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
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Dagala | 3 | 62 |A small village with no well.
| | |
| 1½ | 63½ |Road branches: right to Sarhan,
| | |left to Wad Abu Kassawi, where
Wad Abu | 3 | 66½ |lives the sheikh of the same name;
Kassawi | | |his ancestors are buried close by,
| | |and have always been of a so-
| | |called religious nature and used
| | |to be at any rate, if not now,
| | |head of a dervish-like Tarika.
| | |Village consists of about 100
| | |tukls. Low laot bush around here.
| 1¾ | 68¼ |Leaving the village on bearing
| | |216° after 1¾ miles road from
_Sarhan_ | 3 | 71¼ |Dagala to Sarhan is met and
| | |followed; the well of Sarhan being
| | |passed close by on the left and
| | |the village about 1 mile on the
| | |right. Country here quite flat,
| | |and covered with naal grass where
_El Ogda_ | 5¾ | 77 |not cultivated. El Ogda a large
| | |Mugharba village with one well of
| | |the usual depth, 120 feet. Water
| | |plentiful, 50 camels watered
| | |without inconvenience to
| | |inhabitants. Leaving the Id,
| | |country continues the same flat
| | |naal-covered plain with occasional
_Wad El Zein_ | 11¾ | 88¾ |laot bushes until nearing Wad El
| | |Zein (Omda Ahmed Wad El Zein),
| | |where remains of cultivation
| | |increase. There is one well 120
| | |feet deep. Natives, Mugharba. No
| | |grazing here for camels as
| | |elsewhere in this neighbourhood.
| | |Cultivation occurs at intervals,
| | |becoming more general after
| | |passing Sheteita a small Mugharba
_Sheteita_ | 4 | 92¾ |village. Kreimet is a large Arakin
| | |village, Omda Ahmed Yusef. Its two
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