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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 415 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DONGOLA , a See also:

town of the Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:Sudan, which gives its name to a mudiria. It is situated on the W. See also:bank of the See also:Nile, about 45 M. above the 3rd See also:cataract, in 19° 10' N., 3o° 29' E. Pop. about ro,000. It is 1082 M. S. of See also:Cairo by See also:river and 638 m. N. of See also:Khartum by the same route. Its commerical outlet, however, is See also:Port Sudan, on the Red See also:Sea, 600 m. E.S.E. by steamer and railway. It is a thriving, well-built town; an important agricultural and trading centre. See also:Lignite is found on the See also:east bank of the Nile opposite the town. Founded c. 1812 by Mamelukes who fled to See also:Nubia from the persecutions of Mehemet All, the town is called Dongola Makara (New Dongola) to distinguish it from Dongola Agusa (Old Dongola), which it supplanted.

It is also called El Ordi (the See also:

barracks), a See also:reminiscence of the buildings erected by the Egyptians after their occupation of the town in 182o. The See also:Mandi Mahommed Ahmed was a native of Dongola. In 1884–1885 the town was the See also:base of the See also:British troops in their advance on Khartum. Dongola Agusa, 75 M. upstream from New Dongola, now a heap of ruins, was the See also:capital of the Nubian See also:state usually called the See also:Christian See also:kingdom of Dongola. An Arab historian of the 11th See also:century describes it as a large See also:city with many churches, See also:fine houses and wide streets. It is said to have been finally destroyed by the Mamelukes.

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