Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard circa 1870 British Holsters 1918 at the Erith Factory

1918 at the Erith Factory in Kent

COLONEL WILLIAM FREDERICK CLEEVE born on the British Island of Barbados in 1853

from a private collection in England We first saw this in the 1990s and have coveted it ever since

Notable features of this particular example include:

and they were up against a smaller force under the Boer General Louis Botha

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard circa 1870 British Holsters 1918 at the Erith FactoryOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.