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| Picture No | 10217687 |
| Date | 1890 |
| Description | Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson entering Dufile, 1888. |
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Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson riding into Dufile, on the banks of the River Nile, c.1888. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the Governor of the Egyptian Equatorial Province had to retreat to Wadelai, near Lake Albert, with 10,000 followers during the Mahdi Rising of the mid-1880's. Cut off from all communication Emin Pasha was considered lost, so the British government sent out a rescue party led by H.M. Stanley (1841-1904).
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| Source | Illustrated London News, 22 February 1890. page 245 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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