TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.
(GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.)

[CHAPTER I.]
GENERALDESCRIPTION.
(The Editor.)
PAGE
Boundaries; Population; Towns;Administration[1]
Army[3]
Revenue and Expenditure.(Bernard)[4]
Communications[7]
Resources and Commerce[7]
Justice. (Bonham-Carter)[9]
Religion[10]
Education; Climate[11]
Game; Slavery; Forests.(Broun)[12]
[CHAPTER II.]
THE WHITE NILE.
(TheEditor.)
(i)Introductory — General —Flood — Historical[15]
(ii)General Description (downstream); Albert Nyanza to Mediterranean[16]
(iii)River Discharges[17]
(iv)Navigability: Boats andSteamers; Landing Places[19]
(v)Climate: Winds;Temperature[21]
(vi)Detailed Description (upstream);
Section (1). —Halfa to Merowe[22]
(2). —Merowe to Khartoum[35]
Description of Khartoum and Omdurman[47]
(3). —Khartoum to Lake No[52]
(4). —Lake No to Gondokoro. (Garstinand Lyons)[73]
[CHAPTER III.]
NORTH-EASTERNSUDAN.
(Morant.)
(Country bounded on thenorth by the Sudan-Egyptian frontier, on the west by the Nile fromthat frontier to the mouth of the Atbara, on the south by theAtbara and Abyssinian and Eritrean frontiers, and on the east bythe Red Sea.)
Section1. —Country between Halfa and theAtbara mouth, along the Nile banks. (Jackson,Hayes-Sadler, etc.)[83]
„2. —Country between Halfa,Berber, Suakin, and the intersection of the 22nd parallel with theRed Sea:—
(a)Between the Railway and the Nile.(Talbot)[85]
(b)East of the Railway (or “the Atbai”).(Talbot, Bramly, Longfield)[86]
(c)The Bisharin. (Bramly)[91]
(d)The Ababda. (Hopkinson andBramly)[93]
„3. —Suakin and District(Playfair, Kerr, etc.)[94]
„4. —Country between theBerber-Suakin road, the Atbara, and the Abyssinian and Eritreanfrontiers:—
(a)Country between the Berber-Suakin roadand latitude of Kassala. (Parker)[96]
(b)Kassala[97]
(c)The Khor Gash[99]
(d)Country south of Kassala to theSetit[99]
(e) „ „ the Setit[99]
(f)The Atbara and Tributaries[100]
[CHAPTER IV.]
CENTRAL EASTERNSUDAN.
(Morant.)
(Country between the Nile andAbyssinia, bounded by the Atbara and the Blue Nile.)
Section1. —Country between the Atbara and the Niles,from El Damer southwards to the Abu Haraz-Sofi line[103]
„2. —Gedaref and District[106]
„3. —Gallabat and District[107]
„4. —Country between Blue Nile, Dinder, andRahad, with description of these rivers[109]
Table of distances on theBlue Nile[115]
[CHAPTER V.]
CENTRAL SUDAN.
(Morant.)
(Country between the WhiteNile and Abyssinia, bounded by the Blue Nile and Sobat.)
Section1. —The Gezira (Khartoum to theSennar-Goz Abu Guma line)[117]
„2. —Country south of Sennar-GozAbu Guma line:—
(a)General Description[119]
(b)Dar Fung (including Burun and Keili).(Gwynn and Gorringe)[122]
(c)Fazogli. (Smyth)[123]
(d)The Dinkas on White Nile.(Wilson)[126]
(e)Selim Baggara[130]
[CHAPTER VI.]
SOUTH-EASTERNSUDAN.
(Morant.)
(The Sobat andtributaries, and country south of the Sobat and north of N. lat. 5°between the Abyssinian frontier and the Bahr El Jebel, includingdescription of the Bahr El Zeraf, R. Atem, etc.)
Section1. —Sobat and tributaries[131]
„2. —The country south of theSobat and north of N. lat. 5°, between Bahr El Jebel and Abyssinianfrontier:—
(a)General description[141]
(b)Bahr El Zeraf. (Wilson)[142]
(c)R. Awai or Atem. (Liddell)[144]
(d)Bor and south. (Türstig andBorton)[144]
(e)The Beri tribe. (Borton)[147]
(f)Country south of the Akobo.(Austin)[148]
(g)The Upper Pibor. (Comyn)[151]
Table of distances on theSobat[152]
[CHAPTERVII.]
SOUTH-WESTERNSUDAN.
(Boulnois.)
(The Bahr ElGhazal.)
1.Introductory[153]
2.General Description[153]
3.Rivers and Water Supply[154]
4.Administration[154]
5.Resources. (Boulnois andBroun)[154]
6.Climate and Hygiene.(Haymes)[156]
7.Forestry. (Broun)[157]
8.Communications and Transport[159]
9.Tribes[159]
10.Game[161]
11.Religious Beliefs.(Cummins)[162]
12.Dinka and Bongo Vocabulary.(Cummins and Türstig)[163]
13.Itinerary of Bahr el Ghazal River:—LakeNo to Meshra el Rek. (Garstin, Peake,Editor, etc.)[165]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
WESTERN SUDAN.
(The Editor.)
(Kordofan, Darfur, and Shilluk Country.)
Section1. —Kordofan. (Lloyd):—
1. General Description[173]
2. Inhabitants[178]
3. Towns[181]
4. Animals[182]
5. Climate and Health.(Stallard)[183]
„2. —Darfur. (Morant)[184]
„3. —The Shilluks and their Country.(Editor, etc.)[192]
Appendix: History and Religion ofShilluks. (Banholzer, Giffen, etc.)[197]
[CHAPTER IX.]
NORTH-WESTERNSUDAN.
(Morant.)
(Country west of the Nile,south of latitude 22° and north of Kordofan.)
Section1. —Desert west of the Nile and north andwest of Wadi El Gab). (Hodgson, Currie,etc.)[201]
„2. —Wadi El Gab. (Turner,Colvile, Hunter, Garstin)[204]
„3. —“Bayuda Desert.” (Fowler,etc.)[207]
Report on El Ein.(Carey)[210]
[CHAPTER X.]
COMMUNICATIONS
(TheEditor.)
Section1. —Railways. (Macauley)[213]
„2. —River Communications.(Bond)[215]
„3. —Roads[217]
„4. —Riding and Transport Animals[217]
„5. —Posts and Telegraphs.(Liddell)[218]

