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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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In the Eastern Soudan, 220 m. SW. of Khartoum, is the capital of Kordofan; was the scene in November 1883 of the annihilation by the forces of the Mahdi, after three days' fighting, of an Egyptian army under Hicks Pasha and other English officers; its trade consists of ivory, gold, feathers, and gum.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Obeid'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/obeid.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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