Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard circa 1870 Feed Block Assembly As is common with most

As is common with most collectible antique military guns

The helmet has the original trade label in leather that reads-

coming under direct control of the First Allied Airborne Army

the weapon was placed into general issue two years later

became a partner in 1856

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard circa 1870 Feed Block Assembly As is common with mostOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.