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	Suakin - LoveToKnow 1911
		SUAKIN, or Sawakin, a seaport of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on the west side of the Red Sea in r9° 7' N., 37° 20' E. Pop.
		Suakin stands on a coralline islet connected with the suburb of El-Kef on the mainland by a causeway and a viaduct.
		Suakin was the headquarters of the Egyptian and British troops operating in the eastern Sudan against the dervishes under Osman Digna (see EGYPT, Military Operations, 1884, seq.).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Suakin (713 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Suakin: Time and Tide
		Suakin is first mentioned in the early 10th century by the South Arabian scholar al-Hamdani, who describes the port as an ancient location.
		Suakin's own hinterland once contained rich gold deposits, with remains of ancient workings in the Red Sea hills reaching to just north of the port; pharaonic attempts to exploit these deposits may have begun as early as the Vth Dynasty (2745-2625 BC).
		In this period also is a legendary invasion of the Atbai region, north of Suakin, by the Yemeni Abu al-Malik ibn Shamnar-Yerash, whose armies perished in their attempt to seize the emerald mines of the Eastern Desert.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199304/suakin-time.and.tide.htm (2938 words)

	Sudan (New South Wales Contingent) March-June 1885
		The NSW contingent anchored at Suakin, Sudan's Red Sea port, on 29 March 1885 and were attached to a brigade composed of Scots, Grenadiers and Coldstream Guards.
		Suakin, Sudan, 1885: grave of Robert Weir, the first Australian to die on active duty in the Sudan.
		On 6 May they rode on a reconnaissance to Takdul, 28 kilometres from Suakin, again hoping for an encounter with the Sudanese, but the only action that day involved two newspaper correspondents who had accompanied the patrol before leaving the cameleers to file their stories in Suakin.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/sudan.htm (1125 words)

	من تاريخ سواكن
		A small garrison is left in Suakin to prevent its return and the city falls thus, for the first time, under the cane of Egypt.
		Suakin is then in competition with Aidhab a port located at north, nearer to Jeddah, but which will be destroyed in 1426 by El Ashraf Bars Bey, leaving in Suakin the free field to become an important commercial port.
		Suakin is an old port, on the Red Sea, similar to Venice in that it is located on a lagoon.
	swakin.netfirms.com /history.htm (1696 words)

	كتابات عن سواكن
		Indeed it is the first true biography of the port that was personified by Dr. Wilhelm Junkers in 1875 as the ‎'daughter of the sea', and bewailed one hundred years later by the spirited Sudanese film-maker Hussein Sharif in his documentary Dislocation of Amber.
		Suakin was a town so unpredictable that even now after it has gone through its numerous cycles, one is still unable to completely understand it.
		Consequently, whatever is left of Suakin is now slowly falling apart as a result of benign, and not so benign, neglect.
	swakin.netfirms.com /wrote.htm (1688 words)

	Suakin, Sudan
		Suakin is a port in north eastern Sudan, on the Red Sea.
		In earlier times, Suakin was an important port; there are a number of references to Venetian merchants residing at Suakin, and Massawa in the 14th century.
		Within 50 years, Suakin became the residence of the Pasha for the Ottoman province of Habasha, which included Arqiqa and Massawa (located in present-day Eritrea) until the end of Ottoman rule.
	www.creekin.net /c6700-n174-suakin-sudan.html (181 words)

	Suakin histoire nom
		où Suakin atteint son apogée, son déclin et sa ruine vont être programmés par la décision de construire un nouveau port, 60 km au nord de la vieille ville.
		Suakin n'est pas aux normes d'un port moderne.
		La population de Suakin passe de 10500 personnes en 1905 à 6000 en 1929.
	www.alberganti.com /suakin/suakin_exode.htm (1376 words)

	SUAKIN, or SAWAKIN - Online Information article about SUAKIN, or SAWAKIN
		Suakin stands on a coralline islet connected with the suburb of El-See also:
		port of the eastern Sudan, Suakin has been since 1906 to some extent superseded by Port Sudan (q.v.), a harbour 36 m.
		Suakin was the headquarters of the Egyptian and See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/SUAKIN_or_SAWAKIN.html (1020 words)

	Suakin
		Call Suakin Port Control before entering the port and they will direct you to either come along side the seawall or tie up next to a port tug to have the doctor come onboard for a quarantine check.
		The dingy landing is near the group of buildings on Old Suakin island where the ruins are.
		Suakin has a wonderful fresh fruit and veggie market in the little town.
	www.longpassages.org /suakin_destination.htm (903 words)

	Adventures of Sudan: Suakin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One could cry about the demise of the city on the island Suakin, and the sad state of its coral buildings.
		Slaves were transported out to Suakin, and then put on ships bringing them up to the Ottoman empire.
		When the size of Suakin is considered, eating and sleeping is quite well here.
	lexicorient.com /sudan/suakin.htm (177 words)

	Sudan - The North / South - Contrasts - photos of Sudan on Worldisround
		The place is called Suakin and is the location of the first and old port and a fort, which was occupied by Turks, Italians and Brits.
		Sudan - Suakin - the Fort - BillJailed
		Sudan - Suakin - the Fort - Govenors House
	www.worldisround.com /articles/209166/index.html (558 words)

