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
| | |open plain. No cultivation between
| | |Nuba and Masid, nor at latter.
| | |Inhabitants cultivate opposite
| | |bank. Large village with mosque.
| | |
_Alti_ | 1 | 39¾ |A straggling village ¾ mile long,
| | |population 1,500; bank of river
| | |cultivated.
| | |
_Um Magad_ | 3 | 42¾ |Village ½ mile long, population
| | |300.
| | |
_El Tikeina_ | 1¾ | 44½ |Population 200. Encamped in open
| | |plain ½ mile south of village;
| | |good watering place; no grazing.
| | |
_Bishagra El | 2 | 46½ |Large village, 3 mosques. Bishagra
Gharbi_ | | |El Sharki on opposite bank.
| | |
_Fadl El | 1 | 47½ |A small village on river bank,
Fogur_ | | |population 150.
| | |
_El Takela_ | 2¼ | 49¾ |Straggling village, population
| | |800, ½ mile from road on bank of
| | |river. Traces of rain cultivation.
| | |Another village on right of road,
| | |1 mile further south, also called
| | |El Takela.
| | |
_Wad El | 2¾ | 52½ |A large village, with large
Turabi_ | | |mosque, ½ mile from river. There
| | |is a small village on river bank
| | |under trees (mimosa). Rain-
| | |cultivated dura commences on right
| | |of road. Plenty of cultivation on
| | |river bank.
| | |
_Kasembar_ | 2½ | 55 |A small village of Kamlin
| | |district, ¼ mile from road,
| | |population 200. The road now
| | |enters the Kamlin district, which
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