distance of      
                |             |       |several miles. The direct      
                |             |       |desert road to Berti (19 miles)
                |             |       |leaves the river at the foot of
                |             |       |this hill.                     
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The road, after leaving        
                |             |       |Kulgeili, becomes rocky and    
                |             |       |much cut up by ravines and

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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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