Egyptian Sudan Provinces 1822-1889

Provinces of Egyptian Sudan 1822-1889

Provinces: Bahr el-Ghazal - Berber - Berbera - Dara - Darfur - Dongola - Equatoria - al-Fashir (el Fashar) - Gallabat - Harar - Kabkabiya - Khartoum - Kordofan - Missiwa (Musawwa) - Mongalla - Qulqul - Red Sea Littoral (Eastern Sudan) - Sawakin - Sennar - Shaqqa - South Sudan - Taka (Kassala) - White Nile - Zalia (Zelia) -

Bahr el-Ghazal

1873 Bahr el-Ghazal Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan.
30 Apr 1884 Part of the Mahdiya.

District Officer (Nazir al-qism)
29 Jan 1869 - 1872         Muhammad al-Hilali               (d. 1872)
Governors (Mudir) 1872 - Mar 1875            al-Zubayr Pasha Rahma Mansur (b. 1830 - d. 1913) 1875 - 1877          Idris walad Abtar (acting) 1877 - 1878                Sulaiman Bey wad Zubayr Rahama 1878        Ibrahim Fawzi Pasha        (b. c.1853 - d. af.1901)
Jun 1878 - 1879            Sati (Satti) Bey
1879                       Yusuf Bey Hasan 1879 - 25 Sep 1880         Romolo Gessi Pasha (b. 1831 - d. 1882)
25 Sep 1880 - Dec 1881     .... (acting)
Dec 1881 - 28 Apr 1884     Frank Lupton Bey       (b. 1854 - d. 1888)
28 Apr 1884 - 30 Apr 1884 `Ali Musa Bey Shawqi (d. 1885)

Berber

5 Mar 1821 Berber conquered by Egyptian Sudan. 1822 Berber Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan. 1857 - 1857 Temporarily reverts to Sudanese local administration under Naser al-Din Abu'l Kailak. 1884 Part of the Mahdiya.

Governors (Ma'mur, later Mudir) 1821 - 1822 Muhammad (kashif of Halfayya) 1822 - 1825 Mahu Bey Urfali (d. 1828) (governor of Berber, Halfayya, Shendi, and the country of the Rubatab) 1825 - 1827 al-Hajj al-Amin 1827 - 1828 `Uthman 1829 Salih 1829 - 1832 `Ali 1832 - 1835 `Abbas al-Bazarli "al-Jundi" (b. c.1802 - d. c.1840) (1st time) 1835 - 1836 .... 1836 - 1838 `Abbas al-Bazarli "al-Jundi" (s.a.) (2nd time) 1838 - 1840 Halim Efendi Bey c.1840 Nihad Bey c.1840 Hilm c.1843 Khusraw Pasha 1843 Hilmi (1st time) 1843 Muhammad al-Amin Bey 1843 - 1846 Hasan Pasha Rafat 1846 - 18.. Hasan Bey Husni 18.. - 18.. Musa Hamdi 1851 - 1852 `Ali Ben Hasib 1852 Mustafa Kashif (acting) 1854 - 185. Hilmi Bey (2nd time) 185. - 1857 Ibrahim Bey Abu Filaija (d. 1857) 1857 - 1859 Mahmud Bey 1859 - 1863 `Abd Allah Bey al-Wanli (d. 1865) (with Dongala) 1863 - 1865 Ibrahim Bey 1865 - 186. `Umar Bey 186. - 1867 `Ali Bey Uwayda 1867 - 186. Ahmad Rami Bey 1869 - 1871 Husain Bey Khalifa (1st time) (b. c.1820 - d. 1886) Governor-general (Mudir 'umum) 1871 - 1873 Husain Bey Khalifa (with Dongala) (s.a.) Governors (Mudir) 1874 - 1875 `Ali Bey Sharif (d. 1883) 1875 - 1878 Mustafa Bey Murad 1878 Muhammad Said Pasha Wahbi (d. 1883) 1878 - 1879 Ibrahim Bey al-Sabban 1879 - 1881 Muhammad Ma`ani Bey (d. 1881) 1882 Firhad Bey Muhhibb 1882 Abdul Rahman Bey Fa'iz 1883 Ibrahim Bey 1883 - 1884 Husain Bey Khalifa (2nd time) (s.a.)

Darfur

25 Oct 1874 Darfur Sultanate terminated and Darfur is made aprovince of Egyptian Sudan. 23 Dec 1883 - 1899 Part of the Mahdiya. 21 Mar 1899 Sultanate re-established (seeSudan Traditional States).

