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See also:FAZOGLI, or FAZOKL , a See also:district of the Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:Sudan.. cut by I I° N. and bounded E. and S. by See also:Abyssinia. It forms See also:part of the See also:foot-hills of the Abyssinian See also:plateau and is traversed by the See also:Blue See also:Nile and its affiuent the Tumat. Immediately See also:south is the auriferous Beni Shangul See also:country. The See also:chief See also:gold-washings See also:lie (in Abyssinian territory) on the See also:west slope of the hills draining to the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Nile. Here is the steep See also:Jebel-Dul, which appears to contain See also:rich gold-bearing reefs, as gold is found in all the ravines on its flanks. The auriferous region extends into Sudanese territory, gold dust being found in all the khors coming from Jebel Faronge on the S.E. frontier. The inhabitants of Fazogli, who are governed, under the Sudan See also:administration, by their own meks or See also:kings, are Berta and other See also:Shangalla tribes with an admixture of See also:Funj See also:blood, the country having been conquered by the Funj rulers of See also:Sennar at the See also:close of the 15th
See also:century. There are also Arab settlements. Fazogli, the See also:residence of the See also:principal mek, is a straggling See also:town built some Boo yds. from the See also:left See also:bank.of the Blue Nile near the Tumat confluence, 434 M. by See also:river above See also:Khartum and opposite Famaka, the headquarters of the Egyptians in this region between 1839 and 1883. Above Famaka and near the Abyssinian frontier is the prosperous town of Kiri, while See also:Abu Shaneina on the Nile below Fazogli is the spot where the See also:trade route from Beni Shangul strikes the river. The chief imports from Abyssinia are See also:coffee, See also:cattle, transport animals and gold. See also:Durra and See also:tobacco are the principal crops. The See also:local currency includes rings of gold, specially made as a circulating See also:medium.
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