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British Administration, Siege of Khartoum, 1884, First Sudan Piastre Issue Banknote

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British Administration, Siege of Khartoum, 1884, First Sudan Piastre Issue Banknote
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Khartoum, Sudan, 1884, 100 Piastres, P-S105b, Issued banknote, Nice Choice Fine to VF, historic note. The Siege or battle of Khartoum was fought in and around Khartoum between Egyptian forces led by British General Charles George Gordon and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad. Khartoum was besieged by the Mahdists and defended by a garrison of 7,000 Egyptian and loyal Sudanese troops. After a ten-month siege, the Mahdists finally broke into the city and the entire garrison including Gordon was killed to the last man.