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AFRICA -- SUDAN -- FAWZI BASHA, Ibrahim. Kitab al-Sudan bayna yadai Gordon wa-Kitchener. Cairo 1319/1901. 2 in 1 vol. 8, 453, (8), 364, 6 pp. W. 2 portrs. in the text. Lge-8°. Cont. h. mor. (Top of spine chipped, spine a bit chafed, some age-toning).
A monumental and authoritative primary source for the history of the Sudan during the Mahdist War (1881–1899). Ibrahim Fawzi Basha, an Egyptian general and close confidant of General Gordon, provides a definitive eyewitness account of the Siege of Khartoum and the subsequent Anglo-Egyptian campaigns under Kitchener.€ 150
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