Tuesday 7 April 2015

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan prepared by the Historical section of the British Foreign Office 1920



Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, book prepared by the Historical section of the British Foreign Office 1920:

With relevance to Eritrea, it touches on the series of agreements on the frontiers with Eritrea, Red Sea Coast, Suakin, Port Sudan (opened 1909), the Barka river, the cotton plantations in Tokar, Beja tribes, how in contrast to Italian colonialism they invested relatively in Education and there were 4000 students in 1913 and 52 in Gordon College (which became the prestigious Khartoum University later), Population then was estimated at 3,5 million, Kassala (6,000) and Suakin (10,000), the Mahdist Revolution and others...


http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11896/#q=Anglo+Egyptian+Sudan

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