Anṣār (الأنصار) sword with a hilt and quillens. The blade has an animal engraved on to it near the hilt. The hilt is wooden with string wrapped around, which has been varnished. The pommel has a flower decoration on the end. [FHM 09/2019]
Anṣār (الأنصار) Sword, double-edged steel with fullers running 175mm up the blade on each side. The quillons are made of steel again and are cubed for strength. From the quillons there are two longets pointing down the blade to hold the sword in place when in the scabbard. [FHM 09/2019]
Smooth bore percussion musket used at the Battle of Omdurman. It its assumed that the weapon was originally used by a soldier of the occupying Ottoman/Egyptian garrison and taken by the Anṣār (الأنصار) after an earlier victory. The musket is made of hard wood with metal fixings. There is a "31" marked on the stock, there is also a "18" marked on the first metal part of the barrel on the side without the firing mechanism, the stock has a metal butt plate. [FHM 09/2019]
Camel saddle made of four wooden legs, with pommel on either end and skin padding on the underside. Decorated brass plates with floral design and a carved decoration at one end of the seat. Heavy ropes to attach the saddle to the camel when being used. [FHM 09/2019]
Two dark metal semi-circular drums in brass or copper, with tan-coloured skins. Riveted joints to metal parts, with visible tool marks where it has been beaten to shape. Some etching, possibly Arabic, is visible. [FHM 09/2019]
A small red and black Anṣār (الأنصار) hat and two pairs of sandals. These were picked up at Battle of Atbara. The sandal and hat are made strips of leather wich are interwoven to a leather sole. [FHM 09/2019]
Anṣār (الأنصار) hat made of straw of pillbox desgin with red and black bands across top, decorated with shells, there are only three remaining on the hat. Part of a Anṣār (الأنصار) General's uniform. [FHM 09/2019]
Late-period anṣār (الأنصار) smock-shaped garment, fawn in colour, with short sleeves. Features rectangles of blue and red sewn on front, back and sleeves in a symmetrical formation; also blue piping around the edges. [FHM 09/2019]
A section of brass railing from Mahdi's tomb, which has been turned in sections. There are four joint areas for attaching the vertical sections. Contemporary photographs in the Royal Collection show the railings in situ inside the damaged qubba (domed tomb). The railings were previously looted from the Mission Church in Khartoum. [FHM 09/2019, FN/ON 02/2020]