Catalogue of the papers of T.A. Leach/32150/s1f7623c65z.pdfSAD.766/8/52 Delgo: the markaz office and garden (from Inspector's house) Delgo. L. to R.: Inspector's house, school, ma`mur's

Catalogue of the papers of T.A. Leach

Date range of material: 1883-1961

Durham University LibraryNovember 2016

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ContentsPreface ................................................................................................................ 1

Introduction .......................................................................................................... 2

Catalogue of material:

1. Official Papers..............................................................................................4

2. Personal Papers...........................................................................................5

3. Articles, Lectures, Speeches (Drafts)..........................................................6

4. Photographic Material..................................................................................7A. Albums.....................................................................................................................7

(i) Sudan..................................................................................................................7(ii) Egypt.................................................................................................................21

B. Loose Photographs...............................................................................................21(i) Khartoum Province, 1906..................................................................................21(ii) Blue Nile Province, 1916...................................................................................22(ii) Kassala, 1917, 1924.........................................................................................22(iv) Kordofan, 1918 - 1920......................................................................................22(v) Red Sea Province, 1921...................................................................................22(vi) Berber Province...............................................................................................22(vii) Halfa province, 1925 - 1927..............................................................................?(viii) Egypt..............................................................................................................23(ix) Personal...........................................................................................................23(x) P.R.O. Photographs.............................................................................................?(xi) Unidentified......................................................................................................23

C. Lantern Slides.......................................................................................................23

5. Miscellanea................................................................................................25

6. Maps..........................................................................................................26

7. Newspaper Cuttings..................................................................................27

8. Museum Objects........................................................................................29

9. Printed Material.........................................................................................30(b) In Library................................................................................................................?

Preface

Creation of catalogueWP list JH December 1993. SGML RIH January 1998

Contact detailsDurham University Library: Archives and Special CollectionsPalace GreenDurhamDH1 3RNEnglandTelephone: 0191 334 2972Email: [email protected]: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/ark:/32150/s1f7623c65z

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LEACH, Thomas Archibald

Introduction

Collection title: LEACH, Thomas ArchibaldReference code: GB-0033-SADDates of creation: 1883-1961Extent: 6 boxesRepository: Durham University Library, Archives and Special CollectionsCreator: material relating to service in the SudanLanguage of material: English

Thomas Archibald LEACH(1882 - )

Deputy Inspector, Khartoum Province1906Deputy Inspector, Land Settlement Service, Halfa Province1907-1910Deputy Inspector, Halfa1911Second Inspector, Rufaà, Blue Nile Province1912-1915Second Inspector, Khartoum North, Khartoum Province1916Second Inspector/Senior Inspector, Kassala1916-1918Senior Inspector, El Obeid,Kordofan1918-1921Governor(?), Red Sea Province1921Governor, Berber Province1921-1924Governor, Khartoum Province1924-1925Governor, Halfa Province1925-1927Retired from Sudan Service1927

Arrangement1. Official Papers2. Personal Papers3. Articles, Lectures, Speeches (Drafts)4. Photographic MaterialA. Albums(i) Sudan(ii) EgyptB. Loose Photographs(i) Khartoum Province, 1906(ii) Blue Nile Province, 1916(iii) Kassala, 1917, 1924(iv) Kordofan, 1918 - 1920(v) Red Sea Province, 1921(vi) Berber Province(vii) Halfa Province, 1925 - 1927(viii) Egypt(ix) Personal(x) P.R.O. Photographs(xi) UnidentifiedC. Lantern slides5. Miscellanea6. Maps7. Newspaper Cuttings8. Museum Objects

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9. Printed MaterialThis collections contains a photograph album of Jessie Laing, later Mrs. T.A. Leach, whowith her sister Margaret, accompanied her father to the Sudan in 1919 on business. Jessiesubsequently married T.A. Leach while Margaret married C.P. Browne, both of the SudanPolitical Service

Form of citationMaterial in the Sudan Archive is given a reference number, which is unique across thecollections of papers. Usually it is not necessary to give the name of the person ororganisation within which collection the item is found, although it may be convenient to doso.The short form of citation should be GB-0033-SAD reference numberMost printed references take the form: SAD reference number.To order items in the searchroom, use the collection reference code(s), derived by removingthe repository code (GB-0033-), followed by the reference number. Citing the section of thefinding aid is useful.

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1. Official Papers

1919 Mar 1SAD.208/2/1-2Mention in despatch for T.A. Leach by Sir L.O. Stack for gallant anddistinguished services in the field, 1917-18. Certificate signed byWinston Churchill, Secretary of State for War

1924 AugSAD.208/2/3-10Draft report by A.C. Parker on events at Atbara, 9-12 Aug 1924 whenSudanese and Egyptians of the army's Railway Battalion took part inanti-government demonstrations, as a result of which the entireRailway Battalion was evacuated to Egypt

Memorandum by R.C.R. Owen, Director of Intelligence regarding theuse and working of the ordinary word letter cypher

SAD.208/2/11-13

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2. Personal Papers

Copy of birth and baptism entries for James Gordon Laing (1885),Margaret Laing (1886) and Jessie Laing (1887) and for the marriageof their parents Maria Louisa Smith and Robert Alexander Laing in1883

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1916 Jan 6 - 1960 Nov 29Personal letters to T.A. Leach including ̀ Abd al-Qadir Sharif and H.O.Harry, regretting T.A. Leach's departure from Khartoum in 1916(208/3/2-3); Edward Pease and C.A. Willis re the gratuity paid to SlatinPasha (208/3/4-6); farewell letter from J.L. Maffey on T.A. Leach'sdeparture from the Sudan in 1927 (208/3/9); H.C. Jackson re his tripto Selima by car (208/3/21) and re the death of Ùthman Diqnah(208/3/26); H.C. Squires re reviews of his book The Sudan MedicalService: an experiment in social medicine (1958) (208/3/40-41); H.E.Hebbert re his investigations into the existence of a post office atTewfikia (Halfa) (208/3/43-46); T.A. Leach to H.C. Jackson re thelatter's biography of Bishop Gwynne, Pastor on the Nile (208/3/51)

1920 Oct 19 - 1934 Oct 17SAD.208/4/1-15Receipts and correspondence concerning subscriptions to SudanNotes and Records

1920SAD.208/4/16-20Insignia of the fourth class of the order of Nile conferred upon by T.A.Leach by the Sultan of Egypt, with related letter from A.J. Eaglestonconcerning the issue of a warrant from the king authorising him towear the insignia

1921 Jan 22SAD.208/4/21-22Licence to wear the insignia of the fourth class of the order of the Nile,issued to T.A. Leach

1930 Feb 13 - 1932 Mar 13SAD.208/5/1-40Correspondence concerning lectures given by T.A. Leach

1945 Jun 20SAD.208/5/41-52Correspondence from and concerning Shaikh Babikr Badri, founderof girls' education in the Sudan.See also under Newspaper Cuttings, Photographic Material andPrinted Material

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3. Articles, Lectures, Speeches (Drafts)

1913-1914SAD.208/6/1-21Two articles by T.A. Leach for The Manchester Guardian, with relatedcorrespondence. (See also under Printed Material)

“A land settlement officer at work”SAD.203/6/1-4“The young idea” (concerning Rufaà school)SAD.203/6/5-8

1917-1919SAD.208/6/22-38Article by T.A. Leach on “Date trees in Halfa Province” for SudanNotes and Records, with related correspondence (see SN & R v2 no2,1919)

1926SAD.208/7/1-49Article by T.A. Leach on “Selima oasis” for Sudan Notes and Records,with related correspondence. (Ms. and ts. drafts. See S.N. & R. v9no2, 1926)

1927 Apr 27SAD.208/7/50-51Valedictory speech on the occasion of T.A. Leach's retirement fromHalfa Province (Ar. with covering letter)

1930-1933SAD.208/8/1-127Notes for lectures on the Sudan given by T.A. Leach to the RoyalEmpire Society and various Rotarian groups and schools, with listsof lantern slides used to illustrate the talks

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4. Photographic Material

A. Albums

(i) Sudan[c. 1906-1910]Album of photographs covering T.A. Leach's service as DeputyInspector Khartoum and Deputy Inspector, Land Settlement Servicein Halfa. Many of these photographs are repeated in album771/2/1-177. (* Denotes the existence of a duplicate, some of whichare of better quality then the photographs in the albums.)

