Sudan - The remains of the Mahdi's Tomb
Sudan - The Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman. On the death of the Mahdi in 1885, his body was entombed in a silver-domed mosque in Omdurman. This was completely destroyed by Kitchener in 1898, when the Mahdi's body was burned and his ashes thrown into the river! In 1947 the Mahdi's son had the mosque and tomb rebuilt
Picture No
10295291
Media ID
46282530
Size
4685px x 2923px
(2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
