Main body of the diary, covering R.V.S.' service - inspection of crops, administration (particularly post work) and trying civil / criminal court cases - as well as everyday life, visits from colleagues, shooting, journeys undertaken, the weather, dinners with / inspection of the XI Sudanese (from 427/5/81 forward) and so on. Specific entries include R.V.S.' receipt of official intimation of transfer to civil service and appointment to 1st Class Magistrate while at Gedaref (427/5/16) and his part in a well-sinking between Kassala and Goz Regeb (427/5/161-163). Also covered is a trip to sketch the country between Gallabat and the Setit river (427/5/165-183), with orders to make suggestions about the Abyssinian frontier in a report before meeting the frontier commission on 1 Jan 1903 (427/5/168). Information is also given about an Abyssinian raid (427/5/183). The diary closes with R.V.S. due to meet the frontier commission in Gallabat the following day (427/5/183)

The final pages contain notes in Arabic (427/5/184), general notes, including a list of provisions and details of cases tried, (427/5/184-185), addresses (427/5/185), accounts, wages and other rough notes (427/5/186-194) and a list of photographs taken on the Abyssinian frontier trip (427/5/193)
[Notes: daily; see 427/2 for expanded diary of the Abyssinian frontier trip outlined in 427/4/168-179]

Rough notes: list of place names; accounts for livestock

List of types of animal, horn measurements and numbers allowed to be, and actually, shot

Compass bearings from points on Atbara (left and right banks) and the summit of Tabarakalla 427/4/4-48,59-65 The main body of the diary, with Sundays separate at the back (427/4/59-65). It begins as R.V.S. meets the Abyssinian delegates to the frontier commission in Gallabat (427/4/4), and the first section gives details of R.V.S.' trek with C.W. Gwynn, D.S.O., Surveys Department, along the Sudan-Abyssinian border, to the Setit river and back (427/4/4-12, 59-60), then to the Rahad river and back (427/4/12-13, 59-60) to undertake survey work, map sketching and beaconing of the frontier. The diary also contains information about a visit to the province by R. von Slatin, Inspector-General (427/4/14-18, 60-61), R.V.S.' trip to take the Camel Corps to Gedaref (427/4/15-17, 60-61), crop inspection (427/4/20), Bayram celebrations, including sports arranged by R.V.S. (427/4/22-23, 61-62), and visitors, trying cases and travel arrangements are mentioned throughout. An account is given of a tribute-collecting tour on the Gash in Northern Kassala, from Gamman to Goz Regeb and back to Kassala (427/4/29-39, 62-64), and the diary ends with R.V.S.' journey to Egypt to go on leave (427/4/44-48, 64-65)
[Notes: daily; see also 427/3 for an expanded account of 427/4/29-39, 62-64]

Rough notes of servants' pay, court cases, accounts etc

Lists: supplies needed (427/4/54); pictures taken on tribute-collecting trip (427/4/55); saddlery needed (427/4/56); distances and travelling times from Kassala to Berber and Berber to Kassala (427/4/56-57)

Addresses

1910 Jan 15 - Mar 8
Tour in the Western Jebels and Dar Hamr, from El Obeid to Dilling, Kadugli, Talodi, Kerik, Fishik and back to El Obeid, including a punitive visit of the Luman Patrol to Cluppina's village (427/7/11), interviews with shaykhs , watching dilukas and hearing complaints

1910 Mar 9 - 13
Field firing and manoeuvres in Jebel Kordofan and the surrounding countryside

1910 Apr 5 - 29
Trek from El Obeid to Tendik via Tegali and back to El Obeid via Koalib, including an unsuccessful punitive attack on Tagoi (427/7/36-37)

1910 Aug 10 - Sep 2
Trek from El Obeid to Dueim via Taiyara

1910 Nov 3 - 9
Dueim to El Obeid, with travelling times between stops given

1910 Dec 12 - 26
Trek with R. von Slatin from El Obeid to En Nahud via Dudiya and back via Abu Zabad. Mileages are given

1911 Apr 21 - May 2
El Obeid to Sherkeila via Taiyara and Umm Ruba`a, returning to El Obeid via Umm Ruba`a and the Rahad river

1911 May 15 - 25
El Obeid to Omdurman via Bara and Abu Tabar

1911 Oct 18 - 23
Kosti to El Obeid, travelling by rail and road

1912 Mar 1 - 17
El Obeid to Tonga with Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor-General and Sirdar, and party, including watching dilukas , exchanging gifts and delivery of speeches by the Governor-General at various points on the way. Stops include those at Dilling, Ghulfan, Kadugli and Talodi

1913 Jan 9 - 13
Trek to select a manoeuvre area around El Obeid. Approximate mileages are given and comment made about the inaccuracy of existing maps (427/7/56)

1915 Dec 30 - 1916 Jan 29
Tour in Western Kordofan with Kelly and A.G. Cummins, beginning and ending at El Obeid and including visits to Abu Zabad, Sinut, El Odaiya and En Nahud and the surrounding area. Entries include descriptions of a reception of Misiriyah `umdahs and shaykhs and election / installation of a nazir at Abu Zabad (427/7/58-59), King George's Day celebrations, hearing complaints, trying cases and office work

1917 Jan 3 - 26
Trek from El Obeid to El Fasher to take up the position of Governor of Darfur, travelling via Abu Zabad and En Nahud and visiting / interviewing various nazirs , `umdahs and shaykhs , attending receptions etc. Entries include the parade and races at Abu Zabad, news of R.V.S.' promotion to Temporary Lieutenant Colonel (427/7/66) and his arrival into El Fasher, met by the Camel Corps, colleagues, an assembly of shaykhs , `umdahs and notables and a guard of honour of the XIII Sudanese

1917 Feb 11 - 17
Short trek from El Fasher to Kutum and back, interviewing the sharati , hearing a case, shooting and looking at wells en route