T.A. Leach on the Nile in the PathfinderSAD.766/8/14 "railway" rooms - Macauley's house at Halfa, taken from theNile

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South wall of Halfa camp (from outside)SAD.766/8/3Desert behind Halfa camp, looking northSAD.766/8/4South wall of Halfa camp and tennis court (from inside)SAD.766/8/5Ghaffir at Behen (Halfa temple)SAD.766/8/6Views across river from Halfa campSAD.766/8/7Behen (Halfa temple)SAD.766/8/8Halfa civil hospitalSAD.766/8/9Tulba of prisoners carrying T.A. Leach's and other luggage atAbu Hamed

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Merowe, from the riverSAD.766/8/11KarimaSAD.766/8/12DongolaSAD.766/8/13A stopping place for the Dongola steamerSAD.766/8/14KermaSAD.766/8/15-16View from Abu Fatma, looking into Halfa ProvinceSAD.766/8/17View from Abu Fatma looking into Dongola Province - alllow-lying rich land

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The gubba of Abu FatmaSAD.766/8/19Middle of Hannik cataract (3rd cataract)SAD.766/8/20KhandaqSAD.766/8/21Boat in Hannik cataractSAD.766/8/22View looking north from hill just behind Tagab. River on rightSAD.766/8/23Getting up Hannik cataract. Muhammad Wali on left; MuhammadAhmad on right

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T.A. Leach's boat, 1908, L. to R.: Kheiri, Zubayr, HusainSAD.766/8/25,29TagabSAD.766/8/26In Hannik cataract (Kheiri)SAD.766/8/27Husain (left) and Zubayr on boatSAD.766/8/28Nuri - S. JabalSAD.766/8/30,38Distribution of dura to women in Omdurman by the Sirdar on thefirst day of Bairam 1324 (Nov 1906). In Khalifa's mosque - nowa parade ground. Door leads into Mahdi's tomb

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Boats on the Nile bank at OmdurmanSAD.766/8/32Camp at Kerreri, 1906SAD.766/8/33-35*B. Evans and K. Cornwallis disembarking preparatory to sandgrouse shoot the following morning

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Jebelein or two hills of Nuri (from west bank)SAD.766/8/37Houses and sacks of dates at MishakelaSAD.766/8/39Land settlement officer's houseboatSAD.766/8/40L. to R.: Ùmdah Faqir Ismaiìl (deceased) and his son Àbbas(present ùmdah)

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Boy driving saqiyahSAD.766/8/42Ùmdah Muhammad Abdullah YaqubSAD.766/8/43Mikhail Efendi crossing side channel of the river at Habarab onan upturned anqarib

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Outside office at MisedaSAD.766/8/46Camel policeman Muhammad Àli and T.A. Leach's donkeySAD.766/8/47On Simit IslandSAD.766/8/48Furling sail in high wind on the NileSAD.766/8/49Land measurement in progress, Simit IslandSAD.766/8/50A passing merchant's boatSAD.766/8/51Delgo: the markaz office and garden (from Inspector's house)SAD.766/8/52Delgo. L. to R.: Inspector's house, school, ma`mur's house,sub-ma`mur's house

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Delgo markaz from riversideSAD.766/8/54Repairing saqiyah, Delgo; sub-ma`mur and ma`murSAD.766/8/55Inspector's house, DelgoSAD.766/8/56-57Donkeys threshing barleySAD.766/8/58Football at ArgoSAD.766/8/59-60Date census at KabodiSAD.766/8/61-62Threshing barleySAD.766/8/63,65Girls fetching water from the riverSAD.766/8/64Markaz, KoshaSAD.766/8/66Inspector's house, Kosha; Husain on rightSAD.766/8/67An English officer's grave, KoshaSAD.766/8/68Sub-ma`mur Hasan Efendi Sarar(?) in front of the suq, KoshaSAD.766/8/69Shaikh Idris' house at KoyekaSAD.766/8/70Shaikh Àbbas al-Safi's house at AbriSAD.766/8/71Ùmdah Wahba's house at AmaraSAD.766/8/72Settlement of dispute in conclave at AduSAD.766/8/73Outside office at ArnetiSAD.766/8/74Battlefield of FirketSAD.766/8/75Ferry at SonkiSAD.766/8/76Akasha: rest house on left, gubba and mosque behindSAD.766/8/77Akasha: corner of mosque on left, fort on hillSAD.766/8/78KulbSAD.766/8/79-80PhilaeSAD.766/8/81Aswan Dam (reservoir empty)SAD.766/8/82Sarras campSAD.766/8/86Abu SimbelSAD.766/8/87KoroskoSAD.766/8/88Khartoum express at Halfa camp stationSAD.766/8/91Landing steps at HalfaSAD.766/8/92Opening of school at AbriSAD.766/8/94-97Boys lined up at school opening, Abri; ma`mur on left,sub-ma`mur centre back

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Headmaster and ma`mur on steps of Abri schoolSAD.766/8/97Land settlement officer's court at NuriSAD.766/8/98-99Group of notables at Abri. Front row, L. to R.: Sharif Muhammad(ùmdah Koyeka), Sulaiman Sharif (ùmdah Kosha), MuhammadAhmad (Shaikh Irau), Ali Khalil (Shaikh Oskimoko), Badri (ShaikhMorka)

SAD.766/8/102

New boys at opening of school, AbriSAD.766/8/103L. to R.: Fuàd Efendi, Mahir Efendi, Hilmi Efendi, Osman Efendi,Matawaki at opening of Abri school

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Temple at SulbSAD.766/8/105-106Professor Sayce at Sulb templeSAD.766/8/107Temple at Gubba Selim (Sedinga)SAD.766/8/108Delgo templeSAD.766/8/109-110Ruins of temple at Gubba SelimSAD.766/8/111Land settlement staff at GinnisSAD.766/8/113Osman Efendi distributing land certificates at ArnetiSAD.766/8/115Men of ArnetiSAD.766/8/116Goats grazing at GorgodSAD.766/8/117Gazelle lying where shotSAD.766/8/118Taking off dead gazelle on donkeySAD.766/8/119-120VaccinationSAD.766/8/121Muhammad and Husain (on left), sons of ̀ umdah of Amara, with2 other boys

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SaqiyahSAD.766/8/123-124Husain with donkeySAD.766/8/125DogsSAD.766/8/126-127Servants and crew on T.A. Leach's boat, 1909-1910SAD.766/8/128Ùmdah Wahba Hasan of Amara in robe of honour, with sonHasan

