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Museum of the Khalifa's House - متحف بيت الخَليفة

Omdurman - Umm Durman - أم درمان, Sudan (al-Chartum)

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Museum typ Exhibition
Heritage- or City Museum
  • Architecture
  • Carriages
  • Arms
  • Tractors


Opening times
9am -

Admission
Status from 03/2019
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N15.638931° E32.488272°N15°38.33586' E32°29.29632'N15°38'20.1516" E32°29'17.7792"

Omdurman is the second largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum.

The Khalifa House Museum is an ethnographic museum, located opposite the Mahdi’s tomb in the city of Omdurman in Sudan.

Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Khalifa House
was the residence of the successor of the Mahdi, Kalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad and the headquarters of the administration of the Mahdi State. The House was transferred to a museum in 1928.

The house
he Khalifa House is a low, two-storied building with a series of linked courtyards. The ground floor was built in 1888 and the upper floor in 1891. Its traditional mud-brick structure is of great historical importance, since it exhibits the style and architecture prevailing at the period.

The museum
The Khalifa House Museum contains artefacts covering the Mahdiyah rule during the last two decades of the nineteenth century such as suits of mail, Mahdist coins, flimsy banknotes issued by Gordon during the Siege of Khartoum, swords and personal belongings of the Kalifa. Some rooms are dedicated to the Battle of Omdurman showcasing rifles, banners, spears and robes obtained from the battle field. Included within this are photos of Khartoum during this time and its subsequent occupation by the British.

The courtyards house several interesting items such as the cupola saved from the ruins of the original Mahdi's Tomb and also the first car in Sudan, an Arrol-Johnston motor tractor.


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ويكيبيديا

مقتنيات المتحف

يحتوي متحف بيت الخليفة علي العديد من المقتنيات النادرة الخاصة بفترة المهدية وأخرى تعود إلي ما قبل فترة المهدية مثل : ــ أسلحة نارية مثل مسدسات يعود تاريخها إلى العهد التركي وأخرى خاصة بدولة المهدية مثل ( حراب وسيوف ) ــ جباب ( جمع جبة ) . ـ تقارير ومكاتبات تاريخية. ــ نقود ومسكوكات . ــ الرايات المهدية . ــ قطع فخارية وقطع نقود تعود لفترة نبتة
ومروي. أدوات حجرية والمطبعة التي كانت تسمى ( بمطبعة الحجر ).


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