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FASHODA (renamed, 1904, K000K)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FASHODA (renamed, 1904, K000K) , a See also:post on the See also:west See also:bank of the Upper See also:Nile, Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:Sudan, in 9° 53' N., 32° 8' E., 459 M. S., by See also:river, of See also:Khartum. It is the headquarters of the mudiria (See also:province) of the Upper Nile. The station is built on a See also:flat See also:peninsula connected by a narrow See also:strip of See also:land with a See also:ridge which runs parallel with the river. The surrounding See also:country is mostly deep swamp and the station is most unhealthy; mosquitoes are See also:present in millions. The See also:climate is always See also:damp and the temperature rarely below 98° in the shade. The See also:government offices are well-built See also:brick structures. In front of the station is a See also:long See also:low See also:island, and when the Nile is at its lowest this channel becomes dry. Several roads from See also:Kordofan converge on' the Nile at this point, and near the station is the See also:residence of the mek, or See also:king, of the See also:Shilluk tribe, whose designation of the post was adopted when it was decided to abandon the use of Fashoda. At Lul, r8 m. farther up stream, is an See also:Austrian See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:mission station. An Egyptian military post was established at Fashoda in 1865. It was then a trading station of some importance, slaves being the See also:chief commodity dealt in.

In 1883—1884 the See also:

place See also:fell into the hands of the Mandists. On the loth of See also:July 1898 it was occupied by a See also:French force from the See also:Congo under Commandant J. B. Marchand, a circumstance which gave rise to a See also:state of See also:great tension between Great See also:Britain and See also:France. On the 11th of See also:December following the French force withdrew, returning homevia See also:Abyssinia (see See also:AFRICA, § 5, and See also:EGYPT: See also:History, and Military Operations).

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