Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Boscott, Albert John
Dates of creation: 1898, c. 1910s-1951
Extent: 0.5 box; 1 object
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Boscott, Albert John
Language:
Arabic
(1886 - 1968)
| | |
| 1914 Jan | [Posts and Telegraphs Department] |
| 1914-[1919] | Staff Sergeant, Royal Engineers, seconded to Egyptian Army |
| 1916 | Khedive's Sudan Medal, with [1916] Darfur clasp |
| 1919 Jan | Telegraphs Inspector (Sergeant), Superintending Engineer's Office, Taufikia |
| 1920 Apr | Telegraphs Inspector (Staff Sergeant), Superintending Engineer's Office, Port Sudan |
| 1923-1927 | Assistant Wireless Engineer, Telegraph and Telephone Services, Khartoum |
| 1931 Aug | Order of the Nile, 5th class |
| 1927-1932 | Assistant Wireless Engineer, Engineering Services, Khartoum |
1. Photographic material
2. Newspaper cuttings
3. Museum object
4. Printed material
Presented by A.J. Boscott, 1966
Catalogue
1. Newspaper Cuttings
2. Photographs
SAD.624/8/1-3; SAD.624/9/1-14; SAD.624/10/1-29; SAD.624/11/1-33
1910s-1920s
The photographs date from the 1910s and 1920s. Subjects covered include a series of photographs featuring a Shilluk death dance; the construction of telegraph posts during the Darfur Campaign of 1916; a wireless station and government buildings
in Gambeila, near the Ethiopian border; and a series of aerial photographs of Khartoum, taken from the top of a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast, which is also pictures being erected and demolished. Also included is a photograph of a Mahdist
banner held in the Archive
SAD.624/8/3
1914 x 1932
Flag with an Arabic inscription, one of the Mahdi's banners which was captured at the Battle of Omdurman by Colonel Grey of the Warwickshire Regiment
For original flag, see
SAD.625/1
Size: 86 x 137 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/1
1916
View of El Fasher from the fort, during the Darfur Campaign
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/2
1916
Wireless telegraph (W/T) station, during the Darfur Campaign
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/3
1916
Pool of water after the rains, El Fasher
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/4
1916
Pool of water after the rains, El Fasher
Size: 88 x 138 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/5
1916
Motor car at Beringil, one of the first to reach Darfur, being driven through a ditch of water, during the Darfur Campaign
Size: 88 x 138 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/6
1916
Camel Corps column, lead by Captain R.W. Hutton, leaving El Fasher for Kebkabiya, during the Darfur Campaign
Captioned: Bimb. Hutton. Camel Corps leaving El Fasher for Kebkebkia
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/7
1916
Camel Corps column, lead by Captain R.W. Hutton, leaving El Fasher for Kebkabiya, during the Darfur Campaign
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/8
1916
Camel Corps column, including Captain R.W. Hutton, D. Mills, Sargeant Duce and R.K.B. Walker, leaving El Fasher for Kebkabiya, during the Darfur Campaign
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/9
1916?
A.J. Boscott standing next to a white ant hill in the Nuba Mountains
Size: 132 x 83 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/10
1916?
Gateway to El Obeid
Captioned: El Obeid Old Fort Gateway
Size: 87 x 144 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/11
1916?
Group of young Nuba women wearing jewellery including amulets, beads, hand-beaten silver bangles, nose rings and decorated head dresses
Captioned: Nuba Mountain Ladies. All bright articles are hand beaton [
sic] silver. “Eliri”, Nuba Mountain Province
Size: 85 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/12
1916?
Motor truck travelling along the road between Tonga and Talodi
Captioned: Modern transport. Tonga - Talodi road
Size: 85 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/13
1916?
Group of people travelling on bulls past a group of
jabals near Talodi
Captioned: Bull transport. Talodi Province. Gebel nr. Talodi. Nuba Mountains
Size: 87 x 138 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/9/14
1916?