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Asha - mad woman from KoshaSAD.766/8/130,132Mahmud and Ismaìl Berdawili of ArnetiSAD.766/8/131The malik Zubayr's courtyard with saqiyahSAD.766/8/133Saqiyah, Halfa ProvinceSAD.766/8/134The malik Zubayr, with sonSAD.766/8/135Muhammad Sabi, boatmanSAD.766/8/136SaqiyahSAD.766/8/137-138Water trough leading from saqiyahSAD.766/8/140Kuttab with schoolmaster at ArduanSAD.766/8/141-142Abdun, cook of the boat, at the rudderSAD.766/8/143Boy on raft with sail - used to fetch fodder across the river atSimit

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Pompei's column adjoining catacombs at AlexandriaSAD.766/8/145*QuaysideSAD.766/8/147-148UnidentifiedSAD.766/8/149-168*Dabarossa (adjoining Halfa) at high NileSAD.766/8/169AshkeitSAD.766/8/170Loose photographs enclosed in albumSAD.766/8/171-184General view of HalfaSAD.766/8/171Residential quarter, Halfa Camp. L. to R.: Governor's house,Inspector's house, railway rooms, Maccauley's house

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River front and mudiriyyah, HalfaSAD.766/8/173UnidentifiedSAD.766/8/174-177*Halfa camp station (from the desert)SAD.766/8/178Geddi - starting off to work (ùmdah 's house being rebuilt)SAD.766/8/179Governor's garden, MeroweSAD.766/8/180Jabal Firket and desert between Kerma and GeddiSAD.766/8/182Loiso's pump at DebeiraSAD.766/8/183Gubba of Shaikh Idris at KoyekaSAD.766/8/184

[c.1907 - 1915]SAD.771/2/1-177Album of photographs covering T.A. Leach's service as DeputyInspector, Land Settlement Service in Halfa Province and InspectorRufaà, Blue Nile Province. Many of the photographs are repeated,without captions in albums 766/8/1-184 and 771/1/1-90. (* Denotesthe existence of a duplicate)

Two photos in one:a) Abu Simbel in far distance across riverb) Boundary between Egypt and Sudan on E. bank at Sarras

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Loiso's pump at Debeira. The only wide piece of cultivable landin the province, about 16 miles north of Halfa

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Ashkeit village, 12 miles north of Halfa, from the steamerSAD.771/2/3Dabarossa (adjoining Halfa) at high Nile, taken from the steamer.Two shadufs at work

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General view of Halfa and Tewfikia. Governor's house to south,then railway and steamers and boats workshops, etc.

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Mudiriyyah (with flags) and river-front at Tewfikia or Halfa town.Cook's boat lying a little to north

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Governor's house, Inspector's house, railway rooms, Maccauley'shouse. Residential quarter, Halfa camp

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Governor's house and Inspector's house, Halfa, from the launchSAD.771/2/8*4 railway rooms and Maccauley's house, Halfa campSAD.771/2/9Desert behind Halfa camp looking northSAD.771/2/10Halfa camp station (from the desert)SAD.771/2/11South wall of Halfa camp (from outside)SAD.771/2/12South wall of Halfa camp and tennis court (from inside). Tenniscourts being relaid. Looking south. Old wall and ruined barracks,many of which T.A. Leach had pulled down when ActingGovernor. Lines of tennis court made of railway lines

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Ghaffir at Halfa templeSAD.771/2/14Mosque, corner of railway rooms, back of Inspector's house,Halfa camp

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Behen (Halfa temple). Head of hippopotamus, excavatedSAD.771/2/16View across river from Halfa campSAD.771/2/17Tulba of prisoners carrying T.A. Leach's and other luggage atAbu Hamed

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Kareima, the dock yard of Dongola Province. First steamer isKirbekan, the newest steamer on the reach. The other is WaterLily, the Governor's steamer

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Merowe, from the river. Governor's house with white fencingSAD.771/2/20Khandaq markaz, Dongola ProvinceSAD.771/2/21

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Dongola markazSAD.771/2/22Village of Orbi, Dongola Province, a stopping place for Dongolasteamer. Dura crop partially cut

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Lime trees and date trees, garden of Jackson Pasha, Governor,at Merowe

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KermaSAD.771/2/25-26Desert between Kerma and Geddi, taken by moonlightSAD.771/2/27Football game at ArgoSAD.771/2/28-29Date census at KabodiSAD.771/2/30-31Jebelein or two hills of Nuri (from west bank, at Cosacona)SAD.771/2/32Nuri, S. JabalSAD.771/2/33-34Outside office at MisedaSAD.771/2/35Land settlement officer's court at Nuri. Camel policeman inforeground. Registry clerk in tarboosh. Litigants before the LandSettlement Officer

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Houses and sacks of dates at MishakelaSAD.771/2/37Geddi - starting off to work. House of the ùmdah MuhammadAbdullah Yaqub being rebuilt

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Ùmdah, Faqir Ismaìl (deceased) and his son Àbbas (presentùmdah)

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Ùmdah Muhammad Abdullah Uaqub in front of his house atGeddi

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Zubayr and T.A. Leach's donkey (Egyptian saddle)SAD.771/2/41Camel policeman Muhammad Àli, with donkeySAD.771/2/42Taking boat through Hannik (third) CataractSAD.771/2/43T.A. Leach's boat in 1908. L. to R. Kheiri, Zubayr and HusainSAD.771/2/44Raìs taking boat through Hannik cataractSAD.771/2/45Getting up through Hannik cataract. L. to R. Muhammad Wali,Muhammad Ahmad

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A passing merchant's boatSAD.771/2/47Husain and Zubayr on boatSAD.771/2/48Furling sail in high wind at SimitSAD.771/2/49TagabSAD.771/2/50View from Abu Fatma looking into Dongola Province - low-lyingrich land

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View from Abu Fatma, looking into Halfa Province - all rock andbarren

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View looking north from hill just behind Tagab. Desolate country.River on right

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The gubba of Abu FatmaSAD.771/2/54Middle of Hannik cataractSAD.771/2/55Land measurement in progress on Simit IslandSAD.771/2/56-57DelgoSAD.771/2/58-64Inspector's house, school, ma`mur 's house, sub-ma`mur 'shouse, Delgo

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Delgo markaz and garden, from Inspector's houseSAD.771/2/59Inspector's house, DelgoSAD.771/2/60View from Inspector's house looking north. Row of 5 clerks'houses

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Inspector's house, DelgoSAD.771/2/6211


Repairing saqiyah of markaz garden. L. to R. Sub-ma`mur (intarboosh), runaway slave, sergeant of Egyptian police (in white),ma`mur

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Delgo markaz from river sideSAD.771/2/64KoshaSAD.771/2/65-68Inspector's house Kosha; Husain on rightSAD.771/2/65Kosha markazSAD.771/2/66An English officer's grave in foreground; clerks' houses inbackground

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Sub-ma`mur Hasan Efendi Sarar in front of the suqSAD.771/2/68Shaikh Idris' house at KoyekaSAD.771/2/69Gubba of Shaikh Idris at KoyekaSAD.771/2/70Ùmdah Wahba's house at AmaraSAD.771/2/71Shaikh Àbbas al-Safi's house at AbriSAD.771/2/72Boy driving saqiyahSAD.771/2/73Arab boy at KabodiSAD.771/2/74Mikhail Efendi crossing a side channel of the river at Habarab.Raft consists of an upturned ànqarib floated on pumpkins