PART II.

(HISTORICAL.)

(The Editor.[1])

CHAPTER I.
From the earliest times to the ArabInvasion (A.D. 640)[221]
CHAPTER II.
From the Arab Invasion to the time ofMohammed Ali[227]
CHAPTERIII.
From Mohammed Ali’s conquest (1819) tothe end of 1882[231]
CHAPTER IV.
Events on the Nile from 1882 to May,1898[247]
CHAPTER V.
The remainder of the Sudan from 1882 toMay, 1898:—
(a) Darfur, Kordofan and DarFertit[255]
(b) The Eastern Sudan[257]
(c) Bahr el Ghazal andEquatoria[259]
CHAPTER VI.
From May, 1898, to the final destructionof the Dervish power (end of 1899)[265]
CHAPTERVII.
From 1900 onwards[273]
Governors-General of the Sudan[280]

APPENDICES TO VOL. I.

A. — TEXTS OF TREATIES ANDAGREEMENTS REGARDING THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN.
1.Sudan Agreement, 19.1.99 (Great Britainand Egypt)[283]
2.Suakin Annex to above, 10.7.99 (GreatBritain and Egypt)[285]
3.Declaration re Spheres ofInfluence, 21.3.99 (Great Britain and France)[285]
4.Agreement re Bahr El Ghazal,12.5.94 (Great Britain and Congo Free State)[286]
4a.Withdrawal of clause of above, 22.6.94 „ „ „ [288]
5.Agreement re Tribes between KhorBaraka and Red Sea (Kitchener—Baratieri), 25.6.95/7.7(Egypt and Eritrea)[288]
6.Agreement re Frontier betweenRed Sea and Khor Baraka (Parsons—Martini), 7.12.98 (Egyptand Eritrea)[289]
7.Delimitation of Frontier between KhorBaraka and Sabderat (Walter—Bongiovanni), 1.6.99 (Sudanand Eritrea)[289]
8.Description of Frontier between Sabderatand Todluk (Talbot—Colli), 16.4.01 (Sudan andEritrea)[290]
9.Description of Frontier between Abu Gamaland Setit (Talbot—Martinelli), 18.2.03 (Sudan andEritrea)[290]
10.Declaration reSudan—Eritrean—Abyssinian Frontier, Rome, 22.11.01 (Sudan andEritrea)[291]
11.Grazing Agreement(Collinson—Martini), 28.2.01 (Sudan and Eritrea)[291]
12.Customs Convention, Rome, 26.11.01 (Sudanand Eritrea). (Martini—Gleichen)[292]
13.Postal „ „ „ „ „ „ „ [294]
14.Telegraph „ „ „ „ „ „ „ [294]
15.Treaty re Frontier, etc.,15.5.02 (Great Britain and Abyssinia)[295]
16. „ „ „ (Great Britain, Eritrea, andAbyssinia)[296]
17.Duties on Uganda goods, 21.4.02 (Sudanand Uganda)[297]
TREATIES INDIRECTLYAFFECTING THE SUDAN.
18.Agreement re Bahr El Ghazal,etc., 14.8.94 (France and Congo Free State)[297]
19. „ Frontier, 10.7.00 (Eritrea andAbyssinia)[298]
20.[2]Berlin Act, 26.2.85: FreeTrade in Congo Basin, etc.—
21.[2]Brussels Act, 2.7.90 (inforce since 2.4.94): Slave Trade, Firearms, Ammunition, etc.Amongst others, Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Turkey andAbyssinia are Signatories—
B. —THE SUDD. (Garstin,Broun, the Editor, etc.)[299]
C. —ZOOLOGY OF THE SUDAN.(Butler)[307]
D. —ANTIQUITIES OF THE SUDAN.(Crowfoot and Editor)[311]
E. —ETHNOLOGY OF THE SUDAN.(Crowfoot)[317]
F. —LIST OF TRIBES AND SHEIKHS.(Slatin, Morant, etc.)[322]
G. —BOUNDARIES OF PROVINCES[335]
H. —BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY. (TheEditor)[339]
INDEX[351]
General Map of Sudan (1:4,000,000)[at end.]

PART III.
(Bound as Vol. 2.)
(ROUTES.)

(Arranged in Chapters corresponding to Chapters III to IX (inclusive) of Part I., besides an Appendix, describing routes partly outside the Sudan. For detail, see [“Contents”] in Vol. 2.)