1917 Mar 28 - 29
Circular tour to Abu Gabra (427/7/73), Kalaka, Nyala, Zalingei and Kebkabiya, beginning and ending at El Fasher. Descriptions include hearing complaints / office work and map sketching around Dilu and Dibbis

1918 Apr 1 - May 24
El Fasher to Bahr el Rizeiqat via Abu Gabra and back, including a meeting with a Dinka deputation to settle the boundary (427/7/84), map sketching, settling shaykhships at Abu Gabra (427/7/86) and interviewing the shaykhs and people at Nyala (427/7/87)

1918 Jul 11 - Aug 1
Trek from El Fasher to Kutum, Mellit, Umm Keddada and back via Dirra. Descriptions include inspecting No.2 and No.3 Camel Corps Companies in Kutum (427/7/90), office work, hunting, sketching, interviewing & ayn;umdahs and appointing a new `umdah in Umm Keddada

1919 Mar 1 - Apr 18
Circular tour to Mellit, Kutum, Kebkabiya, Kereinik, Zalingei and Nyala beginning and ending in El Fasher, during which R.V.S. visits wells, meets with shaykhs etc., undertakes civil work, meets Middleton, P.L. Brocklehurst and Sultan Idris in Kereinik (427/7/99-100), sketches and takes bearings

1919 Jun 16 - 26
El Fasher to En Nahud, where R.V.S. makes a triumphal entry, and on to El Obeid by car

1919 Nov 29 - Dec 16
Trek from El Obeid to El Fasher, with details of the journey, stops made and travelling time

1920 Sep 15 - Oct 1
El Fasher to El Obeid via Dirra, Umm Keddada and En Nahud to go on leave

1920 Dec 30 - 1921 Jan 13
El Obeid to El Fasher with R.V.S.' wife, Evelyn

1921 Mar 28 - May 10
Trek from El Fasher to Kebkabiya, Kereinik, Zalingei, Jebel Marra and back to El Fasher with Evelyn. Details include interviewing shaykhs / hearing complaints, shooting, inspecting troops, civil work, discussion of the Nyala - Zalingei boundary (427/7/138), climbing around the Deriba Lakes (427/7/140) and descriptions of the countryside / weather

1921 Jun 2 - 19
El Fasher to El Obeid via Abyad and En Nahud, with Evelyn, the latter part of the journey by car

Contents pages

1921 Nov 16 - Dec 21
Journey from El Obeid to El Fasher via Umm Keddada (427/8/5)

1922 May 6 - 27
Trekking holiday in Jebel Marra with Evelyn leaving from El Fasher and going as far as Nyurnia, via Kurra, Turra, and back by the same route. Time during halts is largely spent shooting, walking, and reading

1922 Oct 5 - 20
El Fasher to Kutum and back via Mellit, R.V.S. doing some work in Kutum, including discussion of Northern Darfur with E.G. Evans (427/8/22) and in Mellit, including work relating to the frontier commission and hearing cases

1923 Jan 15 - Mar 1
Long tour in Southern Darfur to buy horses for the police and army, beginning and ending in El Fasher and including stops in Sibdu (427/8/33-36), Nabbagaia (427/8/39-40), Bodo (472/8/42-44), Buram (427/8/48-49) and Nyala (427/8/52-53). Entries include a Rizeiqat parade and horse show in Sibdu (427/8/34-36), a Habbaniyah parade and show in Buram (427/8/48-49), triumphal reception and a guard of honour entering Nyala, followed by races there and meetings in Nyala, to bid farewell to the Nyala nazirs and `umdahs and a meeting of the defence committee (427/8/53), and details of hunting / shooting throughout

1923 Jun 3 - 22
Journey from El Fasher to El Obeid (the latter part by car), commencing R.V.S.' journey home. Contains descriptions of R.V.S.' send-off at El Fasher, farewells to colleagues and talks to shaykhs and `umdahs

1923 Jun 23 - Nov 13
Journey out of the Sudan by rail, and home, round Uganda and South Africa. R.V.S. and party spend some time in Khartoum (427/8/65-66) and in Port Sudan (427/8/66-67), then travel via Aden, Mombasa, Nairobi, Entebbe and Kampala, Masindi, Ngora, Nabamali, Jinja and Zanzibar (via Kisumu, Nairobi and Mombasa), and to Mozambique, Beira, Victoria Falls, Bulawayo, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The last part of the journey is via Madeira, arriving London on 13 November 1923

List of travel times

Rough notes of longitude and latitudes

Index

Views of Gedaref suq , ?1902

Gedaref, 1902

Tukls behind straw fences, Gedaref

Bull turning a mill under an awning

Men examining a bull outside a tukl

Tethered giraffe

Mill under a tree

Musical performance by a male group

Views of Abu Nagga

Halting place on the way to Beila

Beila

Animals watering at a well, Shasheina

View of Sofi

View of the River Atbara from Sofi, looking north

View of the River Atbara from Sofi, looking south

The River Rahad, May 1902

The banks of the Rahad at Hawata

View up the River Rahad at Hawata

Camp near Howata

Group of Lahawin Arabs

Birds of prey devouring the carcass of an ariel, Ab Shar, 14 May 1902

The Rahad at Ed Darreissa

Camp at Mukdu

Men standing next to a dead crocodile

Men displaying the heads of a buffalo and a reed buck

Man standing next to a dead water buck

Display of hunting trophies bagged 12 - 25 May 1902

Views of Gallabat fort

Fasher ford

Kassala, 1902

Kassala fort

Jabal Kassala

The inspectors' house, Kassala

The mudir 's house, Kassala

Views from the roof of the inspectors' house, Kassala looking north by west, east, south by west and south east, respectively

