Letter from Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Mahdi
Item
Title
Letter from Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Mahdi
Creator
عبد الرحمن المهدي
'Abd al-Rahmān al-Mahdi
Subject
Letter from Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Mahdi (posthumous son of Muhamammad Ahmad al mahdi) to Gordon Boy's School, England
Description
The letter assures the reader of the respect and esteem that Muhammad Ahmad al -Mahdi held for General Gordon. It quotes extensively a letter from his father to Gordon, which was written on the 17th of January 1885. 'Abd al-Rahmān was an important political figure in his own right during the colonial era (1898-1955).
The original letter is in Arabic and is framed with an English translatiion.
Although no information relating to the letter has, as yet, been found in the collections archive it seems likely that it arrived in the museum with the objects from the Gordon School.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
31 March 1944
17 Rajab 1363
Type
PhysicalObject
Identifier
Accession number not known
Source
Space/Place
Written in Omdurman
Rights
© Royal Engineers Museum