Stewart, J.D.H.

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 33 SAD[532]
  • Dates of Creation
      1878-1885; 1904-1984
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 box

Scope and Content

Journal of trip from India to England via Burma, Malaya, Java and Japan, 1874; papers relating to Stewart's work in Anatolia, 1878-1882 ; official correspondence, journal and report on his mission to theSudan to report on the desert route from Suakin to Berber, the disposition of Egyptian troops, the slave trade and the revolt of Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, 1882-1883 ; journal and related correspondence on his second mission to the Sudanin the company of General Gordon, 1884 ; 5 photographs, including of the Abbas; articles relating to Stewart

Administrative / Biographical History

Military Vice-Consul at Konia, Anatolia, 1879-1883 ; first mission to the Sudan, 1882  and report presented to Parliament, 1883 ; accompaniedGeneral Gordon to Khartoum, 1884 ; killed in ambush north of Berber, 18 Sep 1884

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Lt Col C. E. Hamill Stewart, 1966

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

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