Kassala suq

View of Kassala town

Khatmiya mosque at the foot of Jebel Kassala

The Arab Battalion

Two soldiers, one on camel back

Soldier holding a rifle

Parade of soldiers

Soldier on camel back

Fadl al-Mula on a donkey, with G.C. Henry, Governor of Kassala Province, in the background

Group of men breaking stones

Horse-drawn wagon

G.C. Henry on horseback

R.V.S. on horseback

G.C. Henry and two others (M.F. and Y.B.) on horseback

Views in Kassala

Wheel-operated well

Building, possibly an inspector's house

Tukl

Group of people, ?Kassala suq

Tent pitched next to a building

View of the river bank

Saqiyah

Gedaref mosque

Soldiers of the XI Sudanese

J. Collinson's grave

View of a Nomad Arab encampment

G.C. Henry interviewing Arabs

Loading baggage camels near the River Gash

Arabs watering cattle at a well pool by the River Gash, Sep 1902

Shaykh Ahmad Musa's encampment at Illibilli

W.F. Sweny, XI Sudanese and J.H. Rivers on camel back

Nomad Arab encampment near Talaminit

W.F. Sweny on camel back

Tents pitched at Illibilli

Shaykh Ibrahim Musa on camel back

R.V.S. on camel back

Two men cutting up an animal carcass at Timitatei

Camp at Toshum

Baggage camels arriving at camp

Cattle watering at a well near the River Gash

Abyssinian frontier sketch trek from the Setit to Gallabat, Dec 1902

Escorts with a horse, Umbrega

Men on horseback with rifles at Umm Hagar

View of the River Setit at Umm Hagar

Fetching water at Wad Bedawi

The mouth of Khor Maiheteb

Looking down the River Setit at Wad Bedawi

R.V.S.' Hamran guide

Group of Base tribesmen holding spears and rifles

Young Base woman

R.V.S.' gun bearer and his guide

Junction of Khor Amab with Khor Royan

Pool of water at Es Sereifa

Pool in Khor el Bowal

Escorts crossing the Bahr es Salam river on horseback

View of the Bahr es Salam river

Camp equipment at Abu Siteib

Guide and man on camel back at Khor ed Dom

Dead tora hartebeeste

Tukls at Umm Sai

Rest house at Gallabat

Man with an Abyssinian pony

Sudan-Abyssinian Frontier Commission, Jan 1903

Members of the Commission overseeing construction of the first beacon on the River Setit

Dejaj Gassesso's representatives with the Commission

Members of the Commission overseeing construction of the beacon at Qal`at ez Zeraf

Watering horses at Nogara

Watering animals at Elm el Akhdar

Abyssinian suq at Gallabat

View of part of the suq at Gallabat

G.C. Henry on camel back

R. von Slatin on camel back

R. von Slatin on a donkey

Monkey house in the grounds of the mudiriyah at Kassala

Garden in the grounds of the mudiriyah at Kassala

The 1903 Kassala Mudiriyah Athletic Sports, 10 - 11 Mar (see also note re 7/3/141-142)

The final of the quarter-mile race

The camel race finish

Tribute collecting tour in Northern Kassala, Apr and May 1903

Farmers waiting to pay tribute money to R.V.S. at Gamman

Man at a well and animals watering, Tendelai

Flocks held in a zariba in lieu of payment of tribute

Animals watering

Animals watering at well pools, Tendelai

Group of farmers paying tribute at Giberet

Groups drawing water from a well. Tribute collecting at Bahui in Khor Amboreb

R.V.S.' camp equipment. Tribute collecting at Bahui in Khor Amboreb

People and animals at a well. Tribute collecting at Bahui in Khor Amboreb

Ancient tomb near Khor Amboreb. Tribute collecting at Bahui in Khor Amboreb

Elderly man with stick and spear. Tribute collecting at Bahui in Khor Amboreb

Men and women drawing water from a well. Tribute collecting at Bahui in Khor Amboreb

R.V.S.' camp at Sainit

Camp under a tree at Delai

R.V.S.'s horse

J. Collinson, Governor of Kassala Province, 1901

C.J.N. Fleming, R.V.S., H. Ensor and G.C. Henry outside a mud brick building supported by posts. Gedaref, 1903

R.V.S. on camel back. Gedaref, 1903

A saqiyah on the bank of the Nile

Ruined temple on the Nile

The Governor-General's palace at Khartoum

View of a Nile village

R.V.S.' escorts shidding at Abadar

R.V.S.' camel

Group in Kassala suq

Musicians of the XI Sudanese band practising brass instruments

View of Kassala

F.C.H. on a polo pony

R.V.S. on a polo pony

Ruins of an `Anak village at Maman

Camp at Taaliai

Drawing water at Taaliai

R.V.S. on a polo pony

Horses of the 1st Squadron Egyptian Cavalry, at a camp near Kassala

Horses of the 1st Squadron watering

Horses of the 1st Squadron at Gammam

On tour with the 1st Squadron on the River Gash, Dec 1903

R.V.S. on horseback

C.S. Rome on horseback

Rome resting under a tree at Angarogab

Rome at Tokar

Rome with squadron horses at Timitatei

Rome attending to the veterinary needs of squadron horses at Timitatei

1st Squadron horses at Timitatei

R.V.S. on camel back

Cattle pulling a plough to level the ground at Kassala

Sitt Fatima al-Mirghani

1st Squadron soldiers playing polo: C.S. Rome, Isma`il Rifa`at and Ahmad Khalil

1st Squadron soldiers playing polo: Hasan Lufti, Ahmad Khamil, W.F. Sweny, Mahmud Zaki and al-Sayyid `Abd Allah and Ahmad [Awad]

