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

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

Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History

|             |      |hill is from the N., and even     
                |             |      |there nailed boots must be taken  
                |             |      |off.                              
                |             |      |                                  
                |             |      |From the summit a good view is    
                |             |      |obtained. Near the top on some    
                |             |      |level ground is a place shown as  
                |             |      |the tomb of the “Bint El Mek,” the
                |             |      |daughter of one of the Fung Kings,
                |             |      |who married Sheikh El Din one of  
                |             |      |the early Shukria Sheikhs.        
                |             |      |                                  
                |             |      |From Geili there are two roads to 
                |             |      |Um Rueishid, one of which viâ J.  
                |             |      |El Daein makes a considerable     
                |             |      |detour. It starts on a bearing of 
                |             |      |about 66° from true N. straight   
                |             |      |for J. El Daein, passing over good
                |             |      |soil nearly all the way, several  
                |             |      |hundred feddans of which appear to
                |             |      |have been cultivated (1901). The  
                |             |      |ground is much cracked and off the
                |             |      |path, the going is bad.           
                |             |      |                                  
  J. El Daein   |      22     | 112½ |Two small hills of which the      
                |             |      |southern is the higher. There is a
                |             |      |tank, now dry, at its foot on W.  
                |             |      |side, Hamla took 8 hours, going   
                |             |      |well.                             
                |             |      |                                  
  Um Ukheita    |     14½     | 127  |The track now turns slightly S. of
                |             |      |E. and continues over good soil   
                |             |      |rather bare of grass to Um        
                |             |      |Ukheita, a tank now dry, on a     
                |             |      |slight stony rise. Hamla about 5  
                |             |      |hours. From here on to Um Rueishid
                |             |      |the ground is covered with angular
                |             |      |stones, and the going very bad.   
                |             |      |Camels have to walk. At 2½ miles  
                |             |      |J. Rera is seen to the S.E., and  
                |             |      |the track makes fairly straight

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

History

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

Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History

|             |      |hill is from the N., and even     
                |             |      |there nailed boots must be taken  
                |             |      |off.                              
                |             |      |                                  
                |             |      |From the summit a good view is    
                |             |      |obtained. Near the top on some    
                |             |      |level ground is a place shown as  
                |             |      |the tomb of the “Bint El Mek,” the
                |             |      |daughter of one of the Fung Kings,
                |             |      |who married Sheikh El Din one of  
                |             |      |the early Shukria Sheikhs.        
                |             |      |                                  
                |             |      |From Geili there are two roads to 
                |             |      |Um Rueishid, one of which viâ J.  
                |             |      |El Daein makes a considerable     
                |             |      |detour. It starts on a bearing of 
                |             |      |about 66° from true N. straight   
                |             |      |for J. El Daein, passing over good
                |             |      |soil nearly all the way, several  
                |             |      |hundred feddans of which appear to
                |             |      |have been cultivated (1901). The  
                |             |      |ground is much cracked and off the
                |             |      |path, the going is bad.           
                |             |      |                                  
  J. El Daein   |      22     | 112½ |Two small hills of which the      
                |             |      |southern is the higher. There is a
                |             |      |tank, now dry, at its foot on W.  
                |             |      |side, Hamla took 8 hours, going   
                |             |      |well.                             
                |             |      |                                  
  Um Ukheita    |     14½     | 127  |The track now turns slightly S. of
                |             |      |E. and continues over good soil   
                |             |      |rather bare of grass to Um        
                |             |      |Ukheita, a tank now dry, on a     
                |             |      |slight stony rise. Hamla about 5  
                |             |      |hours. From here on to Um Rueishid
                |             |      |the ground is covered with angular
                |             |      |stones, and the going very bad.   
                |             |      |Camels have to walk. At 2½ miles  
                |             |      |J. Rera is seen to the S.E., and  
                |             |      |the track makes fairly straight

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

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

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