El obeid Sentence Examples

The expedition was preparing to march on El Obeid.

During the Mandia the city was destroyed and deserted, and when Kordofan passed, in 1899, into the possession of the Anglo-Egyptian authorities nothing was left of El Obeid but a part of the old government offices.

Other large tribes are the Dar Hamid and the Bederia - the last-named living round El Obeid.

The capital, El Obeid (q.v.), is centrally situated.

Taiara, on the route between El Obeid and the Nile, was destroyed by the dervishes but has been rebuilt and is a thriving mart for the gum trade.

Payara and Birket in Kordofan quickly fell, and a few days before the battle of Tell-el-Kebir was fought, the mahdi, with a large force, was besieging El Obeid.

Thence it turns west, crosses the White Nile near Abba Island, and is continued to El Obeid.

He was captured by the governor of Kordofan and publicly executed at El Obeid.

Hicks Pasha's expedition was at the time preparing to march on El Obeid.