Sir William Garstin visited the White Nile, Bahr El Ghazal, Bahr El Zeraf and Blue Nile in 1899-1904, and the Bahr El Jebel in 1901 and again in 1904, when he also explored the River Atem or “Gertrude” Nile. In 1903 he visited Uganda, Semliki River, Albert Nyanza, as well as the Bahr El Jebel. The results of these journeys have now been published, August 1904 (F.O. Blue Book, Egypt, No. 2, 1904).

Explorers.The following noted travellers, in addition to numerous distinguished sportsmen, have passed through Khartoum at different times since 1898: Wellby, Grogan, Donaldson-Smith, Henri, Gibbons, Neumann, Austin, Bright, Lionel Decle, Macmillan, and Bulpett, Sir C. Eliot, Powell Cotton, and Pierre. The latter arrived in January, 1904, from Zemio in Haut Ubangi viâ Deim Zubeir and Wau.

GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF THE SUDAN.

Name.Date.
Mohammedan.Gregorian.
Osman Bey12401825
Maho Bey12411826
Khurshid Pasha12411826
Ahmed Pasha Abu Udn12541839
Ahmed Pasha El Minikli12591844
Khaled Pasha12621846
Abdel Latif Pasha12661850
Rustem Pasha12671851
Ismail Pasha Abu Jebel12681852
Selim Pasha12691853
Ali Pasha Sirri12701854
Ali Pasha Sharkas12711855
Arakil Bey12731857
Hassan Bey Salama12751859
Mohammed Bey Rasikh12781862
Musa Pasha Hamdi12791863
Jaafar Pasha Sadek12811865
Jaafar Pasha Mazhar12821866
Mumtaz Pasha12871871
Ismail Pasha Ayub12891873
Gordon Pasha12931877
Rauf Pasha12961879
Abdel Gader Pasha12991882
Ala El Din Pasha13001883
Gordon Pasha13011884[219]
Kitchener Pasha13161899
Wingate Pasha13171899
By kind permission of][M. Venieris.

RECEPTION OF LORD KITCHENER AT THE GORDON COLLEGE, KHARTOUM. NOVEMBER, 1902.

[210]Subsequently for the greater part cancelled (vide [p. 290.])

[211]Taken chiefly from an account of Wadai written by Captain Julien, formerly resident at Kuti, published in “L’Afrique Française.”

[212]The Agids are the important men in Wadai, i.e., the chief noblemen, governors of districts, generals, etc.