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The Sudan and Upper Egypt: unrest and military operations in Suakin, Berber, Khartoum,...
Catalogue reference: FO 633/54
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This record is about the The Sudan and Upper Egypt: unrest and military operations in Suakin, Berber, Khartoum,... dating from 1885 in the series Cromer Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 633/54
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Sudan and Upper Egypt: unrest and military operations in Suakin, Berber, Khartoum, etc.; murder of Colonel Stewart and his party; correspondence from General Gordon; actions of Osman Digna and the Mahdi; Census 1882; victory at Abu Klea for British Forces; Prince Hassam's mission to the Sudan; financial conditions, declarations by governments of other countries; free navigation of the Suez Canal (Part I)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3732400/
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FO 633
Cromer Papers
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