Dervish banner from the Battle of Omdurman with the basic tenets of Islam
Brian McMorrow photographs a Mahdist standard captured at the Battle of Karari. Khalifa House Museum, Omdurman, 2009.
This ornately lettered banner, captured at Karari, measured 4.5 ft x 3 ft, see: Doug Johnson, "Notes on Mahdist Flags," The Mahdist Wars Sourcebook: Volume II 1886–1899, Patrick R. Wilson, ed. (2015), 22 fig. A, 26; Fergus Nicoll and Osman Nusairi, "The Origins, Development and Use of Banners During the Mahdia," SSSUK 61 (2020), 21.
Dervish banner from the Battle of Omdurman with the basic tenets of Islam
Brian McMorrow photographs a Mahdist standard captured at the Battle of Karari. Khalifa House Museum, Omdurman, 2009.
This ornately lettered banner, captured at Karari, measured 4.5 ft x 3 ft, see: Doug Johnson, "Notes on Mahdist Flags," The Mahdist Wars Sourcebook: Volume II 1886–1899, Patrick R. Wilson, ed. (2015), 22 fig. A, 26; Fergus Nicoll and Osman Nusairi, "The Origins, Development and Use of Banners During the Mahdia," SSSUK 61 (2020), 21.