Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Alban, Arthur Hugh Alban
Dates of creation: [1880s, 1921 x 1942]
Extent: 5 albums, 2 objects
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Alban, Arthur Hugh Alban
Language:
Arabic
(1891 - 1982)
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| 1921-1926 | Assistant District Commissioner, Nagichot, Mongalla Province |
| 1927-1928 | Assistant District Commissioner, Opari, Opari - Kajo Keji District, Mongalla Province |
| 1928-1929 | Assistant District Commissioner, Abwong, Southern (Nuer and Dinka) District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1930-1931 | Assistant District Commissioner, Abwong, Lau Nuer District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1932-1935 | District Commissioner, Abwong, Lau Nuer District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1936 | District Commissioner, Akobo, Lau Nuer District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1936 | District Commissioner, Akobo, Annuak - Beir / Lau Nuer District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1937-1942 | District Commissioner, Akobo, Pibor District, Upper Nile Province |
| 1942-1952 | Consul, Gore, Western Abyssinia |
1. Photographic material
2. Museum objects
Presented by David Alban, 2016, 2019
Catalogue
2. Museum objects
SAD.G//S 1543/1
[1881 x 1898]
Mahdist flag or banner with appliqué Arabic inscription. White appliqué on black background with white and patterned 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: 108 x 189 cm; text panel 89 x 154 cm
Textile
Language:
Arabic
Digitised material for SAD.G//S 1543/1 - Mahdist banner SAD.G//S 1543/2
[late 19th century]
Ethiopian shield. Domed metal base, leather handle and covering; decorated on the face with 20 metal plaques radiating round the center, and with 6 square and 4 round plaques at the centre, all attached to the base with pins
Size: 48 cm (diameter), 19 cm height
Leather, metal
