Campbell, Ewen
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Ewen Campbell
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Catalogue
5. Museum object
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Campbell, Ewen
Dates of creation: 1929-1939
Extent: 1 box; 1 banner
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Campbell, Ewen
Language: English; Arabic

Ewen Campbell

(1897-1975)

1921-1927Assistant District Commissioner, Kassala
1928Resident, Geneina, Dar Masalit
1928-1930Assistant District Commissioner, Kutum, Darfur
1931-1933District Commissioner, Kutum, Darfur
1933-1934Resident, Geneina, Dar Masalit
1934-1935District Commissioner, Kassala
1935Deputy Governor, Kassala
1935-1936Assistant Civil Secretary, Khartoum
1936-1938Deputy Civil Secretary, Khartoum
1938-1947Governor, El Obeid, Kordofan

Arrangement

1. Personal papers
2. Diaries
3. Photographic material
4. Maps
5. Museum objects
6. Printed material

Accession details

Banner presented by E. Campbell, 1960; remainder presented by P. Campbell, 2021; see also lantern slides, c. 1910-1930, presented by Campbell (Miscellaneous Small Donations in the Sudan Archive)

Catalogue
5. Museum object
SAD.4/2
[1881 x 1898]
Mahdist flag or banner with appliqué Arabic inscription. Purchased from F.R. Wingate's estate by Ewen Campbell. Blue and red appliqué on white field with thin red entablature with the following inscription:
“Ya Allah ya rahman ya rahim
Ya hay 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: 145 x 106 cm
Textile

Language: Arabic
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Objects

Digitised material for Mahdist banner - 1880s - SAD.4/2