Original Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Snider Rifle Accessories 82nd Airborne Division in Operation

82nd Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden:

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Original Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Snider Rifle Accessories 82nd Airborne Division in OperationOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.