Middle East and Islamic Studies Collections: an Exhibition of Treasures
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Ratib (Book of Devotion) of the Mahdi
The Sudan Archive
The Sudan Archive was founded in 1957, the year after Sudanese independence, to collect and preserve the papers of British men and women who had lived and worked in the Sudan during the period of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium (1898-1955). It comprises over 300 individual collections of official, semi-official and private papers of administrators from the Sudan Political Service, missionaries, soldiers, business men, doctors, agriculturalists, teachers and others, and provides a first rate research resource for all disciplines of Sudanese studies.
Ratib (Book of Devotion) of the Mahdi
In 1884/1885 the Mahdi made, or caused to be made, a master copy in manuscript
of the Ratib, which was deposited with his head scribe. Three impressions
were lithographed in Khartoum and Omdurman. All copies of the second impression
are believed to have been lost and of the first and third impressions,
only one copy of each has survived, both in the Sudan Archive. The copy
displayed comes from the first impression. 27 Ramadan 1302 [11 July 1885]
SAD 97/1
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