Osman Nusairi

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Osman Nusairi

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Osman Nusairi works as a consultant on the MAC project. He has guided the research into the Sudanese objects at the Royal Engineers Museum, has co-authored research publications and provided translations. Where he has substantially contributed to entries on this archive you will see the identifier ON.
Osman studied in Sudan and the UK. He has been living in London since 1972 but has remained involved in Sudanese issues.He writes plays in both Arabic and English as well as translates. He was a lecturer at The Institute of Music and Drama and a director in the National Theatre in Sudan before coming to the UK, where he continued to research and write, for the BBC and elsewhere. His research and translation work on the Mahdiya includes translating Arabic texts on the Mahdi, including volumes of correspondence and memoranda, and other materials written by Sudanese historians and contemporaries of the Mahdiya.

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Making African Connections

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Lady Watson's Scrapbook Physical Object
Letter from Gordon Physical Object
Photograph of Lord Wolseley Physical Object
Photograph of Sir Evelyn Baring Physical Object
Arabic letter from ʿUthmān Abū-Bakr Diqna Physical Object
Arabic note from Gordon Physical Object
Arabic letter to Nuṣḥī Pāshā Physical Object
Photograph of Maj. H.H. Kitchener Physical Object
Rātib in leather pouch Physical Object
Sketch Map of Sudan in February 1879, drawn by Col. C. G. Gordon Physical Object
Finial of the Mahdī’s qubba Physical Object
The Graphic Physical Object
railing Physical Object
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The jibba: clothing for Sufi and soldier Text
Flags of the Mahdiyya Text
Research trip to Sudan (March 2020) Event
The rātib Text
A note on the term anṣār Text
The Role of Women in the Mahdist Period Event
Interview with Osman Nusairi Event
The legacy and perception of Mahdism in Sudan. Event
The importance of Mahdism in Sudan and why UK museum's presentation of this history is controversial. Event
How did Mahdism hold the country together? Event
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Interview with Dr Amani Yousif Bashir, Director of the Sheikan Museum (English Version) Event
Omdurman Sufis Event