C.S. Rome resting

H.M. Hutchinson resting

Camels being loaded with baggage at Adarwiyab

Statue of F.M. Viscount de Lesseps, founder of the Suez canal, at Port Said

Kassala Athletic Sports and Gymkhana, 27 - 27 Feb 1904

Judges standing under an Egyptian flag at the winning post

Egyptian Cavalry versus the Medical Corps in the first round of the tug of war

Egyptian Cavalry and the Egyptian Artillery in the tug of war final

Mirghania versus the Egyptian Cavalry in the second round of the tug of war

N.C.O.s and soldiers of the XI Sudanese competing in the 440 yard fast race

Competitors in the boys' race

Judges taking the names of the prize winners in the boys' race

Competitors in the open horse race, including C.S. Rome

The donkey race

The polo ball race

Whisky and soda and cigarette race

The five furlongs hurdle race

Camels and young

Polo match between the military and civil service, 29 Mar 1904

Members of the military team: H.E. Dumbell, W.F. Sweny, B.C. Bridges and `Ali Tahir

Members of the civil team: R.V.S., Hasan Lutfi, Ahmad Kamil, Ahmad Awad and al-Sayyid `Abd Allah

Recruits to the XI Sudanese performing free gymnastics

R.V.S. and two unidentified men smoking pipes

Group, as above, drinking beer

Saqiyah

Group of shaykhs
[Note: 7/3/165 is dated 1901]

Twin-sailed felucca

Single-sailed felucca

Rest house at Goz Regeb

View of the landscape from the rest house at Goz Regeb

F.B.C. Bridge on the horse ‘Jock’

Inspectors' stables, Kassala

Governor's house, Kassala

Inspectors' house, Kassala

View of jabals from the inspectors' house (morning)

View of jabals from the inspectors' house (afternoon)

Experimental cotton farm, Jebel Mokram, Kassala

F.B.C. Bridge and R.B. Black on camel back

R.V.S. on the back of a camel nursing its young

R.L. Moore on camelback

Camel being loaded up / saddled

Camel wearing a saddle

Loaded camels resting by a tree

Group of men unloading rubble from a trolley cart

Interior of the inspectors' house

Participants at the Kassala District Rifle Meeting

Wilkinson and Connolly conducting an inspection of the XI Sudanese, Kassala, 6 Nov 1904

Safwat, Connolly and Wilkinson on horseback during inspection of the XI Sudanese, Kassala, 6 Nov 1904

Procession to mark the eve of Ramadan headed by soldiers of the XI Sudanese battalion, Kassala, 7 Nov 1904

Soldiers of the XI Sudanese marching at the head of the procession

Soldiers marching with colours and flags

People with Mirghani flags marching behind soldiers at the head of the procession

People marching with XI Sudanese Battalion flags

General view of the procession

Exterior of Khatmiya mosque, at the foot of Jebel Kassala

Interior of Khatmiya mosque (destroyed by Mahdist supporters of `Uthman ibn abu Bakr Diqnah)

Trek by R.V.S. from Kassala to T`hamyam, 12 Nov - 8 Dec 1904

Pool of water near Illibilli, during the trek, Nov 1904

Filling water skins at the pool near Illibilli, Nov 1904

Halt for water at Khor Widei, 21 Nov 1904

Camels watering at Khor Widei, 21 Nov 1904

Camp site under a tree at Adarhabub, 20 Nov 1904

Camp site under a tree at T`hamyam, 24 Nov 1904

Members of the expedition party travelling on camels over stoney ground at Kamankwa, 26 Nov 1904

Ahmad Idris and a Zebeidi man, with two camels at Sanganeita, 26 Nov 1904

Flock of sheep sheltering under a tree at Jebel Tokar wells, 6 Dec 1904

Sheep watering at Jebel Tokar wells, 6 Dec 1904

East gate of Kassala fort

Governor's house, Kassala, 1905

View fron the governor's house at Kassala

Dining room of the governor's house, Kassala

Trek by R.V.S. from Kassala to T`hamyam, 24 Feb - 4 Mar 1905

Banu `Amir man at Saloma, 28 Feb 1905

Cattle watering at a well, Saloma, 28 Feb 1905

F.R. Wingate watching a Banu `Amir man drawing water, Saloma, 28 Feb 1905

Animals watering at the well at Saloma, with Wingate and party in the background, 28 Feb 1905

Group, including Wingate, investigating the remains of `Anak tombs at Adarmimash, 1 Mar 1905

F.R. Wingate on camelback

Nazirs of the Hadanduwah: Idris Qadi (Kassala); Ibrahim Musa ( nazir of the Omum); Hasan al-Badri (Suakin)

Muhammad `Ali Umar, head shaykh of the Gemilab

Muhammad `Ali Umar and Ibrahim Musa with a Banu `Amir man at Saganeita, 3 Mar 1905

Banu `Amir man filling a water skin

Group of Banu `Amir men watering flocks at Khor Tendelai, T`hamyam, 11 Mar 1905

Remains of an `Anak village at Maman

Members of the military polo team (in a match between military and civil) at Kassala: A.J.B. Percival, R.B. Black, H.E. Dumbell and Sayyid `Abd `Allah

Camels leaving Kassala laden with cotton to be exported to Europe, 1905

Cotton growing next to an experimental dam with Jebel Kassala in the distance, Kassala, 1905

Young women collecting driftwood from the flooded Gash river

The Gash river in flood

Young donkey at Sherafa, 30 Sep 1905

Khawr joining the River Setit at Geif al-Hamam, 15 Nov 1905

Men carrying telegraph-laying equipment, Sabdarat, 8 Dec 1905

Telegraph office, Sabdarat

A jabal at Sabdarat

Group standing in the doorway of the telegraph office, Keru, 10 Dec 1905

Soldiers on camelback preparing to repair a telegraph line, Keru, 10 Dec 1905

Rest house at Daurotai, 14 Dec 1905

R.V.S.' bearers and escort during trek from Kassala to Eritrea, 14 Dec 1905

Governor's house, Keren, 15 Dec 1905

Landscape of the road between Asmara and Ginda, 18 Dec 1905

View of Massawa, 20 Dec 1905

Syce with a horse

The muhafazah in Dongola

W.R.G. Bond at a camp, Ba`uda

Mukhtar Awad, Fadl al-Mula and Bond on camelback

View of Khandaq from the Nile

Crowds of people on the banks of the Nile at Khandaq

View of houses and buildings at Khandaq from the Nile

An addax in captivity

Governor's office, Merowe

Post office, Merowe

Mounted police at Merowe

Male addax in captivity

Male ril and female addax in captivity

Oryx leucoryx in captivity

Gazelle in captivity (Isabella)

