Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Fair, James George
Dates of creation: 1898
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Fair, James George
Language:
English
(1864 - 1946)
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| 1885 | 21st Hussars |
| 1898 | Staff Officer to General Gatacre during the Atbara campaign |
| 1898 | With 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman |
| 1901-1902 | South African war |
| 1901-1904 | Commanded Division S.A.C.E. Transvaal |
| 1904-1908 | Division S.A.C. Orange River Colony |
| 1906 | Inter-Colonial Council of Transvaal and Orange River Colony |
| 1908-1911 | Resident Commissioner and Commandant-General, S. Rhodesia |
| 1911-1915 | Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts |
| 1915-1916 | Deputy Director Remounts, Egypt |
| 1916-1929 | Deputy Assistant Director Remounts, Southern Command |
1. Museum Objects
Presented by Col. D. Whitelaw, 1958
1. Museum Objects
SAD.3/1
[1881 x 1898]
Mahdist flag or banner with appliqué Arabic inscription from the army of the
amir Mahmud wad Ahmad, taken at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 Apr 1898 by Captain (later Lt. Col.) J.G. Fair, C.M.G., D.S.O., 21st Lancers.
Blue and [faded red] appliqué on multi-coloured field 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: 166 x 108 cm
Textile
Language:
Arabic
Digitised material for SAD.3/1 - Flag with appliqué Koranic inscription from the army of amir Mahmud wad Ahmad SAD.3/2
[1881 x 1898]
Mahdist flag or banner with appliqué Arabic inscription from the army of the
amir Mahmud wad Ahmad, taken at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898 by Captain (later Lt. Col.) J.G. Fair, C.M.G., D.S.O., 21st Lancers.
Blue appliqué on white field 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: 184 x 116 cm
Textile
Language:
Arabic
Digitised material for SAD.3/2 - Flag with appliqué Koranic inscription from the army of the amir Mahmud wad Ahmad 