	The Battle of Tofrek 22 March 1885
		The Suakin Field Force was therefore reconstituted under its original Commander, Lt Gen Sir G Graham, VC, KCB, and sent back to Suakin, one of its units being the
		The surrounding country was mostly stony desert, considerable areas of which were covered with dense thorn and mimosa, and as it was almost waterless the need for a regular supply of that vital commodity necessarily dominated the whole planning of operations.
		General Graham, who had heard the firing at Suakin, was preparing a Relief Force, but was informed by telephone that all was well, and postponed his move until the next day.
	www.1rtr.net /tofrek.html (3600 words)

	Suakin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 briefly revived trade in and around Suakin and was responsible for a new round of construction of public buildings.
		The construction of Port Sudan to the north of Suakin spelled the end of of the island’s livelihood, and it was largely abandoned by 1922.
		Today, too few residents remain on Suakin to maintain the island’s historic coral and stone buildings, and many are in ruins.
	wmf.org /resources/sitepages/sudan_suakin.html (319 words)

	Savage and Soldier Online
		This was the IX Battalion and served on garrisons at Suakin and on the frontier (it was conventional to distinguish the Sudanese battalions from the Egyptian by using Roman numerals).
		Two battalions of infantry, two troops of cavalry, one battery of artillery.and fifty men of the Camel Corps were stationed at Suakin while five battalions of infantry, five troops of cavalry, one camel battery of artillery and the rest of the Camel Corps were stationed between Wadi Halfa and the frontier.
		One Sudanese battalion of Valentine Baker's Gendarmerie was used on the frontier and in Suakin as regular infantry in 1886 and 1887, until it finally incorporated into the army on May 1, 1888 as the XIth Sudanese.
	www.savageandsoldier.com /sudan/Egyptian_Army.html (6956 words)

	Noonsite: Port Suakin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Although Suakin is not an official port of entry boats arriving here from the south have been allowed to clear into Sudan and formalities are reported to be simpler.
		When clearing out from Suakin one can obtain a cruising permit which permits cruising up the coast to Port Sudan.
		Suakin vs Port Sudan, Sudan: Clearance procedures and Agents (28 Apr 2006)
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/Sudan/PortSuakin (286 words)

	Suakin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The old city, built of coral and reputed to be the last place where slaves were traded, is in ruins.
		Within 50 years, Suakin became the residence of the Pasha for the Ottoman province of Habeş, which included Arqiqo and Massawa (located in present-day Eritrea) until the end of Ottoman rule.
		However, the Christian influence gradually waned after the fall of the Nubian kingdom in the 14th century, and the believers either died out or converted to Islam in the 16th century, due to the encouragement of the neighboring Kingdom of Sennar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suakin (251 words)

	Lots 1160-1239
		(Suakin usage presumably) on the front overstruck by a boxed "T" mark, and so with an Egypt 1pi red Postage Due label alongside tied by a v.
		(Suakin usage presumably); correctly headed and countersigned for a Sergeant with the Transport Corps at "Suakim".
		It is not certain that the Indian FPO was open as early as this, but it appears that the Egyptian P.O. at Suakin made no special concessions for foreign Postal Stationery usage.
	www.cavendish-auctions.com /sale600_16may01/a1160_1239.html (5135 words)

	Suakin (Sudan)
		An initial under-water survey of the harbour was completed, producing several complete glass vessels, whereas a beginning was made with a survey of the hinterland (the 'Geyf').
		Suakin is built on one of two small islands in a bay of the Red Sea.
		It is at one end of a desert route to the Nile Valley, ending at Berber just north of Atbara, which is thought to predate the Advent of Islam.
	www.barnard.nl /desert/suakin.html (458 words)

	Shattered Sudan @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For nearly 600 years—off and on—it was the center of a trading network that stretched from eastern Sudan to India and China, Egypt and Iraq in the north, and Ethiopia and Kenya to the south.
		When the Ottoman Turks rose to power in the 16th century, Suakin provided African pilgrims on their way to Mecca a safer alternative than the traditional route through occupied Egypt.
		All that remains of Suakin are piles of rubble and the silent, shadowed remnants of a historic city.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0302/feature2 (1115 words)

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		GRE P008.02 and GRE P037.05.GRE S008.02IInterior of Muhafaza at Suakin.
		at Suakin in 1974.GRE S010.11GRE S010.12GRE S010.13GRE S010.14TPlasterwork at rear of Khorshid's Diwan at Suakin in 1974.
		GRE P142.03 for original photograph.GRE P183.01Mohammed Bey Ahmed HouseFour views from Suakin, three of which are from House No. 22 of Mohammed Bey Ahmed, with a view of the domed Turkish Bath-House.GRE P183.02Muhafaza and Maidan/View of Muhafaza and Maidan (Square) at Suakin.Photocopy.
	www.sudarchrs.org.uk /Greenlaw.xls (2899 words)