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Outside office at ArnetiSAD.771/2/76Ferry at SonkiSAD.771/2/77KulbSAD.771/2/78Battlefield at FirketSAD.771/2/79Akasha; corner of mosque, fort on hillSAD.771/2/80Sarras campSAD.771/2/81Akasha; resthouse on left, gubba and mosque behindSAD.771/2/82Abu SimbelSAD.771/2/83KoroskoSAD.771/2/84Aswan dam (reservoir empty)SAD.771/2/85PhilaeSAD.771/2/86Khartoum express at Halfa camp stationSAD.771/2/87Landing steps at HalfaSAD.771/2/88Civil hospital HalfaSAD.771/2/89The P&O mailboat Isis or Osiris at BrindisiSAD.771/2/90Opening of school at AbriSAD.771/2/91-97Ma`mur and sub-ma`mur with boysSAD.771/2/93Headmaster and ma`mur on steps of schoolSAD.771/2/94New boysSAD.771/2/95Group of notables. L. to R. Sharif Muhammad (ùmdah Koyeka),Sulaiman Sharif (ùmdah Kosha), Muhammad Ahmad (ShaikhIrau), Àli Khalil (Shaikh Oskimoko), Badri (Shaikh Morka)

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L. to R.: Fuàd Efendi, Mahir Efendi, Hilmi Efendi, Osman Efendi,Matawaki

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Delgo templeSAD.771/2/98-99Remains of temple at Gubba SelimSAD.771/2/100Temple at Gubba Selim (Sadinga)SAD.771/2/101Professor Sayce at Sulb templeSAD.771/2/102Sulb templeSAD.771/2/103-104

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Land Settlement staff at Ginnis. Back row, L. to R.: Husain, Sa`dal-Din; middle row, L. to R.: ̀ umdah of Ginnis, T.A. Leach, OsmanEfendi, Hasan, petition writer; front row, L. to R.: Mahir Efendi,Shaikh of Ginnis, Hilmi Efendi

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As above. Back row, L. to R.: Àbd al-Latif, Husain, Sa`d al-DinIdris; middle row, L. to R.: ùmdah of Ginnis, Osman Efendi,Shaikh of Ginnis, Hasan Efendi, ?; front row, L. to R.: MahirEfendi, Hilmi Efendi

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Osman Efendi distributing land certificates at ArnetiSAD.771/2/107Men of ArnetiSAD.771/2/108Mahmud and Ismaìl Berdawili of ArnetiSAD.771/2/109Ùmdah Wahba Hasan of Amara in robe of honour, with sonHasan

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Asha - mad woman from KoshaSAD.771/2/111-112Servants and crew on T.A. Leach's boat, 1909-1910. L. to R.:Zubayr, Husain, Abdun, Hilal, Kheiri (raìs), Muhammad Sabi

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Husain with donkeySAD.771/2/114Taking off dead gazelle on donkeySAD.771/2/115Gazelle lying where shotSAD.771/2/116T.A. Leach's pet dogSAD.771/2/117Goats grazing at GorgodSAD.771/2/119SaqiyahSAD.771/2/120-121Muhammad and Husain, sons of the ̀ umdah of Amara, with twoother boys

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Water trough leading from saqiyahSAD.771/2/123VaccinationSAD.771/2/124Girls fetching water from the riverSAD.771/2/125Boy on raft with sail - used to fetch fodder across the river atSimit

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Kuttab with schoolmaster at ArduanSAD.771/2/127-128T.A. Leach's pet dogsSAD.771/2/129-132The malik ZubayrSAD.771/2/133Zubayr's courtyard with saqiyahSAD.771/2/134Abdun, cook of the boat, at the rudderSAD.771/2/136Muhammad Sabi, boatmanSAD.771/2/137Khalifa, camel policemanSAD.771/2/138*GravestoneSAD.771/2/139Grave of C. Scott-MoncrieffSAD.771/2/140UnidentifiedSAD.771/2/141-146Crowd around Sudanese band, Bairam celebrations, Wad MedaniSAD.771/2/147*UnidentifiedSAD.771/2/148-156Donkeys laden with haySAD.771/2/157Cobb (P.W.D.), syce with donkey, HusainSAD.771/2/158Start of donkey race, Wad MedaniSAD.771/2/159PhilaeSAD.771/2/160Aswan damSAD.771/2/161UnidentifiedSAD.771/2/162-169FerrySAD.771/2/170-171Schoolboys with teacherSAD.771/2/172Start of boys' raceSAD.771/2/173

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UnidentifiedSAD.771/2/174-177[c.1912 - 1915]SAD.771/1/1-90Album of photographs covering T.A. Leach's service as SecondInspector, Rufaà, Blue Nile Province. Many are unidentified and ofpoor quality and a number are repeated in album 771/2/1-177. (*Denotes the existence of a duplicate):

Review of troops, gun carriage in foregroundSAD.771/1/1Sports at Wad MedaniSAD.771/1/3Ferry at El EheimaSAD.771/1/7Mud buildingSAD.771/1/8Camel Corps soldiersSAD.771/1/9Boys' schoolSAD.771/1/14-16Sports at Rufaà schoolSAD.771/1/19-22Prize-giving at Rufaà schoolSAD.771/1/23Donkeys carrying hay into market, RufaàSAD.771/1/29T.A. Leach on steps of building, RufaàSAD.771/1/30,32*Some of the 50 children of Muhammad Imam Habuba, GeziraSAD.771/1/34-35PhilaeSAD.771/1/38,40Aswan damSAD.771/1/39Bairam crowd at Wad Medani, including musiciansSAD.771/1/41-44*Rufaà mosque and minaretSAD.771/1/45*Panorama of Rufaà looking N.E. from minaret; markaz andschool

SAD.771/1/47*

Panorama of Rufaà looking N.W. from minaret; the suqSAD.771/1/48*T.A. Leach's house and stable, RufaàSAD.771/1/49*HusainSAD.771/1/50*Laylah (dog) and 3 pupsSAD.771/1/51*Syce with T.A. Leach's animalsSAD.771/1/52*Nomad tent inside which T.A. Leach spent a day; Husain indoorway

SAD.771/1/59*

Family leaving village in search of duraSAD.771/1/60*Part of diluka at Wad Medani (Bairam)SAD.771/1/61Suq at HalawinSAD.771/1/62-63*Rufaà football team at Wad MedaniSAD.771/1/64*Boys' football teamSAD.771/1/65,67"Piggy's" puppiesSAD.771/1/66*UnidentifiedSAD.771/1/68-90Supplies of grainSAD.771/1/77-78Game of golfSAD.771/1/85

1916-1921SAD.766/9/1-191Album of photographs covering the Gallipoli campaign, Sollum andservice in Kassala 1916-1918, Kordofan 1918-1921 and Red Sea1921. Many of the captions were provided by a duplicate set of printswhich in some cases are of superior quality. (* Denotes existence ofduplicate):

Sailing shipsSAD.766/9/1-2H.M.S. DufferinSAD.766/9/4Back of Count Otto von Gumpferb on captured schoonerSAD.766/9/10Sollum from the seaSAD.766/9/11

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View of Sollum from hill topSAD.766/9/12Buildings and tents at SollumSAD.766/9/13-14BarraniSAD.766/9/16Alexandria harbourSAD.776/9/17Transport full of troops in Alexandria harbour, ready to sailSAD.766/9/18Hospital ship RewaSAD.766/9/19Ships at MudrosSAD.766/9/23-24Headquarters ship at Mudros, R.M.S. Aragon, with fleet sweeperalongside

SAD.766/9/25-26

Ship in Mudros harbourSAD.766/9/27H.M.S. SwiftsureSAD.766/9/28Agamemnon or Lord NelsonSAD.766/9/29One of new armoured barges alongside quay at MudrosSAD.766/9/30AnzacSAD.766/9/31-33Dugouts at AnzacSAD.766/9/34Anzac from tugSAD.766/9/35Imbros [Imbroz]SAD.766/9/36W. beachSAD.766/9/37W. beach; Lancashire landingSAD.766/9/38French and English submarines, the Majestic and two hospitalships off entrance to Dardanelles