General-governors (Mudir 'umum) 1875 - 1877 Hasan Hilmi Pasha "al-Juwaisar" (d. 1883) (with Kordofan) 1877 - 1878 `Abd al-Raziq Haqqi Pasha (acting) (d. 1879) 1878 - Nov 1879 Charles Frederic Rosset Pasha (b. 1842 - d. 1879) May 1879 - 1880 Giacomo Bartolomeo Messedaglia Bey (b. 1846 - d. 1896) 1880 - 1881 `Ali Bey Sharif (d. 1883) 1881 - 23 Dec 1883 Rudolf Carl von Slatin Bey (b. 1857 - d. 1932) Mahdist governors 23 Dec 1883 - Dec 1885 Muhammad Khalid Dec 1885 - 1887 Yusuf Ibrahim (d. 1888) 1887 - 1890 `Uthman Adam Janu (d. 1891) 1890 - 1899 Mahmud Ahmad

Qulul and Kabkabiya

Governors (Mudir) 1877 - 1879? Muhammad Pasha Imam al-Khabir1879 al-Nur Bey Muhammad`Anqara (b. 1836 - d. c.1920)

Dara
187. Dara Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan.

Governors (Mudir) 187.- 1878 Mustafa Bey `Abd Allah 1878 - 1879 Charles Rigolet (b. c.1853 - d. ....) 1879 Muhammad Bey Khalid Zughal (b. 18.. - d. 1903) (1st time)(acting) 1879 Giacomo Bartolomeo Messedaglia Bey (b. 1846 - d. 1896) 1880 - 15 Mar 1882 Francesco Germanico Emiliani dei (b. 1838 - d. 1882) Danziger 1882 Muhammad Bey Khalid Zughal (s.a.) (2nd time)(acting)

Shaqqa

Governors (Mudir) c.1876 Ilyas Bey Umm Birair (d. 1898) 1877 - 1878 Said Bey Husain 1878 - 1879 Mustafa Bey`Abd Allah 1879 Charles Rigolet (b. c.1853 - d. ....) 1879 Muhammad Bey Khalid Zughal (b. 18.. - d. 1903)

Dongola

23 Sep 1820 Dongola Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan.1859 - 1862 Combined withBerberprovince. 1871 - 1873 Combined with Berber province

Governors (Ma'mur, later Mudir)1821 - 1825 `Abidin (`Abdi) Bey Arna`ut1825 - 1827 Qasim18.. - 18.. Ibrahimc.1829 - c.1831 Mahmudc.1830 - 1831 Husain Baghdadi (acting?)1831 - 1835 Hafiz Ibrahimc.1837 `Ali1839 - 1840 Ahmad Shawqic.1840 Mustafa Bey(with Kordofan)c.1843 Khusraw Pasha(with Berber)1843 - 1846 Hasan Pasha Ra`fat Asitanali (with half of Berber)1846 - 18.. Hasan Bey Husni (with half of Berber)1851 - 1852 Khurshid Bey 1852 Husain Bey1857 - 1859 Mahmud Bey1858 Ahmad Bashir al-`Aqid (acting) 1859 - 1862 `Abd Allah Bey al-Wanli (with Berber) c.1866 - 1870 `Uthman BeyGovernor-general (Mudir 'umum)1871 - 1873 Husain Bey Khalifa (b. c.1820 - d. 1886) (with Berber) Governors(Mudir)1873 - 1875 Muhammad Bey Almas (al-Maz) (b. c.1815 - d. ....) (1st time) 1875 Sahin Pasha Kinj (concurrently with general managership of the Soudan Railway) 1875 - 1879 Muhammad Bey Almas (al-Maz) (s.a.) (2nd time) 1879 - 1885 Sir Mustafa Pasha Yawar (b. 18.. - d. 1914) 1885 Muhammad Jawdat

Equatoria

26 May 1871 Equatoria (Equatorial) Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan. Apr 1889 Part of the Mahdiya.

Governors-general (Mudir 'umum) 1869 - Aug 1873 Sir Samuel Baker Pasha (b. 1821 - d. 1893) Aug 1873 - Mar 1874 Muhammad Ra'uf Pasha (acting) (b. 1832 - d. c.1888) Mar 1874 - Oct 1876 Charles George Gordon Pasha (b. 1833 - d. 1885) Oct 1876 - May 1877 Alexander Macomb Mason Bey (b. 1841 - d. 1897) (acting) May 1877 - Aug 1877 Henry Goslee Prout Bey (b. 1845 - d. 1927) Aug 1877 - 1878 Ibrahim Fawzi Bey (b. c.1853 - d. af.1901) 1878 - 1889 Mehmed Emin Pasha (b. 1840 - d. 1892) (= Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer) (under the governor-general of Bahr el Ghazal 1879-1880) (mutineers prisoner at Dufile Aug-Nov 1888)

al-Fashir (el Fasher)
1874 Fasher Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan. 1884 Part of the Mahdiya.

