Lot 210
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TWO MAHDIST TUNICS

KHARTOUM, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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TWO MAHDIST TUNICS
KHARTOUM, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with applied patches and blue yokes, the first with woolen patches and a pocket, the second with cotton appliqués, both with one sleeve missing, mounted in glazed cases
The cases - 50¼ x 36¼ in. (127.5 x 92 cm.)
Together with a group of nine spears (11)
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Lot Essay

These tunics were worn by the besieging Mahdi troops during the battle for Khartoum. They were led by the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad against a defending army of 7000 loyal Sudanese troops under General Charles George Gordon. The siege lasted from March 13, 1884 to January 26, 1885. After a ten-month siege, the Mahdists finally broke into the city and the entire garrison was killed.

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