SAD.766/9/39

Knocked out Turkish gun at Sadd el Bahr [Seddülbahir]SAD.766/9/40Achi Baba(?) from Sadd el Bahr [Seddülbahir]SAD.766/9/41Achi Baba(?) from above w. beachSAD.766/9/42Senegalese tulba at Sadd el Bahr [Seddülbahir]SAD.766/9/43Sadd el Bahr [Seddülbahir] beach; SS ClydeSAD.766/9/44Inspector's house, Kassala, 1917SAD.766/9/45-48*Front of mudiriyyah, KassalaSAD.766/9/49*Front of mess, KassalaSAD.766/9/50*Square in Morghania quarter, KassalaSAD.766/9/51*Simberiya storksSAD.766/9/52*Polo and golf; Jabal Kassala in backgroundSAD.766/9/53-54*Two dead lionsSAD.766/9/55-56*Crossing the Gash; view looking westSAD.766/9/57*Prisoners making a bank in the GashSAD.3766/9/58*Jabal Kassala in cloud; view from the workshopsSAD.766/9/59*Bed of the Gash with Jabal Kassala in distanceSAD.766/9/60Boys working on new experimental farm, KassalaSAD.766/9/61*T.A. Leach on horsebackSAD.766/9/62Bridge over channel, Kassala; dom palms in backgroundSAD.766/9/63*Mouth of Kassala irrigation canal looking upstream of Gash; endof Jabal Kassala in background

SAD.766/9/64

Branston at half-way tukls on road from Goz RegebSAD.766/9/65Holland, Innes and Natrun returning from hyena hunt; JabalKassala in background

SAD.766/9/66*

Natrun, Innes and T.A. Leach at HofratSAD.766/9/67*Holland, Natrun and Innes at HofratSAD.766/9/68*Treasury offices at AsubriSAD.766/9/69Ma`mur, sub-ma`mur and Ùmdah Yusuf Amara at AsubriSAD.768/9/70Flocks at waterhole in the ButanaSAD.766/9/71-72

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Herd of she-camels in the ButanaSAD.766/9/73Diluka at TomatSAD.766/9/74-76"Nile" guage on the Atbara at Khashm el GirbaSAD.766/9/77A.J. Matthew and F.C.C. Balfour at GedarefSAD.766/9/78Mule-drawn cart at El ObeidSAD.766/9/80*British officials with motor car at El Obeid, c.1918SAD.766/9/81-82*Sub-inspector's house, El Obeid; Husain and Ahmad inforeground

SAD.766/9/83*

The old tower at El Obeid; guard on treasury; mudiriyyah officesto right

SAD.766/9/84*

Girl carrying waterSAD.766/9/85*Donkeys fetching water to a village about 5 miles away (UmRuwaba District)

SAD.766/9/86*

Resthouse at village in Um Ruwaba DistrictSAD.766/9/87*The mess fulah at El ObeidSAD.766/9/88*Meet of El Obeid harriersSAD.766/9/89-91*El Obeid harriers; Bridgman on horseSAD.766/9/92*Mosque and shops, El Obeid; auctioneer's shop on rightforeground

SAD.766/9/93*

Mosque and square, El Obeid; milk sellers on right under wallSAD.766/9/94*Vegetable sellers in mosque squareSAD.766/9/95*Start of small boys' race, King's Day 1919SAD.766/9/96*King's Day crowdsSAD.766/9/97-98Children in front of dwellingsSAD.766/9/99Women and girls carrying potsSAD.766/9/100Mad inmates of El Obeid prisonSAD.766/9/101-102*Gubba at El Obeid and boys of local schoolSAD.766/9/103*Schoolboys, El ObeidSAD.766/9/104,106*Gubba, El ObeidSAD.766/9/105*Miss Jo Laing sketching to an audience in the suq, El ObeidSAD.766/9/107*Miss J. Laing, Mr. Laing, T.A. Leach, M. Laing, Mrs. LakeSAD.766/9/109Back of Claxton, M. Laing, T.A. Leach, Lake, J. LaingSAD.766/9/110J. Laing, Mrs. Lake, Miss J. Laing, Mr. Lake, Feb 1919SAD.766/9/111*Speirs on horse, Sergt. Baxter, J. Laing, T.A. Leach, Maurice,Ellison, all on camels

SAD.766/9/114

Group of British officials in uniformSAD.766/9/115Pumpkins for saleSAD.766/9/119Horse-drawn tramSAD.766/9/120Osman and Muhammad SalehSAD.766/9/121T.A. Leach on horseback, El ObeidSAD.766/9/122*Syce Abdullah (a Fallata) with pony in T.A. Leach's hosh at ElObeid

SAD.766/9/124*

T.A. Leach in horse-drawn trapSAD.766/9/125Eric Hussey and T.A. Leach with Governor-General's car atFulah Ayara on Nahud road

SAD.766/9/128-129*

Fulah AyaraSAD.766/9/130-131*Well-boring machine and prisoners at El ObeidSAD.766/9/132*100 prisoners on rope to pull well-boring machineSAD.766/9/133*GiraffeSAD.766/9/134-135Ahmad and Husain, El ObeidSAD.766/9/138*

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Camels carrying gum on the Nahud roadSAD.766/9/139*Lord Allenby at El ObeidSAD.766/9/140-147*Camels with utfasSAD.766/9/144-145*Town fulah, El Obeid; grass huts on left and blacksmiths' shopsSAD.766/9/149*Harriet and pups at Bara; large pillars of verandah in whiteSAD.766/9/150*Boyce with Buckingham on leftSAD.766/9/151*Faragabeb(?) resthouse, on the road to BaraSAD.766/9/152-153*Dogs at Faragabeb(?) resthouseSAD.766/9/154-155*Forest's house with Osman; taken from gate N.E. of houseSAD.766/9/156*Forest's house from S.E. The planks were subsequently put intothe roof of the verandah

SAD.766/9/157*

Forest's house from S.W.SAD.766/9/158*Interior views of Forest's houseSAD.766/9/160-162*Osman and Muhammad SalehSAD.766/9/163Muhammad Saleh with dogsSAD.766/9/164*El Obeid huntSAD.766/9/165,167*T.A. Leach with dogsSAD.766/9/166*Ratcliffe at Fertangul resthouseSAD.766/9/168*Suq at HamadiSAD.766/9/169*Butcher at Hamadi suqSAD.766/9/170*Tailor at Hamadi suqSAD.766/9/171*Tebeldi tree, KordofanSAD.766/9/172*Camel picnic, El Obeid: Sagar, Mrs. Sagar, Hussey, Sparling,Miss Ord, Mackenzie, Soutar

SAD.766/9/173*

Camel picnic. Soutar with camera; Sagar dark backSAD.766/9/174*Soutar with T.A. Leach's horseSAD.766/9/175*Man lowering water drawn from tebeldi treeSAD.766/9/176-178*Ladder up tebeldi tree to draw waterSAD.766/9/179*Hamar boys with donkey for fetching waterSAD.766/9/180*Hamar girlSAD.766/9/181*Nahud mosqueSAD.766/9/182*Nahud town from minaret of mosque, looking east towards ElObeid

SAD.766/9/183*

Erkowit, 1921SAD.766/9/184-189Front of bungalow, with Jessie Leach and OsmanSAD.766/9/184*Jessie Leach by euphorbia treesSAD.766/9/185T.A. Leach and Jessie Leach on horseback; bedroom door facingS.E. in background

