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  • As they fumbled to reload, the Mahdists surged out of the night, ghostlike in their white jibbas.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Over their white jibbas they wore oddments of medieval armor, loose-ringed chain mail shirts, helmets from Abyssinia, and padded armor from Darfur.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • As they fumbled to reload, the Mahdists surged out of the night, ghostlike in their white jibbas.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Over their white jibbas they wore oddments of medieval armor, loose-ringed chain mail shirts, helmets from Abyssinia, and padded armor from Darfur.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Jihad in the Sudan: 1. Mahdist warriors in their decorated jibbas; 2. the officers of the Hicks Expedition.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Over their white jibbas they wore oddments of medieval armor, loose-ringed chain mail shirts, helmets from Abyssinia, and padded armor from Darfur.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Jihad in the Sudan: 1. Mahdist warriors in their decorated jibbas; 2. the officers of the Hicks Expedition.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • As they fumbled to reload, the Mahdists surged out of the night, ghostlike in their white jibbas.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The new Maxim guns mowed down the fearless Ansar in heaps, their white jibbas piling up like fresh cotton.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The new Maxim guns mowed down the fearless Ansar in heaps, their white jibbas piling up like fresh cotton.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

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