Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Boscott, A.J.
Dates of creation: 1898, c. 1915-1951
Extent: 0.5 box; 1 object
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Boscott, A.J.
Language:
Arabic
(b. c. 1887)
| | |
| 1914 Jan | [Posts and Telegraphs Department] |
| 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 |
| 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
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, with
the 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 the
Successor to the messenger of God”.
Size: 169 x 110 cm
Textile
Language:
Arabic
Digitised material for SAD.625/1 - Mahdist banner, 1898 