The governor's palace, Dongola

Exterior of the palace

The verandah

Office interior

Bond dressed up as an idol

Views of the garden

Bond with various pets, including a monkey on a lead

Young gazelle

R.V.S. reading

W.R.G. Bond

Muhammad Malik, king of Argo

Salim Fadl al-Mula, shaykh of the Merisab Kababish

R.V.S.

Bond wearing a beekeeper's hat and smoking a pipe

Landscape with the qubbah of Abu Fatima in the distance

Landscape including the qubbah of Abu Fatima, with R.V.S. on a donkey

Mud buildings at Kerma

Argo Island

Muhammad Bey Malik's palace on Argo Island from across the Nile

Moored sail boats

Man furling a boat's sail in the wind

Ferry boat sailing between Argo Island and Bullinarti Island

W.R.G. Bond's quyasah

R.V.S.' quyasah

Sail boats moored on the Nile

Daym , Dongola

View of the governor's palace, Dongola

Young dorcas gazelle in captivity

Addax in captivity

The steamer, Waterlily

Crowd at Tangasi suq

Sheep grazing at Ba`uba

Camp at El Bab

Cattle threshing grain

Railway station on the line between Abu Hamed and Kareima

Temple at Abu Simbel in Egypt

A dhahabiyah sailing on the Nile

Temples at Philae, including the temple of Isis

The Aswan Dam

A habub coming up over Khartoum

Crowds gathered in a decorated street, Kamlim

Wad Medani mudiriyah surrounded by decorated poles and flags

View of Wad Medani mudiriyah from across the Nile

Mouth of the River Dinder

Wood station at Abu Haraz

View of the Blue Nile, with a village in the distance

Wood station on the river bank, near Abu Haraz

Boats on the Blue Nile

The bank of the Blue Nile at Old Sennar

The bank of the Blue Nile at New Sennar

Boat-building yard on a bank of the Blue Nile

Nile scene near Singa

Colonists' village on the bank of the Blue Nile near Roseires

Nile scene at Roseires

The side-paddle steamer, `Abbas Pasha

Syce holding the reins of a horse, ‘Amir’

R.V.S. on horseback

R.V.S. wearing the levee uniform of the Egyptian Army

Postcard of the Governor-General's palace at Khartoum taken from the Nile (Angelo H. Capato, Khartoum)

Passengers and animals disembarking from a boat at Omdurman

Men bathing in the Nile at Hasan `Allob wood station

Nile scene showing the island of Fashashoya

Abu Gum`a on the White Nile

Wood station on the White Nile near Renk

White Nile scene near Renk

View of Jebel Ahmed Agha in the distance from the White Nile

White Nile scene near Zeraf

Feluccas moored on the White Nile at Kodok

White Nile scene at Kodok

White Nile scene near Tawfiqia

Soldiers on parade on the river bank at Tawfiqia, with buildings in the background

A side-paddle steamer, the Elfin

Commandant's house, Tawfiqia

A shady bank at Tawfiqia

River scene, between Tawfiqia and the mouth of the River Sobat

Shilluk man holding a spear

American Presbyterian Mission station on a bank of the River Sobat at Doleib Hill

Felucca sailing on the White Nile

River scene at Jebelein

Old fort at the mouth of the River Sobat

A Shilluk village on the banks of the River Sobat

Sheep watering on the banks of the River Sobat

Group of Shilluk people at Doleib Hill on the Sobat river

Group of Shilluk men holding spears at Doleib Hill on the Sobat river

Shilluk men and boys holding spears at Doleib Hill

View of the east end of Lake No

Mouth of the Bahr el Jebel river

View of Lake No

Typical scene on the Bahr el Jebel river

Dinka village on the river bank near Bor

View of Bor

Church Missionary Society station near Bor

River scene near Kiro in the Lado Enclave

View of a camp at Mongalla

Tukls on a river bank near Lado

View across the river of buildings and a steamer at Lado

Group of Belgian officers at Lado

River scene at Gondokoro

E. Marsh, W.S. Churchill and F.A. Dickinson, Governor of Blue Nile Province, on board the steamer Dal

House and garden (possibly R. von Slatin's), ‘The Grove’, Khartoum

Garden of ‘The Grove’

Horses and men in the paddock at the second winter race meeting, Khartoum, Jan 1908

Rolling lift bridge at Post Sudan harbour

Ship and boats in Port Sudan harbour

Enquiry into a mutiny of firemen held on board the Khedive mail ship, S.S. Prince Abbas , Port Sudan

Ruins of the Mahdi's tomb at Omdurman (postcard: G.N. Morhig, 26)

Boats moored on the Nile at Dueim, May 1908

River scene at Jebelein

Group of villagers at Melut

Man and woman in an ambach canoe

Sudd block, Bahr el Ghazal

Steamer, the Beatrice , clearing the sudd

Dinkas fishing in a canoe on Lake Fil

Rest house, Meshra` er Req

Rest houses on the road between Meshra` er Req and Wau

Rest house, Gadein

R.V.S. on horseback

Women washing clothes in the river at Wau (postcard: G.N. Morhig, 62)

Officers' mess and quarters at Wau (postcard: G.N. Morhig, 84)