SAD.766/9/186*

Jessie Leach with Abdullah (syce)SAD.766/9/187*Jessie Leach on horseback in front of houseSAD.766/9/188*T.A. Leach on horsebackSAD.766/9/189*T.A. Leach's office with flagstaffs; oleander bushes in bloomSAD.766/9/190*Mud house at Sinkat. Leaving at 8 a.m. for Erkowit. L. to R.:Jessie Leach, policeman, Osman, Husain, chauffeur

SAD.766/9/191*

[c.1921-1924]SAD.772/1/1-96Album of photographs covering T.A. Leach's service in Red SeaProvince, 1921 and as Governor Berber, 1921 - 1924. Many areunidentified. (* Denotes the existence of a duplicate):

House at Port SudanSAD.772/1/1-3*

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T.A. Leach and Jessie LeachSAD.772/1/5T.A. Leach on steps of house, 1921SAD.772/1/7T.A. Leach and Jessie Leach, 1921SAD.772/1/8View from T.A. Leach's house at Erkowit; south verandah. JabalErbab in distance. Offices to right of flagstaff

SAD.772/1/9*

Jessie Leach at ErkowitSAD.772/1/10*Jessie Leach and Omar Efendi returning from ibex shoot, 1921SAD.772/1/11*Hillside where T.A. Leach lay up on third day of shootSAD.772/1/12*Muhammad Eira in a bush on the last day of ibex shootSAD.772/1/13*The kill of the large ibexSAD.772/1/14*Beaters for ibex shoot; Muhammad Eira on extreme leftSAD.772/1/15*Beaters for ibex shoot at TabankaSAD.772/1/16*Jessie Leach and Baggelday(?) at Graham's point, looking overat Suakin

SAD.772/1/17*

Khedivial SS Dakhalieh (the ship on which the Laings went toSuez in 1919) and sunbuk from verandah of Governor's house,Suakin. Graham's point in background

SAD.772/1/18*

Fallata pilgrims at gate of quarantine camp, Suakin, waiting turnto enter

SAD.772/1/19*

Fallata pilgrims in quarantine camp, SuakinSAD.772/1/20-21*C.P. Browne (brother-in-law of T.A. Leach)SAD.772/1/23TeapartySAD.772/1/24Margaret Browne (sister of T.A. Leach), on horsebackSAD.772/1/25Margaret Browne and C.P. BrowneSAD.772/1/26Nile steamerSAD.772/1/29C.P. Browne on deck of boatSAD.772/1/30Ghiassa on the NileSAD.772/1/33,35*Castro's cotton and waqil at BawalidSAD.772/1/38Nile steamer LouiseSAD.772/1/39Timber on banks of NileSAD.772/1/40-41Gathering haySAD.772/1/42External and internal views of houseSAD.772/1/43-51Tea-party in gardenSAD.722/1/53-54Boys' football teamSAD.772/1/56-57Pyramids at MeroëSAD.772/1/59-61Portrait of Ethiopian queen in chapel of her pyramid at MeroëSAD.772/1/62*Antiquities at MeroëSAD.772/1/63-64Unskilled labour clearing stairs down to burial chamber underpyramid at Meroë

SAD.772/1/65*

Dr. Reisner (with level) and D. Dunham at MeroëSAD.772/1/67*Meroë: skilled labour, (Egyptian in blue shirts) with unskilledhelpers digging out graves

SAD.772/1/68*

Skeleton in tomb at Meroë. Unusual position and direction ofbody

SAD.772/1/69*

Skeleton in tomb at Meroë. Usual position of body, buried on anànqarib

SAD.772/1/70*

Raising water from a wellSAD.772/1/73*Halaib, 1923SAD.772/1/75-79*On trek, Red Sea HillsSAD.772/1/83-92Hamla in Khor AdarmoSAD.772/1/86*

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Orib: Muawin and shaikhsSAD.772/1/89*Camp, with motor vehicles; with Lord Allenby to KassalaSAD.772/1/93-94

[c. 1925-1927]SAD.772/2/1-62Album of photographs covering T.A. Leach's service as GovernorHalfa. The majority are unidentified. (* Denotes the existence of aduplicate):

Jabal KassalaSAD.772/2/1-2Hyena hunt?SAD.772/2/3-5Abu SimbelSAD.772/2/7Saqiyah at Abu SimbelSAD.772/2/8T.A. Leach on rail trolleySAD.772/2/9UnidentifiedSAD.772/2/10-23T.A. Leach with salt in hand at Selima salt fieldSAD.772/2/24*UnidentifiedSAD.772/2/25-28Ùthman Diqnah, in old ageSAD.772/2/29UnidentifiedSAD.772/2/30-36Back of house at DelgoSAD.772/2/37AeroplaneSAD.772/2/38French seaplane, Lieut. Guilbe and pilotSAD.772/2/39-41UnidentifiedSAD.772/2/42-55Trip to Jabal KurorSAD.772/2/56-60

1919SAD.A88/1-133Photograph album of Jessie Laing (later Mrs. T.A. Leach) coveringher journey by sea and through Egypt to the Sudan, as well asKhartoum, Omdurman, El Obeid, Port Sudan, Jiddah and Port Said.Miss Laing's father had a business in Khartoum and El Obeid andboth he and his wife feature in the photographs:

1919 JanSAD.A88/1-3Passengers on board the City of Exeter, including Jessie Leachand Mr. LaingMena House Hotel, CairoSAD.A88/4Jessie Leach with her sister Margaret Laing at the pyramidsSAD.A88/5Pyramids and sphinxSAD.A88/6-7KarnakSAD.A88/8-12Colossi of ThebesSAD.A88/13RamasseumSAD.A88/14-15Bisharin childrenSAD.A88/17The Nile between Aswan and Wadi HalfaSAD.A88/18-20Property of J. Laing, Son & Co., KhartoumSAD.A88/22-23Gordon statue, KhartoumSAD.A88/24Servants Nur and MuhammadSAD.A88/25-26Jessie Leach on donkey in the suq at KhartoumSAD.A88/27Jessie Leach and Mr. Laing with pony and trap outside GordonCollege

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Teaparty at the Sudan ClubSAD.A88/30Jessie Leach and B.C. (?)SAD.A88/31OstrichSAD.A88/32At the races, KhartoumSAD.A88/33-37

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Picnic in a sandstorm at Gordon's tree, including Jessie Leachand Margaret Laing

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Jessie Leach and Margaret Laing on horsebackSAD.A88/45Bridge at KhartoumSAD.A88/46Jessie Leach and E.H. (?)SAD.A88/47Building at Khartoum nicknamed the "Yellow Peril"SAD.A88/48Capt. Pendaris, Mr. Bridgman, Capt. Walker, Mr. "Sparks" (?)SAD.A88/49R.A.L. (?), Mr. Laing, Jessie Leach, Mr. S. (?), Mrs. Laing, Capt.W. (?)