Mudiriyah (Provincial Headquarters), El Obeid
Size: 84 x 135 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/1
1915
Grave of General Gatacre, Gambeila, Abyssinia
Size: 88 x 141 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/2
1915
Customs store and Nile meter, Gambeila
Size: 88 x 141 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/3
1915
Customs store and Nile meter, Gambeila
Size: 88 x 139 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/4
1915
Wireless telegraph station, Gambeila
Size: 88 x 146 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/5
1915
View of Gambeila, on the River Sobat, Abyssinia
Size: 88 x 146 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/6
1915
Coffee porters, Gambeila, Abyssinia
Size: 88 x 146 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/7
1915 x 1916
Group of Nuer grinding corn
Size: 88 x 146 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/8
1916
Wireless telegraph station, Nassir, River Sobat
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/9
1916
Young woman, the wife of a Nuer chief, wearing a long shawl, bangles and ear-rings, at Awoi
Size: 143 x 86 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/10
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors performing a death dance with spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Shilluk death dance
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/11
1916
Shilluk musicians wearing animal skins and beads, playing large conical drums at a death dance, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Shilluk drummers in action. Death dance. Upper Nile Province
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/12
1916
Shilluk chief, wearing a leopard skin, addressing a group of warriors with spears and shields before the performance of a death dance, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Shilluk chief addressing his men
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/13
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors arriving for a death dance carrying spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Further arrivals
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/14
1916
Group of Shilluk people waiting for the performance of a death dance with spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Another clan
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/15
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors resting after performing a death dance with spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Taking a breather
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/16
1916
Two Shilluk warriors wearing animal skins and holding spears and shields, watching the performance of a death dance, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: General view Shilluk death dance Upper Nile Province
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/17
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors wearing animal skins, waiting to perform a death dance with spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Death Dance. Awaiting their turn
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/18
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors assembling in a village for the performance a death dance, Shilluk village on Khor Attar, Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Shilluk village on Khor Attar. 1916. Shilluks assembling for a death dance
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/19
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors performing a death dance with spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Death dance in progress
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/20
1916
Group of Shilluk warriors resting after performing a death dance with spears and shields, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Taking it easy
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/21
1916
Group of Shilluk waiting for the performance of a death, [Shilluk village on Khor Attar], Upper Nile Province
Size: 86 x 143 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/22
1916 x 1918
Officers of the 12th Sudanese Battalion on parade, Taufikia, Upper Nile Province
Size: 90 x 145 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/23
1916 x 1918
Soldiers of the 12th Sudanese Battalion on parade, Taufikia, Upper Nile Province
Size: 90 x 145 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/24
1917
Two men displaying a Nile perch weighing one hundred and sixty eight pounds, Taufikia, Upper Nile Province
Captioned: Freshwater fish. Nile perch. Taufikia 1917. Upper Nile Province. Weight 168 lbs. Largest known 290 lbs (Fashoda) Kodok
Size: 90 x 145 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/25
1916 x 1918
Bungalow of the District Superintendent, Telegraphs, Taufikia, Upper Nile Province
Captioned: District Superintendant, Telegraph's Bungalow. Taufikia, U. N. P. The tree is Sir Samuel Baker
Size: 87 x 138 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/26
1916 x 1918
Tomb of a Dinka chief, decorated with elephant tusks
Captioned: Dinka Chief's Toomb [
sic]
Size: 89 x 141 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/27
1916 x 1918
Dinka men and boys fishing with spears in dugout canoes on the Bahr al-Zaraf river
Size: 90 x 141 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/28
1916 x 1918
Bush fire on the banks of the Bahr al-Zaraf river
Size: 87 x 146 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/10/29
1918
Telegraph post on the Bahr al-Zaraf river at Kilometre 175
Captioned: Telephone Post. Kilometre 175. Bahr El Zeraf. 1918
Size: 88 x 139 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/1
1920?
Lord Allenby, High Commissioner, Egypt, during a visit to Port Sudan
Captioned: Field Marshall at Port Sudan
Size: 145 x 90 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/2
1920?
Lord Allenby, High Commissioner, Egypt, passing through a triumphal arch, during a visit to Port Sudan
Captioned: Field Marshall Allenby at Port Sudan
Size: 90 x 145 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/3
1920?
Camel races, possibly during Lord Allenby's visit to Port Sudan
Captioned: Camel races, Port Sudan
Size: 90 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/4
1920?
View of houses and tents on the hillside, Erkowit, Red Sea Province
Size: 90 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/5
1920?
