El Obeid | Sudan | City Gallery

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mount kordufan and the road leading to el obied

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guest house

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Wow! You really knocked it out, and fed my curiosity especially. We don't get to see much of this city, especially us non Sudanese or non MENA or peripheral folks. Thanks a bunch. I'm happy to see new developments are taking place in this Sudanese city also. This it the 3rd largest in Sudan, correct ?

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Originally Posted by StormShadow

Wow! You really knocked it out, and fed my curiosity especially. We don't get to see much of this city, especially us non Sudanese or non MENA or peripheral folks. Thanks a bunch. I'm happy to see new developments are taking place in this Sudanese city also. This it the 3rd largest in Sudan, correct ?

if we imagine khartoum and omdurman to be one city it would be sudans 4th largest city after nyala south darfur

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sudan has dozens of medium size cities with their own character.
I think why khartoum overshadows all these other interesting cities is because its larger then the next ten largest cities in sudan combined.

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That is very true. I will say again, it's much better than I expected. I've always been interested with the Sudan, from the earlier Nubian Kushite states such as Kerma, Napata, Mereo, to the later Medieval Christian Nubian states such as Nobatia, Maukuria, Alodia, to the Islamic Sudan and the period of the Mahdi, and to the recent era. El Obeid is one of the battle areas where the Mahdi defeated the British-Egyptian forces, this is where my interest had grown about this city, but never until now I've seen many recent visuals of it. It's quite difficult for a non regional people to find quality images of this settlement.

About the Battle @ 1883
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_El_Obeid

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Originally Posted by StormShadow

That is very true. I will say again, it's much better than I expected. I've always been interested with the Sudan, from the earlier Nubian Kushite states such as Kerma, Napata, Mereo, to the later Medieval Christian Nubian states such as Nobatia, Maukuria, Alodia, to the Islamic Sudan and the period of the Mahdi, and to the recent era. El Obeid is one of the battle areas where the Mahdi defeated the British-Egyptian forces, this is where my interest had grown about this city, but never until now I've seen many recent visuals of it. It's quite difficult for a non regional people to find quality images of this settlement.

About the Battle @ 1883
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_El_Obeid

Even though ive lived in the UK most of my life I cant help smirking over how much hell the mahadists gave the british, before sudan the british square hadent been brocken before, in sudan it was brocken on three different occasions, it was only when the british came back with the maxim gun 13 years after the Death of general gordan that the sudanese forces were finally undone.

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I can't explain the music but some nice pictures

http://www.youtube.com/user/altaebabdo

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Zanobia Hotel

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nice pics storm shadow

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