Governors (Mudir)1874 - 1875 Hasan Hilmi Bey "al-Juwaisar" (d. 1883) 1875 - 187. `Ali Bey al-Rida al-Kurdi 1878 - 1879 Zakariya Bey (d. 1877) 1879 - 1884 Said Bey Juma (b. 18.. - d. 1912?)

Harar
11 Oct 1875 - 1884 Harar (Harrar) hikimdarate (see under Ethiopian Border States).Governors-general(Mudir 'umum) 11 Oct 1875 - 1878 Muhammad Ra'uf Pasha (b. 1832 - d. c.1888) 1878 - 1879 Muhammad Ridwan Pasha1879 - 1880 Yusuf Bey Ahmad 1880 - Dec 1882 Muhammad Nadi Pasha (b. 1836 - d. af.1897) Dec 1882 - 1884 `Ali al-Rida Pasha al-Tubji

Berbera

1883 - 1884 Berbera governorate a dependency of Harar. Oct 1884 Egypt abandons the the Somali Coast(see under Somaliland).

Governors (Muhafiz) 1883 Firhad Bey Muhhib 1883 - 1884 AbdulRahman Bey Fa'iz

Zalia (Zelia)

Aug 1875 Egyptians take possession of the northern Somali coast at Zalia (Zelia, Zeylah, Zayla) and Bulhar. 1875 Zalia (Zelia [Zayla]) governorate (from Oct 1875 a dependency of Harar). Feb 1884 British occupation of Zalia (Zelia)(see under Somaliland). Governor (Mudir) 1879 Abu Bakr Pasha Ibrahim

Kabkabiya: see under Darfur

Kassala: see Taka

Khartoum

1837 Khartoum Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan.16 Jun 1885 Fall of Khartoum to the Mahdiya.

Governors (Mudir) 1837 - 18.. Mustafa Bey1841 - 1843 Musa Bey Hamdi (1st time)1843 - 1844 Muhammad Amin Pasha Arna'ut (with Matamma, Shendi and dependencies, detached from Berber)1844 - 18.. Hasan Pasha
1848 - 18.. Musa Bey Hamdi (2nd time) 18.. - 1851 Ahmad Bey (d. 1851)1852 - 1853 Qasim Bey (d. 1853)c.1856 Ahmad Bey1858 - 1859 (3 months) Musa Bey Hamdi (3rd time) 1859 - 1861 Hasan `Ali Bey Arna'ut1861 - 1870 Ahmad Bey`Awad al-Karim Abu Sin 1870 - 1873 `Abd Raziq Haqqi Bey1874 Ahmad Bey Abu Zaid (1st time)1874 `Ali Bey Fahmi (d. 1874)1877 Mustafa BeyYawar 1877 - 1878 `Uthman RifiqPasha (b. 1839 - d. 1886) 18.. - 1878 Muhammad Ma'ani Bey (d. 1881)1878 - 18.. Ahmad Bey Abu Zaid (2nd time)18.. - 18.. Mahmud Bey Ahmadani 1883? - 1884 Ahmad Bey `Ali Jallab 1884 - 1885 `Ali Musa Bey Shawqi (d. 1885)