Rows of tents pitched in a clearing, Erkowit, Red Sea Province
Captioned: Erkowit. Red Sea Hill Station
Size: 90 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/6
1921 x 1932
Entrance hall in the Governor-General's palace, with a canon and assorted weaponry decorating the walls
Captioned: Entrance hall. The Palace, Khartoum
Size: 90 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/7
1921 x 1932
Gardens of the Governor-General's palace
Size: 90 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/8
1921 x 1932
Shoebill stork,
Balaeniceps Rex, in Khartoum zoo
Captioned: Shoebill, Khartoum Zoo
Size: 140 x 90 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/9
1921 x 1932
Habub approaching the British fort
Captioned: (Haboub) Sandstorm behind the British Fort, Khartoum
Note: duplicate print at SAD.A71/1. See also SAD.484/1/35 for a postcard version of this photograph
Size: 90 x140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/10
1921 x 1932
Habub over Khartoum
Size: 65 x 102 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/11
25 July 1912
Habub approaching Khartoum
Notes: duplicate prints at SAD.872/1/2. See also SAD.484/1/34 for a postcard derived from this photograph
Size: 90 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/12
1921
Posts and Telegraph workers adjusting the foundation base plate for a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph (W/T) mast made from tubular steel
Size: 87 x 137 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/13
1921
Foundations and anchorage supports for a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel
Size: 87 x 137 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/14
1921
Khartoum North old railway station, the site for the erection of a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel
Captioned: Old railway station. Khartoum North. 1921
Size: 87 x 137 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/15
1921
Posts and Telegraph workers erecting a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel
Size: 137 x 87 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/16
1921
Posts and Telegraph workers erecting a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel
Size: 137 x 87 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/17
1921
300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel
Captioned: 300 ft tubular steel mast. Completed 1921
Size: 137 x 87 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/18
1922 x 1932
Demolition of a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel
Size: 87 x 137 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/19
1922 x 1932
Base of a 300 foot tall wireless telegraph mast made from tubular steel after demolition
Captioned: The mighty fallen
Size: 87 x 137 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/20
25 December 1926
Sir John Maffey, Governor-General, taking the salute at the church parade on Christmas morning
Captioned: Khartoum, Xmas morning 1926. Governor-General taking the salute at Church Parade
Size: 82 x 107 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/21
August 1929
Central government administration building, including the War Office and the Secretariat, with a statue of Kitchener in the centre
Size: 83 x 140 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/22
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum North looking east, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast
Size: 85 x 132 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/23
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum looking south east, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast at Khartoum North, showing the Blue Nile bridge
Captioned: Khartoum railway-road bridge
Size: 99 x 153 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/24
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum looking south, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast at Khartoum North, showing Gordon College from across the Nile
Captioned: Gordon College
Size: 86 x 113 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/25
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum looking south, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast at Khartoum North, showing the Governor-General's palace from across the Nile
Captioned: The Palace
Size: 99 x 153 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/26
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum looking south west, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast at Khartoum North, showing the dockyards and the Grand Hotel from across the Nile
Captioned: Grand Hotel & Dockyard
Size: 85 x 125 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/27
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum North looking west, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast, showing the junction of the Blue Nile and the White Nile, with Omdurman in the distance
Captioned: Khartoum North. Blue-White junction, Omdurman in background
Size: 99 x 153 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/28
1921?
Panoramic aerial view of Khartoum looking north west, taken from a 300 foot high wireless telegraph mast at Khartoum North
Captioned: Khartoum - aerial view
Size: 99 x 153 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/29
1914 x 1932
View of the Blue Nile, at Roseires, Sennar Province
Size: 89 x 139 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/30
1914 x 1932
View of Wadi Halfa
Size: 83 x 136 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/32
1914 x 1932
Ruined buildings, part of Napoleon's southern outpost, on a cliff top
Captioned: Egypt. Napoleon's southern outpost
Size: 83 x 136 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/33
1914 x 1932
Three men standing next to a dead hartebeeste. On the far right is Yayha Adam, who was reputed to have helped killl General Gordon
Captioned: Right hand man Yayha Adam supposed to have helped kill Gordon in Khartoum
Size: 83 x 136 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/34
1914 x 1932
Camels transporting telegraph poles
Size: 87 x 138 mm
1 photographic print
SAD.624/11/31
1914 x 1932
Temples at Philae
Captioned: Egypt. Temples of Philae, now submerged
Size: 83 x 136 mm
1 photographic print
3. Museum object
SAD.625/1
[1881 x 1898]
Mahdist flag or banner with appliqué Arabic inscription. Captured at the Battle of Omdurman by Col. Grey of the Warwickshire Regiment. Blue, light blue and [?faded red] appliqué on white field with [?faded red] and light blue entablature, withthe
following inscription:
“Ya Allah ya rahman ya rahim
Ya hayy ya qiyyum ya dhi'l-jalal wa'l-akram
La ilah illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah
Muhammad al-Mahdi khalifa rasul Allah”
English translation: “O God, O Merciful One, O Compassionate One O Living One,
O Subsisting One, O Lord of Majesty and Honour
There is no god but God. Muhammad is his messenger
Muhammad al-Mahdi is
theSuccessor to the messenger of God”.
Size: 169 x 110 cm
Textile
Language:
Arabic
4. Printed material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
Sudan Almanac, 1928
Annual Report, Posts & Telegraphs Department, 1929
