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 Bey | 1240 | 1825 |
| Maho Bey | 1241 | 1826 |
| Khurshid Pasha | 1241 | 1826 |
| Ahmed Pasha Abu Udn | 1254 | 1839 |
| Ahmed Pasha El Minikli | 1259 | 1844 |
| Khaled Pasha | 1262 | 1846 |
| Abdel Latif Pasha | 1266 | 1850 |
| Rustem Pasha | 1267 | 1851 |
| Ismail Pasha Abu Jebel | 1268 | 1852 |
| Selim Pasha | 1269 | 1853 |
| Ali Pasha Sirri | 1270 | 1854 |
| Ali Pasha Sharkas | 1271 | 1855 |
| Arakil Bey | 1273 | 1857 |
| Hassan Bey Salama | 1275 | 1859 |
| Mohammed Bey Rasikh | 1278 | 1862 |
| Musa Pasha Hamdi | 1279 | 1863 |
| Jaafar Pasha Sadek | 1281 | 1865 |
| Jaafar Pasha Mazhar | 1282 | 1866 |
| Mumtaz Pasha | 1287 | 1871 |
| Ismail Pasha Ayub | 1289 | 1873 |
| Gordon Pasha | 1293 | 1877 |
| Rauf Pasha | 1296 | 1879 |
| Abdel Gader Pasha | 1299 | 1882 |
| Ala El Din Pasha | 1300 | 1883 |
| Gordon Pasha | 1301 | 1884[219] |
| Kitchener Pasha | 1316 | 1899 |
| Wingate Pasha | 1317 | 1899 |
| 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.