Governor's house, Wau

View from the governor's house, Wau, Jun 1908

View of Wau from across the river

Wau ferry boat crossing the river

Fort Dessaix, Wau

Men playing tennis on the old lawn court at Wau

View of the Sue river

Landermin rapids on the River Sue

Austrian mission station, ‘Cleveland’

View from the governor's house at Wau, Oct 1908

Soldiers giving the Khedival salute at Bayram , Wau

Officers and officials, including R.V.S., Governor of Bahr el Ghazal, gathered after the Bayram reception at Wau

Participants in the obstacle race at the Wau sports 1908

Participants in the ‘greasy pole’ event of the Wau sports 1908

The sawmill at Wau

Workers cutting timber using a circular saw

Verticle saw at a saw mill, Wau

Bridge on the road between Wau and Tonj

Man displaying a dead buffalo

M.A. Ahmad Afandi Lebib and Shaykh Murgan Bongo at Tonj

Group of Tonj notables, including Shaykh Murgan Bongo

Porters carrying boxes and baggage onto the Tonj ferry boat

Gemmeiza rest house on the road between Tonj and Rumbek

Rumbek fort

Ferry boat crossing the west branch of the River Lau

View of the east branch of the River Lau

Tukls in a Dinka village near Shambe

Villagers on a river bank, Gondokoro

District commissioner's house, Gondokoro

River scene at Lado

Church Missionary Society station near Bor

Nuer fishing village on the banks of the Bahr el Jebel river

Dwarf standing with a young boy, Dueim

Arab horsemen at Dueim

Arab horsemen wearing chain mail and riding horses in horse armour

Camels next to a group of tukls at Hashaba

View of Umm Suneita

The mudiriyah at El Obeid

Governor's house, El Obeid

Animals watering at wells, Abu Haraz

A tabaldi tree at Es Sa`ata

Camp at Abu Galba

Misiriyah Arabs on horseback, Sinut

Misiriyah Arabs, including Shaykh Muhammad al-Faqir, on horseback, Sinut

Camels sitting next to rest houses at Jebel Kubja

Group of villagers, Jebel Kubja

Rest house at El Odeiya

Inspector's house, Nahud

Dabtiyah , Nahud

Road between the dabtiyah and the inspector's house, Nahud, with decorated gateway and banner reading "Welcome to Savile Bey 1909"

Tent pitched under a tabaldi tree on the Foga to Kaja road

Rest house at Kaja

Group of shaykhs and goverment officials, including H.A. MacMichael, Kaja, Mar 1909

Soldiers and camels resting under a tree

Soldiers of the No.1 Company Camel Corps at Bara

Syce holding the reins of a horse

Kordofan Province police man holding a rifle

Inspector's house, Taiyara

Dabtiyah at Taiyara

Rahad suq

A diluka at Sherkeila

Group of shaykhs with the ma`mur of Taiyara and the sub-ma`mur of Rahad

Houses and buildings on the banks of the Nile at Kawa, Jun 1909

View of Dueim, Jun 1909

View of the palace at Khartoum from the river (postcard: G.N. Morhig, 3)

The Gordon statue, Khartoum (postcard: G.N. Morhig, 87)

Soldier on camelback

Group of men playing polo

Qubbah

Goverment buildings

Thatched shelters next to a tree

Camel standing under a thatched shelter

Competitors swimming in a race across a river and spectators

Crowd of spectators watching a camel wrestling competition

Mek Geili Adam at Tegali suq

Tegali suq

View of Tegali

Rashad rest house

Landscape, Rashad

View of Tagoi from Seraf el Bazam

Landscape, Tagoi

Landscape, Tendik

Group of Koalib Nuba

Group of Nuba people at Koalib building shelter under a tree

View of Jebel Kadero, Kortala

Jebel Kadero rest house

E.N. Broadbent, R.B. Black and J.R.P. Sandford standing in front of a thatched shelter

R.V.S. on horseback in front of a thatched shelter

The official opening of the Sennar-El Obeid railway, 27 Feb 1912 (A17/80-91), with further celebrations following (A17/92-95)

R.V.S., H.H. Kitchener and F.R. Wingate on the platform

R.V.S., Kitchener and Wingate on horseback leading a parade

Tent decorated with Greek, Egyptian and British flags

Street of shops decorated with flags

R.V.S., Kitchener and Wingate leading a parade

R.V.S., Kitchener and Wingate observing a march past

Wingate, Kitchener and R.V.S. meeting shaykhs , notables and tribal leaders

Competitors in the first horse race of a sporting event to mark the opening of the Sennar-El Obeid railway

Group of Misiriyah Arabs wearing chain mail shirts and holding flags and spears during events marking the opening of the Sennar-El Obeid railway

Line of mounted Hamar horsemen holding spears

Line of mounted Misiriyah horsemen holding flags

R.V.S., A.G. Cummins and another man (?R.S. Audas) outside a rest house at `Atshan. Jan 1910

Grass huts, ?Nabbaka. Jan 1910

Hawazma Arabs charging on horseback, Sungikai. Jan 1910

Hawazma dancing girls preparing for a dance, Sungikai. Jan 1910

Men on horseback and crowds, with spears, at Sungikai. Jan 1910

Nuba dance at Dilling. Jan 1910

R.B. Black and R.V.S. on Jebel Sultan. Jan 1910

Group, including R.V.S. and Black, at Jebel Sultan. Jan 1910

Escort with horses on Jebel Sultan. Jan 1910

Discussions at Jebel Sultan, including R.V.S. and Black. Jan 1910

R.V.S. interviewing local people and hearing complaints at Ghulfan. Jan 1910

The Camel Corps at Ghulfan before a Nuba diluka . Jan 1910

Group of Nuba men and women performing a diluka at Ghulfan, accompanied by musicians. Jan 1910