	Royal Engineers Museum - The Corps and the late Victorian wars (1882-1902) - Part 9
		After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the British, who from 1875 held shares in it, considered the maintenance of its security vital, because it held the key to the fast route to the British colonies in India and the Far East.
		At the same time an expedition under the command of the engineer Major General (later Sir) Gerald Graham (1831-1899) VC was sent to the Red Sea port of Suakin (Souakim) to relieve the Egyptian garrison besieged at Tokar by Osman Digma, one of the Mahdist commanders.
		He is credited with the idea of the use of blockhouses, which he had successfully used himself at Suakin in 1885.
	www.remuseum.org.uk /corpshistory/rem_corps_part9.htm (6448 words)

	Battle of Tofrek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Osman Digna, a chief from the Suakin area, declared for the new leader and drove out the Egyptians, upon which the British, always sensitive about Empire communications and thus unwilling to tolerate Mahdism on the Red Sea, despatched an expedition to the area.
		The 1st Battalion was later posted to this force and landed in Suakin in January 1885.
		In March 1885 Osman Digna and his Army were reported as being some twelve miles south-west of Suakin and on the 22nd following a reconnaissance to establish contact, it was decided to establish forward depots and a force moved off from Suakin for that purpose.
	www.army.mod.uk /riflevolunteers/a_company/rgbw_history/battle_of_tofrek.htm (631 words)

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		The island is situated 58km south of Port Sudan and was once a major trading centre, particularly in the 19th century, during the boom years of slavery.
		As far back as the 10th century BC, Suakin was used by Pharaoh Rameses III as a trading port, but declined in importance after the close of the 19th century AD, and in 1905 was superseded in importance by Port Sudan.
		Its unique architecture is made of coral, but these once-beautiful buildings, although restored by the Mahdi in 1881, are now in the final stages of crumbling away.
	www.arab.net /sudan/sn_suakin.htm (107 words)

	Perry Miniatures
		More troops were sent from Britain and India and a 13,000 strong expeditionary force arrived in Suakin on the 12th March with the intention of protecting the construction of a military railway from Suakin to Berber.
		Graham was in charge and led his troops in a renewed hunt for Osman Digna, engaging the enemy in a running battle at Hashin on the 21st and were caught by a surprise attack the next day at Tofrik.
		By the middle of May Graham’s force was ordered by the government to be broken up as Suakin and the railway were to be abandoned and British forces withdrawn from Sudan altogether.
	www.perry-miniatures.com /su_article.html (2052 words)

	Suakin - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		Suakin es un puerto situado al noreste de Sudán, en el Mar Rojo.
		Durante la Edad Media, Suakin fue un puerto importante; existe un buen número de referencias a mercaderes venecianos residentes en Suakin y Massawa durante el siglo XIV.
		Durante 50 años, Suakin fue residencia del pachá de la provincia otomana de Habeş, la cual incluía Arqiqo y Massawa (esta última situada en la actual Eritrea) hasta el final de la dominación otomana.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suakin (276 words)

	Suakin travel guide
		Suakin travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
		If you know any hotels in Suakin or restaurants in Suakin, please [Add].
		Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at wikitravel.org.
	www.world66.com /africa/sudan/suakin (74 words)

	Wreck diving Red Sea \| Diving World liveaboards \| diving holidays \| Brothers reef \| Daedalus and Elphinstone
		Wingate Reef - Umbria - Shaab Ambar - The Pinnacle - Suakin Archipelago
		The Suakin Archipelago is made up of a group of islands offering some of the most unforgettable dives you will ever make in the
		A lot of the reefs within this constellation have not been dived, and journeys to the area are reminiscent of early exploratory diving.
	www.divingworld.co.uk /itine-11suakin.htm (504 words)

	Chapter XV - The Story of the First Feather - The Four Feathers - Mason A.E.W., Book, etext
		He had related how he had fallen in with Abou Fatma at Suakin, how he had planned the recovery of the letters, how the two men had travelled together as far as Obak, and since Abou Fatma dared not go farther, how he himself, driving his grey donkey, had gone on alone to Berber.
		He said nothing of the hours which he had spent crouching upon the hot sand, with his coat drawn over his head, while he drew a woman’s face toward him across the continents and seas and nerved himself to endure by the look of sorrow which it wore.
		But long before he saw the white houses of Suakin that feeling of elation vanished, and the knife became an emblem of the vain tortures of his boyhood and the miserable folly which culminated in his resignation of his commission.
	whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/M/MasonAEW/prose/fourfeathers/fourfeathers15.html (3407 words)

	18187 Sapper John Ewan, Royal Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		General Sir Gerald Graham left Egypt with about 5,000 men to seize and hold the port of Suakin, on the Red Sea, and restore order in the area.
		of April 1885 General Graham marched with a strong force from Suakin to attack Osman Digna at Tamai, taking with him the 17th Field Company, and picking up the 24th Field Company and the other troops at Tofrek, so that he was able to continue with 8,000 fighting men and 4,000 animals.
		It was safe to devote particular attention to pushing construction of the Suakin-Berber railway, so the garrison of Tofrek was withdrawn, and Handub, ten miles west of Suakin, was occupied without opposition on 8th April.
	members.aol.com /reubique/18187.htm (4057 words)

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