Photograph with caption: Shabluka Defile 6th Sept[ember 1898].

Item

Title

Photograph with caption: Shabluka Defile 6th Sept[ember 1898].

Description

The Shablūqa gorge, north of Khartoum, pinches the Nile between low hills on both sides; it was a strong position used by the Ansar to ambush river traffic. [FN 11/2020]
Image 28, left side, bottom row

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

6 September 1898

Format

PhysicalObject

Identifier

GGC404_122

Source

Photograph album 'Khartoum'
Royal Engineers Museum

Space/Place

Shablūqa, Sudan

Rights

© Royal Engineers Museum

Item sets

REM photography collections