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
_Rabaha_ | 1¾ | 125 |reaching it a small suk is passed.
| | |From here on the people are
| | |Kawahla.
| | |
| | |Between Managil and Rabaha the
| | |track appears to follow a low
| | |ridge overlooking an extensive and
| | |fertile plain to the W. growing a
| | |large amount of cotton and dura.
| | |J. Maturi is plainly visible.
| | |
| | |After leaving Rabaha track passes
| | |through low laot bush which
| | |continues as far as Khalet. Two
| | |villages, Hellet El Hag and Wad
| | |Abdel Rof, are passed about a mile
| | |on the right and left of road _en
| | |route_, as also is Sheikh Abdel
_Khalet_ | 5½ | 130½ |Rof’s tomb. The well at Khalet is
| | |the last on the road to Segadi,
| | |there are several other Kawahla
| | |villages with cultivation and
| | |wells close by. Imam Ali is the
| | |head Kawahla Sheikh. From Khalet
| | |it is possible under favourable
| | |conditions to see J. Segadi. Soon
| | |after leaving Khalet the first
| | |kittr is met, it now becomes the
| | |prevailing bush.
| | |
Wad Mukashfi | 4½ | 135 |Called after the son of the
| | |Dervish Emir who captured Sennar,
| | |who (son) now lives here and is
| | |said to have only lately come out
| | |of prison for dervish practices.
| | |This is the last village in the
| | |Managil District of Blue Nile
| | |Province. The Sennar Province is
| | |now entered. After passing the
| | |Mukashfi cultivation, the road
| | |leads across an uninhabited
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