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Dongola

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Dongola , region, part of Northern state, Republic of Sudan. Old Dongola, c.75 mi (120 km) south of the present city of Dongola, was the capital of the Christian kingdom of Makurra or Nubia . It was taken by the Mamluks in 1275. The first Muslim ruler, a puppet of the Mamluks, ascended the throne in 1315. His successor gained independence in 1325, but the Muslims reconquered the land in 1366 and the capital was abandoned. Dongola was briefly ruled (1811-20) by Mamluk refugees from Egypt. The Mahdists, in the course of their revolt, held it from 1885 to 1896. Author not available,... Read more

The Mahdi
...military leader of the Sudan. He is better known as the Mahdi. Mohammed Ahmed was born on an island in the Nile River near Dongola in what is now the northern Sudan. His father was a boatbuilder. Mohammed Ahmed took an early and intense interest in Islamic... Read more

Mahdi
...restore religion and justice. The title has been claimed by various leaders; the most widely known of these was Muhammad Ahmad of Dongola in Sudan (1843–85), who proclaimed himself Mahdi in 1881 and launched a political and revolutionary movement which captured... Read more

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	(book review) ; Egypt Idris Ali. Dongola: A Novel of Nubia. Peter Theroux, tr...compensated. Written in Arabic by Idris Ali, Dongola: A Novel of Nubia chronicles the pain...Nubian language and culture and with Dongola as the proud capital of their Nubia... Read more
	Residents learn their lesson from past tornadoes ; DONGOLA -- When Donna and Eddie Goins started rebuilding on the...buildings were damaged May 6 when tornadoes swept just south of Dongola, which is 30 miles from Carbondale in the southwestern...pay up, he said. Still, some 90 percent of the 12 to 15 Dongola buildings that were leveled have been rebuilt, he ... Read more
	Sudanese: 'What Arab-African rift?'.(WORLD) ; ...Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Dongola, Sudan -- Ask Abbas Adam Ibrahim whether...work and a better life. He settled in Dongola, a city more than 300 miles north of the...history teacher and mayor of the greater Dongola locality Bushra Mohamed Saleh. They are... Read more
	Zelma G. Colboth ; ...Zelma was born August 26, 1918 in Dongola, Illinois to the late George and Effie (nee Daywalt) Garrott. She left Dongola in 1941. She was employed at Victory...Saturday at the Friendship Cemetery, Dongola, Illinois. Memorial donations to Newport... Read more
	Ronald Taylor ; Ronald Taylor, 66, of Dongola, passed away at 10:05 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2003 at St. Francis Hospital...Ronald, II and Cathy Taylor of Wickliffe, Kentucky; son, Tim Burch on Dongola; son, Robert Wayne Taylor of the United States Navy and his fiance... Read more
	Sudan ; 00-00-0000 Map of Sudan Port Sudan Atbara Merowe Kosti Dongola Wau Malakal El Obeid Nyala El Fasher Geneina Sennar Singa Wad Medani Shendi Berber Tokar Kassala Khartoum North Omdurman Juba Sudan... Read more
	CHARLES C. SHEFFER \| FREDERICK JOHN KIEFER \| HUGH R. TALBOTT \| VERGIL LYON ; ...Murray, Ky. He was born Sept. 3, 1909, at Dongola, Ill., the son of James Wilford and Cora...Benton, Ky.; daughter-in-law June Linder of Dongola, Ill.; several nieces and nephews, other...Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. Interment will be in the American Legion... Read more
	Illinois Briefs ; ...School where students developed rash to reopen DONGOLA - A school where students and staff members have...decided unanimously Thursday night to reopen the Dongola school on Tuesday. Dongola Unit School District No. 66 serves 350 students... Read more
	James "Curtis" Smith ; James "Curtis" Smith, age 93, formerly of Waukegan and Dongola, IL, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at home in Anna, IL. He was born March 1, 1912...brother, Leonard Smith. Funeral Services were held on Saturday, July 23, 2005 in Dongola, IL. Read more
	INA C. CLIFFORD \| GERALD D. DRAPER \| REV. LELA P. POUNDS \| EILEEN THERESE \| COULTER-ROE \| CLYDE F. MARTNER \| TAMMI THERESE \| STROHMAIER \| MARIE MAHER ; ...Clifford, 103, of Aurora, Ill., formerly of Dongola, Ill. and Benton, Ky., passed away on...Aurora, Ill. She was born June 12, 1894, at Dongola, Ill., the daughter of William Grant and...Tuesday, February 3 at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. The Rev. Paul Sadler will officiate... Read more

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