Crowd of Nuba men and women. Jan 1910

Rest house at Jebel Lebu. Jan 1910

Group of Nuba men, Jebel Lebu. Jan 1910

Nuba man, Jebel Lebu. Jan 1910

Crowds at Kadugli. Jan 1910

Rahal Ardu, mek of Jebel Kadugli, Mahmud Garad and Muhammadani Bahlul, wearing robes of honour. Jan 1910

View of Kinderma looking south east, including porters carrying baggage. Jan 1910

Punitive patrol against Cluppina, an inhabitant of a village in Tira Luman, Jan - Feb 1910

Soldiers of the Camel Corps starting out from Talodi for Tira Luman

Man sitting on a rock in a rocky landscape, Tira Luman

Burning houses, Tira Luman

Soldiers advancing on Tira Luman

X Sudanese signallers on Tira Luman

Group including R.V.S., R.B. Black, A.G. Cummins and E.N. Broadbent, during an interval for lunch on Tira Luman

Rocky pass, Kinderma

Camp at the foot of Tira Luman

Tukls at the foot of a rocky hill, Kinderma

Group at Talodi: Halhed, R.S. Audas, Bailey, H.J. Huddleston, J. Stuart Wortley, A.G. Cummins, R.B. Black, Mrs B.Z. Seligman, R.V.S. and Dr C. G. Seligman

No.3 Transport Company leaving Talodi

Camel cart of the No.3 Transport Company leaving Talodi

Nuba wrestler and his trainer

Nuba wrestling

Kurongo rest house

Tribute cattle at Buram

Crowd of Nuba people with baskets of dhurah at Jebel Teis

A.L. Hadow and R.B. Black talking to a Nuba man on Jebel Teis

Watering camels on Jebel Teis

Rows of tukls on Jebel Kafina

Tukls on Jebel Kafina

A.L. Hadow, R.B. Black, R.S. Audas and R.V.S. seated round a camp table, Jebel Kafina

R.V.S. talking to local people on Jebel Kafina

Foot race at Keilak

Bull race at Keilak

Watering camels at Keilak

R.V.S. skinning the head of a hartebeeste

Soldiers of the Camel Corps crossing a raqaba near Hasoba

Soldiers encamped on a typical camping ground in Dar Hamr

Foot race at Hasoba

Camp at Kalagi in the Dar Hamr region

Competitors in the bull race, Kigeira al-`Idd

Shaykh `Ali Gula, nazir of the Hamr, with his son Nimr `Ali and C.A. Willis

Kigeira al-`Idd

Animals and men in a clearing

Crowd of spectators at the races

Girls' race

Girls in the burma race

Donkey race (with rider facing the donkey's tail)

Young captive giraffe being fed

Young captive giraffe

Spectators and police men at the races

Women selling produce at Kigeira suq

The bull race

Competitors at the starting line for the girls' race

People drawing water from wells

Soldiers of the Camel Corps loading up camels at Toto

Camel Corps soldiers at a well pool

R.V.S. presenting prizes at a horse show, Abu Zabad

The best horse in the Abu Zabad horse show

The old gateway at El Obeid

A Nuba dance at Dilling, 5 Mar 1912

F.R. Wingate meeting local notables at a levee in Dilling whilst on a tour of Kordofan, 5 Mar 1912

Nuba man with an elaborate hairstyle, Jebel Lebu, 1910

H.E. the Governor-General, Wingate on camelback during his Kordofan tour. Mar 1912

Nuba wrestlers. Mar 1912

Group at Talodi: R.H. Darwell, George, A.L. Hadow, C.R.G. Mayne, M.R. Kennedy, R.E.H. Bailey, R.J. Rees-Mogg, R.V.S., F.R. Wingate, R.S. Wilson and M.J. Wheatley

No.3 Transport Company bull-drawn cart

Young dancing women at Elliri

Mounted guard of honour, Tonga

[R.B.] Black inspecting a parade of men on horseback at Dilling, 1910

Rest house at Jebel Lebu, 27 Jan 1910

Group of villagers watching mechanical toys near Jebel Lubia, 1910

Arab warrior on horseback, 1910

Prize-winning horse at the Rizayqat horse show

Group of Dinka men at Talodi (between 1909 and 1917)

`Ali Dinar's throne at El Fasher (photographer: J.A. Gillan), 1916

Nuba wrestlers, ?Talodi

R.V.S. and R.S. Audas at Ghulfan, 1910

Man wearing a chain mail shirt, Sungikai, 1910

People and animals at well, Bagarda, 19 May 1918

`Ali Dinar's palace, El Fasher (between 1917 and 1923)

View from the roof of the palace

Qubbah of Zakariya, father of `Ali Dinar

Decorated door

Verandah of the palace

Former harim at the palace

View of the palace from the west

View of the palace from the south

El Fasher mosque (between 1917 and 1923)

Artillery at the entrance to `Ali Dinar's palace

Tower and gateway to El Obeid

Veiled woman riding a bull

Donkeys laden with bundles of straw

Fula

Arab warrior on horseback

Camel wearing a decorated hawdaj

Dik-dik

Young girl wearing a rahat on donkey back

Camels watering

Man with a flock of sheep watering at a pool

Herd of cattle

Woman wearing a tob carrying a child

Portrait of a young child

Young girl wearing a rahat

Young woman with mushat hairstyle wearing a tob

Man dressed in white robes holding a spear

Man in white robes sitting inside a tent

Man drawing water from a well pool

Village with well pools in the distance

Mosque, Abu Zabad, ?1917

Man riding a donkey

Group of men in a field of dhurah

Group of men and a soldier in a field of harvested dhurah

Threshing dhurah

Nazir on horseback and tribesmen holding rifles and swords at a gathering

Crowd of young dancing women

Portrait of two young women

Shaykh on horseback with men carrying spears in the background, at a gathering

Men charging on horseback in front of a crowd carrying spears, at a gathering

Man wearing a jibba , with a row of men on horseback in the background

Group of men with spears, at a gathering

Thatched mud hut

Group of men riding horses along a waterway

Tukls and fenced compounds in a village

Government or military buildings, ?Bahr el Ghazal, between 1908 and 1909

Two young women with mushat hairstyles

Elderly bearded man wearing white robes

R.V.S. and two unidentified men and small dog, standing next to a flag

Group at Talodi, Jan 1910: Halhed, R.S. Audas, Bailey, H.J. Huddleston, J. Stuart Wortley, A.G. Cummins, R.B. Black, Mrs B.Z. Seligman and R.V.S.

