Kassala, the Glossary
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43 relations: Aisha Musa Ahmad (musician), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Arabian Peninsula, Battle of Kassala, Beja people, Bushara Abdel-Nadief, Desert climate, East African campaign (World War II), Egypt, Gash Group, Hadendoa, Hamid Idris Awate, Hassan al-Turabi, Italian East Africa, Italian Eritrea, Kassala State, Köppen climate classification, Khartoum, Khatmiyya, Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Italy, Mahdist War, Massawa, Mereb River, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Muhannad El Tahir, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nizar Hamid, Noor Uthman Muhammed, Nubia, Ockenden International, Ottoman Empire, Port Sudan, Railway stations in Sudan, States of Sudan, Suakin, Sudan, Sufism, Toteil, University of Kassala, Viceroy, Wet season, 2007 Sudan floods.
- State capitals in Sudan
Aisha Musa Ahmad (musician)
Aisha Musa Ahmad (ʾAyša Mūsā Aḥmad, b. 1905 – 24 February 1974), better known as Aisha al-Falatiya (also transliterated as Aisha El Falatia (عائشة الفلاتية), was a Sudanese singer. Her early career was hindered by prejudice against female performers, but in 1942 she became the first woman to sing on Sudanese radio.
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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (السودان الإنجليزي المصري) was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt between 1899 and 1956, corresponding mostly to the territory of present-day South Sudan and Sudan.
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Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
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Battle of Kassala
The Battle of Kassala was fought on July 17, 1894, between an Italian colonial troop and Mahdist Sudanese forces.
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Beja people
The Beja people (البجا, Oobja, በጃ) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Eastern Desert, inhabiting a coastal area from southeastern Egypt through eastern Sudan and into northwestern Eritrea.
Bushara Abdel-Nadief
Sanad Bushara Abdel-Nadief Abdalla (born 1947 in Kassala) is a Sudanese footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.
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East African campaign (World War II)
The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Gash Group
The Gash Group is a neolithic, prehistoric culture that flourished around 3000 to 1800 BC in Eritrea and Eastern Sudan.
Hadendoa
Hadendoa (or Hadendowa) is the name of a nomadic subdivision of the Beja people, known for their support of the Mahdiyyah rebellion during the 1880s to 1890s.
Hamid Idris Awate
Hamid Idris Awate (ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ; 10 April 1910 – 28 May 1962) was an Eritrean revolutionary and prominent guerrilla commander, and a symbol of the Eritrean War of Independence and independence struggle.
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Hassan al-Turabi
Hassan al-Turabi (1 February 1932 – 5 March 2016) was a Sudanese politician and scholar.
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Italian East Africa
Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.
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Italian Eritrea
Italian Eritrea (Colonia Eritrea, "Colony of Eritrea") was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea.
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Kassala State
Kassala (ولاية كسلا, called Ash Sharqiyah during 1991—1994) is one of the 18 wilayat (states) of Sudan.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum (al-Khurṭūm, pronounced al.xur.tˤuːm) is the capital of Sudan. Kassala and Khartoum are state capitals in Sudan.
Khatmiyya
The Khatmiyya is a Sufi order or tariqa founded by Sayyid Mohammed Uthman al-Mirghani al-Khatim.
Kingdom of Egypt
The Kingdom of Egypt (The Egyptian Kingdom) was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 until the abolition of the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan in 1953 following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
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Kingdom of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
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Mahdist War
The Mahdist War (ath-Thawra al-Mahdiyya; 1881–1899) was a war between the Mahdist Sudanese, led by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided One"), and the forces of the Khedivate of Egypt, initially, and later the forces of Britain.
Massawa
Massawa or Mitsiwa (Məṣṣəwaʿ; ባጸዕ, or ባድዕ,; ምጽዋ; مَصَّوَع; Massaua; Maçuá) is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago.
Mereb River
The Mareb River, also known as the Gash River (القاش), is a river flowing out of central Eritrea.
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was an Ottoman Albanian governor and military commander who was the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt.
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Muhannad El Tahir
Muhaned Altaher (مهند الطاهر; born 3 December 1984) is a Sudanese footballer who plays as a secondary striker for Sudan Premier League club Tuti SC and the Sudan national team.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Nizar Hamid
Nazir Hamid (born 3 October 1988) is a Sudanese football defender who plays for Al-Hilal and the Sudan national football team.
Noor Uthman Muhammed
Noor Uthman Muhammed (born 1962) is a citizen of Sudan who was confined in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba where he also served a sentence for terrorism after being convicted by the Guantanamo military commission.
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Nubia
Nubia (Nobiin: Nobīn) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
Ockenden International
Ockenden International is an English international development non-governmental organisation that helps displaced persons become self-sufficient.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
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Port Sudan
Port Sudan (Būr Sūdān, Beja: Bar'uut) is a city and port on the Red Sea in eastern Sudan, and the capital of Red Sea State. Kassala and port Sudan are state capitals in Sudan.
Railway stations in Sudan
Railway stations in Sudan include.
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States of Sudan
Below is a list of the 18 states of the Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses).
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Suakin
Suakin or Sawakin (Sawākin, Beja: Oosook) is a port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea.
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.
Sufism
Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.
Toteil
Toteil is a small village located at the southern edge of the Taka Mountains in Kassala state around 4.16 km from Kassala, Sudan.
University of Kassala
University of Kassala (in Arabic جامعة كسلا, Jām'iat Kassala).
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Viceroy
A viceroy is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.
Wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
2007 Sudan floods
On 3 July 2007, flash floods during Sudan's rainy season devastated much of the country's central, southern, and western regions.
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See also
State capitals in Sudan
- Ad-Damazin
- Ad-Damir
- Al-Fashir
- Dongola
- Ed Daein
- El-Gadarif
- El-Obeid
- Geneina
- Kadugli
- Kassala
- Khartoum
- Nyala, South Darfur
- Port Sudan
- Rabak
- Sennar
- Zalingei
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassala
Also known as Kasala, Kasala, Sudan, Kassala, Sudan, Kassalā, Kessala, Kessela, Mahal Teglinos.