Sudan Synonyms

Since the pacification of the Sudan by the British (1886-1889) there has been some revival of trade between Gondar and the regions of the Blue Nile.

The Egyptian Sudan.-Egyptian cotton was cultivated in the Sudan to the extent of 21,788 acres in 1906 chiefly on nonirrigated land.

Lord Granville further inquired whether Italy would co-operate in pacifying the Sudan, and received an affirmative reply.

Towards the Sudan, however, the Mahdists, who had recovered from a defeat inflicted by an Italian force at Agordat in 1890, resumed operations in December 1893.

Sahel thus understood comprises regions which form the inter mediate zone between the fertile lands of the Sudan and the desert.