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Lot 210

TWO MAHDIST TUNICS

KHARTOUM, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Fermé14 April 2010

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GBP 2,500

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TWO MAHDIST TUNICS
KHARTOUM, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with applied patches and blue yokes, the first with woolen patches and a pocket, the second with cotton appliqués, both with one sleeve missing, mounted in glazed cases
The cases - 50¼ x 36¼ in. (127.5 x 92 cm.)
Together with a group of nine spears (11)

Note du spécialiste

These tunics were worn by the besieging Mahdi troops during the battle for Khartoum. They were led by the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad against a defending army of 7000 loyal Sudanese troops under General Charles George Gordon. The siege lasted from March 13, 1884 to January 26, 1885. After a ten-month siege, the Mahdists finally broke into the city and the entire garrison was killed.