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

Space/Place

Written in Omdurman

Rights

© Royal Engineers Museum