115 x 85 mm. Woodburytype frontispiece, to Colborne (1884).
William Hicks Pasha (1830-1883) served in the Indian Army. In 1883 he was appointed by the Egyptian Government to command a field force against the Mahdists, which entered Kordofan, but was defeated at Kashgil, an engagement in which Hicks and all his staff were killed.
Hicks Pasha and his staff
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- Dates of Creation1883
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description1 volume(s) 1 image in 1 volume
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This photograph appears in: Colborne, John (1884), 'With Hicks Pasha in the Soudan: being an account of the Senaar campaign in 1883', London: Smith, Elder. Please order in the Rare Books Room, classmark RCS.C.42c.32.
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