SAD.A88/50,52

Girls' school, Omdurman, with Miss JacksonSAD.A88/53Margaret Laing on horsebackSAD.A88/54Lady Stack presenting polo cupSAD.A88/55Mr. & Mrs. LakeSAD.A88/56Mrs. Laing, Mr. Kirby, Margaret Laing, Mr. Norton, Capt. Walker,Jessie Leach, Capt. Pendaris, Mr. Smith

SAD.A88/57

Ruins of Mahdi's tomb, OmdurmanSAD.A88/58Ruins of Khedive's Palace, OmdurmanSAD.A88/59On the train for El ObeidSAD.A88/60-62At El ObeidSAD.A88/65-73Party outside gum picking sheds, El Obeid, including JessieLeach and Mr. and Mrs. Laing

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Gum pickers, El ObeidSAD.A88/76Gum market, El ObeidSAD.A88/77-79Capt. SpeirsSAD.A88/80-81Capt. Speirs with Margaret Laing, on horsebackSAD.A88/82The Palace, KhartoumSAD.A88/83Fort, El ObeidSAD.A88/84Tebeldi treeSAD.A88/85Camel picnic, El ObeidSAD.A88/86-87Gubba, El ObeidSAD.A88/88Female prisoner at El Obeid prisonSAD.A88/89Watering goatsSAD.A88/91Jessie Leach and Mrs. Laing with notablesSAD.A88/92WarthogSAD.A88/93-94Polo at El ObeidSAD.A88/95-97Spectators at polo matchSAD.A88/98-100Mr. Mahaffy on donkeySAD.A88/101Post cart at El ObeidSAD.A88/102Jessie Leach and Mrs. Laing in groupSAD.A88/103Mr. Palmer, Maj. White, Col. Vandeleur, Capt. Maurice, Capt.Speirs, Mr. Meade and Mr. Redmond

SAD.A88/104

Port SudanSAD.A88/105-108JiddahSAD.A88/109-112Ships in the Suez CanalSAD.A88/113Col. and Mrs. Smith with children at Port SaidSAD.A88/114Capt. and Mrs. Heriot Hill with child and Jessie Leach at PortSaid

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Passengers on the MahiaSAD.A88/116-118Sports on the MahiaSAD.A88/119-121Gum market, El ObeidSAD.A88/122-128

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Laing family at KhartoumSAD.A88/129Garden at KhartoumSAD.A88/130-132

(ii) Egypt[c.1900-1910]Album of photographs, chiefly of sites of antiquities in Egypt, all ofthem unidentified, but including the pyramids and the sphinxes. Thereare also street scenes, possibly in Cairo and numerous views of theNile including the Aswan dam (completed 1902 - 773/1/129-136) andPhilae (773/1/142-144). Photographs 773/1/1-14 and 773/1/145-153were obviously taken in Europe. Enclosed in the album are a numberof loose photographs, again chiefly of sites in Egypt but including also4 large group photographs of workers employed by James Laing andSon Co., El Obeid (773/1/172-175)

B. Loose Photographs

(i) Khartoum Province, 19061906Photographs taken at Kerreri and Omdurman:

T.A. Leach on horseback, attended by Bakhit, outside the Mahdi'shouse looking north towards the Khalifa's wall

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T.A. Leach on horseback is part of the hosh of the Mahdi's house;servants' quarters in background

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B. Evans and T.A. Leach on sandgrouse expedition, embarkingfor home. Zubayr in foreground (See also album 766/8/1-184)

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Hosh of Mahdi's house. A.M.A.'s luggage for sandgrouseexpedition

SAD.773/2/4

T.A. Leach on horse in club garden, with syce BakhitSAD.773/2/5Mustafa Zubayr on the rakuba or verandah of the Mahdi's house.Earthen water pots in background

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Mustafa Zubayr in the hosh of the Mahdi's house, beside postof gallows

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(ii) Blue Nile Province, 19161916 JanPhotographs of T.A. Leach leaving Rufaà

(ii) Kassala, 1917, 19241917 AprT.A. Leach and F.C.C. Balfour at Kassala1924 JanSAD.773/4/2-3H.E. the High Commissioner's camp at Goz Regeb

(iv) Kordofan, 1918 - 1920Slave girls dancing at Wad MedaniT.A. Leach with dogs, El Obeid c.1919SAD.773/3/2-31919Worsley, Sergt. Beaton, Ellison, Brett, T.A. Leach and Harrison at ElObeid1919SAD.773/3/5-6T.A. Leach, H. Grierson, Worsley, Soutar and Ellison playing golf atEl Obeid

(v) Red Sea Province, 1921T.A. Leach and Jessie Leach outside house at ErkowitUnfinished tomb of Sayyid Hasan, grandfather of Sayyid Àli andSayyid Ahmad Mirghani at Khatmiya

SAD.773/3/8

Mosque at Khatmiya, destroyed by DervishesFlood outside gate of Inspector's house, on the way to the MessSAD.773/3/10Views of Jabal KassalaT.A. Leach, Holland and Innes at HofraSAD.773/3/13Dog Laylah

(vi) Berber ProvinceThe khor at ZeidabT.A. Leach and Richards after emerging from gold mine at OyoSAD.773/3/16

1925 Feb 2SAD.773/4/4Agricultural show at Wadi Halfa; T.A. Leach inspecting ponies, donkeysand camels1925 Mar 16SAD.773/4/5-14Visit of Sir Geoffry Archer, the Governor-General to HalfaSparling and Mrs. McE.(?) outside gates of governor's house, HalfaSAD.773/4/15T.A. Leach judging camels with Capt. Sparling the vet1926 Mar 15SAD.773/4/17Servants outside governor's house, Halfa

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Khor Musa Pasha fort; J.B. (?) and Branston in foregroundInside of Khor Musa Pasha fortThe Cairo-Kano flight at Wadi HalfaSAD.773/4/20Guests at a football match

(viii) EgyptBoats moored at the river bank opposite Philae

(ix) PersonalPhotographs of T.A. LeachPassengers playing skittles on Bibby boatSAD.773/5/4

1952SAD.773/5/5-8P.R.O. photographs of the opening of Ahfad Secondary School(enclosed in letter to T.A. Leach from Shaikh Babikr Badri. See underPersonal Papers 208/5/41-52 above):

Cutting of the tape by Sayyid ̀ Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi. Standingto his left is Shaikh Babikr Badri and to his right ̀ Abd al-RahmanÀli Taha, Minster of Education

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Guests sitting for tea outside the main entrance, including Àbdal-Rahman Àli Taha, Sayyid Àbd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, G.Contomichalos and N.R. Udal

SAD.773/5/6

The school mosqueSAD.773/5/7Library and part of the west wingSAD.773/5/8

(xi) UnidentifiedNile viewsTwo bi-planes on landing siteSAD.773/5/12Landscapes

C. Lantern SlidesLantern slides used by T.A. Leach to illustrate his lectures on theSudan. A list can be found with his lecture notes at 208/8/59. All arerepeated in the albums.

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Ùthman Diqnah in old ageMap of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (cracked)SAD.774/1/2Saqiyah at Abu Simbel (cracked)SAD.774/1/3Train at Wadi HalfaSAD.774/1/4Loaded camel getting to its feetSAD.774/1/5Zubayr and Husain on T.A. Leach's boatSAD.774/1/6Furling sail in windSAD.774/1/7Berber Province steamerSAD.774/1/8Date trees near HalfaSAD.774/1/9Land settlement officer at workSAD.774/1/10Group of men at SulbSAD.774/1/11J. Bramly in car in the desertSAD.774/1/12Camel's bones, Darb al-ArbainSAD.774/1/13

