Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
the Second Week after Easter
the Second Week after Easter
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Suakin
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
seaport under Egyptian control, and since the Mahdi's revolt garrisoned by the English, on the Nubian coast of the Red Sea; stands on a rocky islet, and is connected with El Keff on the mainland by a causeway; is the starting-point of caravans to Berber and Khartoum, and as such has a large transit trade, exporting silver ornaments, ivory, gums, hides, gold, &c.; here African pilgrims to Mecca embark to the number of 6000 or 7000 annually.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Suakin'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/suakin.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Suakin'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/suakin.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
