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Kordofan

noun
1.
A mountainous province of central Sudan.





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... country, Mr. Browne concluded the inhabitants were not so hostile to Christians and Europeans as Mahometans are in general. He therefore resolved to go thither; as from it he could either proceed into Abyssinia by Kordofan, or traverse Africa from east to west. He therefore left Assiou in Egypt with the Soudan caravan in 1793, passed through the greater Oasis, and arrived at Sircini in Darfur: here he resided a considerable time, but he found insurmountable obstacles opposed to his grand ...
— Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 • William Stevenson
... inhabitants are Arabs of the tribe of Medja-ydin, and the greater part of them are Fokera, or religious men. They have a pontiff called El Faky El Kebir (the great faky), who is their chief and judge. In the mosque there is a famous school attended by young men from Darfour, Sennaar, Kordofan, and other parts of the Soudan; and the affairs of this little hierarchical state appeared to be conducted with great prudence. From Damer we passed on to Shendy, where we ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 - Travel and Adventure • Various


Words linked to "Kordofan" :   Soudan, Sudan, dominion, Republic of the Sudan, territory, territorial dominion, district


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