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Jabal Magdud (cracked)SAD.774/1/14Hole in the rock, Jabal Magdud (cracked)SAD.774/1/15Working camels at Selima oasis (cracked)SAD.774/1/16Selima salt field (cracked)SAD.774/1/17Kuttab (cracked)SAD.774/1/18Boys of Rufaà schoolSAD.774/1/19Two boys' football teams - Rufaà and ?SAD.774/1/20FerrySAD.774/1/21Group of men at Rufaà (cracked)SAD.774/1/22Rufaà townSAD.774/1/23Bisharin men buying a camel in RufaàSAD.774/1/24Tukls in the Gezira. Villagers leaving in search of foodSAD.774/1/25Sowing seedSAD.774/1/26Boys weeding cropsSAD.774/1/27Donkeys threshingSAD.774/1/28Donkeys laden with hay (cracked)SAD.774/1/29Governor, Col. Dickinson on tourSAD.774/1/30Four Blue Nile Province camel policeSAD.774/1/31Tebeldi tree (cracked)SAD.774/1/32Drawing water from a tebeldi treeSAD.774/1/33SheepSAD.774/1/34El Obeid harriersSAD.774/1/35-36Golf links, Jabal Kassala in backgroundSAD.774/1/37Hyena huntSAD.774/1/38Dead lionsSAD.774/1/39-40Hadendowa menSAD.774/1/41Governor's house at ErkowitSAD.774/1/42On trek. Camel Police with flagsSAD.774/1/43HamlaSAD.774/1/44Stop for rest on the roadSAD.774/1/45Breaking up campSAD.774/1/46Guard of honour (cracked)SAD.774/1/47AeroplaneSAD.774/1/48Two aeroplane taking off (cracked)SAD.774/1/49Women carrying water in earth potsSAD.774/1/50Group of men standing and women seatedSAD.774/1/51

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5. Miscellanea

1922SAD.208/9/1Table cloth embroidered by the children of Atbara school for T.A.Leach to commemorate King's Day

Rough glossary of Arabic terms with translations and note of areawhere the words are in common use

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1950 May 19Order of Service for a memorial service for James Douglas Craig,former Deputy Civil Secretary, Sudan Government

1953SAD.724/16/1-13Sudan calendar, containing the following photographs:

University College of Khartoum (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/2Railway workshops, Atbara (P.R.O.)SAD.724/16/3Sunset, Blue Nile bridge, Khartoum (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/4The quays, Port Sudan (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/5Caravanserie, Suakin (D.H. Matthews)SAD.724/16/6Grading cotton (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/7Watering cattle (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/8Leopard (E.H. Nightingale)SAD.724/16/9Sunset, Lake Ambadi (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/10Elephant (E.H. Nightingale)SAD.724/16/11R. Kidepo and Dongotona Mountains (J.F.E. Bloss)SAD.724/16/12Khartoum airport (G.V.S. Davey)SAD.724/16/13

1958 Jan 27SAD.770/2/5-8Order of service for a service of thanksgiving in memory of BishopLlewellyn Gwynne, Bishop of Khartoum 1908-1920, Bishop in Egyptand the Sudan 1920 - 1945 and Bishop in Egypt 1945-1946

1960 May 14SAD.770/2/9-12Programme for the unveiling of the Gordon statue at Gordon Boys'School

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6. Maps

1900SAD.770/2/13Africa series: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, sheet 45-A, Dongola (on linen,partly eaten)Intelligence Division, War Office

1901SAD.770/2/14Africa series: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, sheet 35-M, Kosha (on linen,partly eaten)Intelligence Division, War Office

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7. Newspaper Cuttings

1909 Mar 25SAD.770/3/1“The ancient temple of Amon at Meroë”, by Professor A.H. Sayce,from The Times

[1924 Aug]SAD.770/3/2Photographs of rioters at Atbara and British troops embarking at aneastern port for Khartoum to deal with rioting of Egyptian troops there

1929 Jul 27SAD.770/3/3“The resignation of Lord Lloyd”, from The Times

1931 Jan 5SAD.770/3/4-7“The Libyan Desert”, two articles by Maj. R.A. Bagnold describing anexpedition by motor-car across the eastern part of the Libyan Desert,with photographs, from The Times

1948 Dec 15SAD.770/3/8“Franchise in the Sudan. First meeting of the Khartoum assembly”,from The Times

1954 Jan 4SAD.770/3/9Photograph of Ismaìl el Azhari talking to Shaikh Babikr Badri, fromThe Times

1960 May 16SAD.770/3/10Photograph of the unveiling of the statue of General Gordon broughtfrom Khartoum to Gordon Boys' School, Woking, from The Times

1960 Aug 6SAD.770/3/11Review by the Bishop of Southwell of H.C. Jackson's Pastor on theNile. A memoir of Bishop Ll. H. Gwynne, from Time and Tide

[1961]SAD.770/3/12Review of the career of Sir Thomas Creed (Legal Secretary, SudanGovernment 1941-47), from The Sudan Diocesan Review

1946-1955SAD.770/3/13-20Obituaries:

1946 Jun 11SAD.770/3/13Lady Wingate1949 May 9SAD.770/3/14Lieut. Col. W.H. Besant1950 May 15SAD.770/3/15-16J.D. Craig, formerly Deputy Civil Secretary (1926-1929), fromThe Times1953 Feb 3SAD.770/3/17Sir Reginald Wingate, from The Times1954 Jul 9SAD.770/3/18-19Shaikh Babikr Badri, from The Times1955 Sep 27SAD.770/3/20R.K. Winter, from The Times

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1931SAD.770/3/21-27Reports on lectures given by T.A. Leach and Maj. A.G. Church on theSudan to the Rotary Club and the Royal Empire Society

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8. Museum Objects

1899 - c.1910SAD.770/4/1-8Province and other badges:

Letters SCS (Sudan Civil Service) with the date 1899 (brass)SAD.770/4/1Blue Nile Province. Two loads of cattle in silver, surmonted bythe letters B.N.P. in brass

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Khartoum. Head of elephant, gold platedSAD.770/4/3Kordofan? Letter K surrounded by leaves (brass)SAD.770/4/4Berber Province. Camel with rifle and the letters BPSAD.770/4/5Dongola Province? Palm tree with sailing boatsSAD.770/4/6Kassala or Red Sea Province? Head of ibexSAD.770/4/7Kassala. Crossed throwing knives with the name Kassala inArabic

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9. Printed Material

MANCHESTER: The Manchester Guardian, Sudan number. 6 Nov1913

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ROYAL: Bristol Branch Royal Empire Society year book including anaccount of T.A. Leach's lectures to the society, 1 Dec 1931

TIMES: The Times supplement on the Republic of the Sudan, 22 May1964

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Durham University LibraryPrinted material deposited with collection;now integrated into library and catalogued on OPAC.

Ahfad School Omdurman (Sudan) (Khartoum [1948?])

Despatch from the Governor-General of the Sudan to theSecretary-General of the League of Nations relating to slavery in theSudan Sudan no.1 (1927) Cmd. 2872 (H.M.S.O., 1927)

Leach, T.A., “Date trees in Halfa Province” from Sudan notes andrecords v.2 no.2 (Cairo, 1919) (dupl.)

Leach, T.A., “The Selima Oasis”, from Sudan notes and records Dec1926 (2 dupl. copies)

The Sudan Diocesan Review no.27 v.10; no.30 v.11 (2v) (1957, 1958)

Quarterly list of the Sudan Government showing appointments andstations for the quarter beginning 1st July 1927 (dupl.) (Khartoum,1927)

Quarterly list of the Sudan Government showing appointments andstations for the quarter beginning 1st October 1927 (Khartoum, 1927)

Supplement to the handbook of the Sudan (July, 1899), ed. by Maj.Count Gleichen (H.M.S.O. London, 1899)

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Documents

Catalogue of the papers of T.A. Leach/32150/s1f7623c65z.pdfSAD.766/8/52 Delgo: the markaz office and garden (from Inspector's house) Delgo. L. to R.: Inspector's house, school, ma`mur's