Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns the 161st infantry

the 161st infantry

• A Railway Express Ticket dated November

having the distinctive rounded shape to the shell

GESCH on the back

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns the 161st infantryOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s 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.