Original Magnificent Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with German 17th Century Blade - circa 1880 DVD hardback with 350 pages absolutely

hardback with 350 pages absolutely packed with over 1400 photographs (mostly in color)

repaired and then neglected

such as Hussars

Soldiers commonly traded and collected patches

patching cloth

Original Magnificent Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with German 17th Century Blade - circa 1880 DVD hardback with 350 pages absolutelyOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880's the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.