Soldier with artillery near a village

Syce with two polo ponies

?R.V.S. on horseback

Group of men, including R.V.S., on a tennis court

Abu Zabad

Group of officials at a march past of tribal groups

King's Day celebrations at Abu Zabad, Jan 1916

Horsemen parading in front of R.V.S.

Crowd gathered in front of R.V.S. and other officials

Crowd gathered in front of R.V.S.

Muhammad Daf`Allah taking the oath as nazir of the Misiriyah

Abu Zabad horse show and races, Jan 1916

Group of officials and shaykhs

Group of officials, including R.V.S. (seated)

Parading horses

Horse race

Group of officials looking at Hamar camels wearing bridal hawdajs

Hamar camels wearing bridal hawdajs

Misiriyah dancing girls clapping and singing whilst performing a diluka

A.G. Cummins watching Nuba men and women perform a diluka

Group, including R.V.S., with a man wearing a decorated turban and chain mail coat

Judging mares at Abu Zabad horse show and races

Judging government-bred foals at Abu Zabad show

Opening ceremony for a newly constructed mosque

Mounted soldiers on parade during the King's Day celebrations at En Nahud, Jan 1916

Camel race, King's Day celebations at En Nahud

Burma race, King's Day celebrations at En Nahud

Ceremony to mark the deposition of the Khedive `Abbas Hilmi and the proclamation of Prince Husayn Kamil as Sultan of Egypt, Dec 1914

Flag used in the above ceremony

Tower and gateway to El Obeid

Birds nesting in a tree

Young elephant in captivity

Animals in captivity, including a young elephant, an ostrich and a pig

Young animal in captivity

Young giraffe in captivity

R.V.S. riding a wooden polo horse

Group of young Sudanese in a motor car

`Ali Dinar's palace, El Fasher

Group of notables, probably in the grounds of `Ali Dinar's palace

Palace of `Ali Dinar (exterior), El Fasher, 1917

Interior of the palace of `Ali Dinar, El Fasher, 1917

Hut, partially hidden by trees, ?Wada`a

Tents and a grass hut, Wada`a, 2 Apr 1917

Wada`a suq , 2 Apr 1917

Cattle watering at a well, Muhageria, 5 Apr 1917

Bull tethered to a tree before slaughter, Muhageria

Wells at Mubawin, 6 Apr 1917

R.W. Eaton on horseback, 6 Apr 1917

Small dog standing on the back of a camel

?R.V.S on camelback

Ostrich

View at Haraza en Nugara, 20 Apr 1917

Camp at the foot of a rocky hillside, Kowra, 26 Apr 1917

Camp at Muhageria, 1918

Crowd on the opposite bank of the Bahr el Arab river, Safaha, 1918

Colonel Hilaire on horseback during a visit to El Fasher, Mar 1917

Syce holding the reins of a horse, ‘Buster’

1919
Rest house at Mellit

1919
Rest house at Umm Saiyala

1919
Kutum markaz

1919
Rest house at Kutum

1919
Mosque at Kebkabiya

1919
Kebkabiya suq

1919
Ruins of the Sultan's palace, Shoba

1919
Ruins of the Sultan's mosque, Shoba

1919
Commander's house, Kereinik

1919
Group of horsemen, Zalingei

1919
The Zalingei town band

1919
`Ali Dinar's palace, El Fasher

1919
Temples at Abu Simbel, Nov 1919

1919
View of the Nile below Wadi Halfa

1919
The old gateway, El Obeid

1919
Watering cattle at El Obeid

1919
Remains of a rest house at Dudiya

1919
Tabaldi trees at Dudiya

1919
Tent pitched under a tabaldi tree at Umm `Aweisha

1919
Rest house at Nahud

1919
Rest house at Sherif Kabbashi

1919
View from the inspector's house at Umm Keddada

1919
Government well at Umm Keddada

1919
Line of competitors at the start of a camel race at Umm Keddada

1919
Dirra rest house

1919
Men drawing water from a tank at Dirra

Horse, ‘Abu Gabra’

Horse, ‘Madibbo’

R.V.S. on ‘Madibbo’ in polo attire

c.1920
`Ali Dinar's palace, El Fasher, 1920

c.1920
West end of the verandah of `Ali Dinar's palace

c.1920
East end of the veradah of `Ali Dinar's palace

c.1920
View of `Ali Dinar's palace from the west

c.1920
Horse, ‘Endoka’

c.1920
Horse, ‘Mustagil’

c.1920
‘Madibbo’ being ridden by a syce

c.1920
‘Madibbo’

c.1920
Officials, including R.V.S., at Ramadan Bayram levee, El Fasher, 1920

c.1920
Officials as above, with local shaykhs and notables

c.1920
Horse, ‘Ramadan’

c.1920
Storks perching in a tree

c.1920
The Avada, El Fasher, Jul 1920

c.1920
Dining room of `Ali Dinar's palace, El Fasher, 1920

c.1920
R.V.S.'s horses, Aug 1920: ‘Mustagil’, ‘Abu Dagl’ and ‘Ramadan’

c.1920
View from S.M.O.'s house looking north east

c.1920
View from S.M.O.'s house looking south east