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Sudan Government (Hg) :Biblio.com

Sudan Gazette. 2 volumes Jg. 1903 und 1904.

Sudan GovernmentBiblio.com

A Guide to Hunting in the Sudan.

195418944Khartoum Sudan: Game & Fisheries Department Ministry of Animal Resources Sudan Government. ND c. 1954. 1954. First printing. 8vo. Frontispiece photograph of rhinoceros. 108 pp. 1 page Ad. Illustrated with B & W photographs; bi-fold colored map. Printed on coated paper. Original illustrated cardboard covers with unprinted black cloth spine. With articles by Lt. Col. W. A. H. Forbes G. M. Stanton R. Kirk Lt. Col. P. G. Molloy Capt. J. T. Oulton and Fred Hurcomb. LAID IN is a scarce and important piece of ephemera: an 11 sheet illustrated stapled flyer printed rectos only for the Sudan Safari Tours Company undated c. 1954. Printed in dark blue on onion skin paper this flyer is rich in historical information on big game hunting and photographic safaris of the time in the Sudan. It covers in detail: Advice to Hunting Parties e.g. maximum number of rounds for rifles and shotguns allowed by law etc.; Clothing recommendations for men and women; Charges for Hunting Safaris $100-233 eg.; Charges for Photographic and Sight-seeing Safaris; Entrance Fees for National Parks; Game Reserves and hunting allowable species; Game Licences sic and Game Licences sic Schedules e.g. Cheetah - $30 Bongo - $75 Giraffe - $75 etc.; Species and Number of Animals Allowed on Each Licence; and List of Unsuitable Rifles and List of Suitable Bores. Paper-clipped to the front of the flyer is a printed sheet: "With Compliments of the Embassy of The Republic of the Sudan Washington D. C. and the name "From Amin Abdoun" typed atop. This book came from the library of Grant Fielden who served as a high-ranking intelligence officer for the State Department in various posts in Africa; he was as well a big game hunter. Light cover wear and the date 1954 presumably publication date is written on the Contents page. Very scarce thus. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Khartoum, Sudan: Game & Fisheries Department, Ministry of Animal Resources, Sudan Government. ND (c. 1954). hardcover

Thomas Dorn ABAA · États-Unis475,00 $US≈ 401,90 €

Colonial SudanBiblio.com

Colonial Sudanese Indigenous Women Children and Native Village Life Photo Archive 1930s

1930234711930. Sudanese women children and men in village photo archive from the 1930s when Sudan remained under Anglo-Egyptian rule a colonial arrangement lasting from 1899 to 1956. Rural Sudan in this period was governed through "Native Administration" introduced in the 1920s which placed many local communities under chiefs and customary courts while British officials controlled taxation policing and regional policy. This small format photo archive of posed locals was likely taken by a western traveler for anthropological study and documentation. <br /> <br /> Photo archive of 8 silver gelatin photos measuring 2.5" x 3.5" each. Women and girls carry baskets and bundles smile directly at the camera stand beside mud-plastered walls and pose with children held against their shoulders. Two boys sit inside a narrow wooden or metal container while a robed man stands alone in bright sun. The emphasis is intimate rather than official showcasing faces clothing hair head coverings jewelry domestic labor and childhood presence.<br /> <br /> The 1930s were also the years after the Gezira Scheme opened in 1925 when colonial Sudan became increasingly tied to cotton production irrigation and export agriculture. Sudanese communities were subjected to heavy taxation labor controls and agricultural policies designed largely to serve British imperial trade especially cotton production for overseas markets. Colonial administrators reshaped local economies through irrigation schemes transportation projects and systems of indirect rule that strengthened some local authorities while restricting political independence and contributing to deep regional inequalities that continued after Sudanese independence in 1956. Minor fading and edge wear; photos remain crisp and clean. Overall very good condition. These portraits sit apart from that administrative record preserving everyday Sudanese cultural life under colonialism. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

Major Douglas Thomson, Commissioner of Port Sudan, 1926-1932; appointed as Settlement Officer for Assyrians by the Iraqi governmBiblio.com

Major Douglas Thomson Commissioner of Port Sudan. Five Autograph Letters Signed two each 'Douglas Thomson' and 'Douglas' one to Gladys and four to his sister including three written from the Sudan and one from Abyssinia.

14084One: Minton Essex. 18 July 1909. Two: Blue Nile Lake Tana Abyssinia. 4 March 1916. Three: Roseires Sudan. 31 May 1917. Four: on letterhead of Roseires Sennar Province Sudan. 19 November 1917. Five: Simkat Sudan. 28 September 1920. The five items are in good condition on lightly aged and worn paper. ONE: To Gladys. 2pp. 16mo. Bifolium. Giving personal news. TWO: 2pp. 8vo. He describes matters at Lake Tana: 'At present we are stuck here while the Engineers do their part of the work. I had rather thought as had Pearson that he & I would have to do some travelling round to see various people & give them their presents but the Abyssinian's are very suspicious towards us like anything & they dont want us to separate at all. . I will go & see Ras Waldo Giorgis who is the big man of the Lake country. It is a fine country . The people are not many tho & rather lazy so that it is practically undevelopped.' Regarding the mail he writes: 'There are 2 armed men with it but they say that these are more a temptation to brigands to capture than a safe guard. . In this country every one is a thief & afraid of his neighbours & people are put into chains or beaten for very little or no reason at all except that the chief feels so inclined to do. As the Head does so do each of his successive grades of leadership oppressign & extorting.' THREE: 2pp. 4to. Regarding work on his house at Roseires and its garden. FOUR: 2pp. 4to. The first two pages only and so unsigned. He describes the weather in Simkat: 'Things have quieted down considerably as the rains are over & the winter has set in. That means a cool north wind by day no rain & cold nights so it is very pleasant.' He gives news of 'Matthew' and 'E'. The rest of the fragment deals with personal affairs and the news from Ireland 'the treatment of the Government almost persuades me to be a Sinn Feiner'. FIVE: 4pp. 8vo. A largely personal letter. 'I suppose mother told you that I was refused permission to go back to the job I was doing in Abbaba tho I was specially asked for. Well I have got so fed up with the way I have been treated & left out in the wild which those that sit in the lap of luxury get promotion & rewards etc: that I have written in a letter of protest & if it does not bear fruit U an going to throw my hand in.' In May of 1933 Reuters reported that Thomson who had 'considerable knowledge of the East and its languages' had been 'appointed by the Iraq Government to assist in the settlement of the Assyrian refugees in Iraq'. One: Minton, Essex. 18 July 1909. Two: Blue Nile, Lake Tana, Abyssinia. 4 March 1916. Three: Roseires [Sudan]. 31 May 1917. Four unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni220,00 £GB≈ 251,20 €