Kordofan

19 Aug 1821 Kordofan Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan. Dec 1883 Part the Mahdiya.

Officers commanding troops (Saraskar), Kordofan 19 Aug 1821 - 1822 Muhammad Bey Khusraw al-Defterdar (d. 1833) 1822 - 1824 Husain al-Kumuljinali (acting)1824 - 1825 Halim Bey (acting) Governors and Miralai of the 1st Infantry Regiment 1825 - 1827 Suleiman Bey al-Kharbutli 1827 - 1828 Salim Bey1828 - 1833 Rustum Bey (d. 1833) 1833 - 1837 Mustafa Bey 1837 - 1839 Muhammad Bey al-Murabit 1839 - 1841 Yusuf Bey 1841 - 1843 Zuhrab Bey Governors (Mudir)1843 - 1848 Mustafa Pasha al-Kiridli 1848? - 1851 Musa Pasha Hamdi 1851 - 1853 Abdul al-Qadir Bey 1854 - 185. Muhammad Amin Pasha (1st time) Feb 1856 - 1857 `Uthman Bey al-Sinnari (d. 1858) 1857 - 1858 Muhammad Amin Pasha (2nd time) 1858 - 1863 Hassan Ali Bey 1863 - 1865 Muhammad Hilimi Bey1865 Ibrahim Bey 1866 - 1867? Hasan Pasha Hilmi "al-Juwaisar" (d. 1883) (1st time) 1871 - 187. `Abd al-Wahhab Bey 1873 - 1874 Hasan Pasha Hilmi"al-Juwaisar" (s.a.) (2nd time) 1874 Muhammad Said Pasha Wahbi (d. 1883) (1st time) 1874 - 1878 Mahmud Tahir Pasha1878 - 1879 Ilyas Pasha Ahmad Umm Birair (d. 1898) 1879 `Abd al-Rahman Bey Naji1879 - Dec 1883 Muhammad Said Pasha Wahbi (s.a.) (2nd time)

Missiwa/Musawwa: see under Eritrea

Red Sea Littoral (Eastern Sudan)
1871 Eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Littoral (Coast)new administrative division created (Kassala, Massawa to 1877, Sawakin to 1877 and the Somali Coast organized under a separate administration). Governors-general(Mudir 'umum)1867 - 18.. `Abd al-Qadir Pasha 1870 - 1871 Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha (b. 1825 - d. 1874) 1873 Sanjar Bey Urfali 1873 - 1875 Johann Albert WernerMunzinger Pasha (b. 1832 - d. 1875) c.1875 Rashid Pasha Rajab 1880 - 1881 `Ali al-Rida Pasha al-Tubji 1882 - 1883 `Ala al-Din Pasha Siddiq (d. 1883) 1883 Rashid Kamil Pasha 1883 Suliaman Pasha Niazi 1883 - 1884 Husain Wasif Sirri Pasha 1884 Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett (b. 1834 - d. 1888) 1884 Sir Cromer Ashburnham (b. 1831 - d. 1917) 1884 - 1886 Herbert Charles Chermside Pasha (b. 1850 - d. 1929)

Sawakin (Suwakin)
27 May 1865                Sawakin governorate (a dependency of vilayet of Jidda) under                              Egyptian administration by Ottoman firman of Sultan Abdul Aziz. 1871                       Part of Eastern Sudan and Red Sea Littoral. 1877                       Sawakin muhafiza with Massawa. Governors - Ottoman - (Qa'immaqam) c.1830   Husain   c.1834 Haidar c.1838 `Abd Allah
- Egyptian - (Muhafiz) 1847- c.18..               Muhammad al-Amin
- Ottoman - (Qa'immaqam) c.1854    Nur al-Din Pasha c.1854 - c.1860    Murtad Pasha 1863 - 1864    Ahmad Mukhtar (acting)
- Egyptian - (Muhafiz) 1865 - 1870    Ahmad Mumtaz Bey 1871 Shakib Bey 1875 - 1876    Mustafa Bey al-Tushiyya 1877 `Uthman Rifiq Pasha               (b. 1839 - d. 1886)                              (with Musawwa) 187. - 1879? Abu Bakr Pasha 1881 - 1882    Muhammad Bey Rasikh             (b. c.1834 - d. 1883) 1883?    Firhad Pasha Muhhib 1883 Muhammad Bey Tawfiq al-Misiri           (d. 1883) 1883 - 1884                `Ali Bey Wahbi

Sennaheit (Senheit): see under Eritrea

Sennar (Sinnar)

14 Jun 1821 Sinnar (Senner) conquered by Egyptian Sudan (for 1820-1833 see Governors-general of Sudan). 1837 Sennar (andFazughli) Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan.Governors (Mudir) 1837 - 1839 Mustafa Bey (1st time) 1839 Ibrahim Bey 1839 - c.1840 Mustafa Bey (2nd time) 18.. - 18.. Amin Bey 1843 - 1844 Sulaiman Pasha al-Kharbutli 1844 - 18.. Muhammad Amin Pasha 1851 Ibrahim Bey 1851? Ilyas Bey Kiridli 1854 Ismail Bey (d. 1854) 1854 Muhammad Bey 1854 - 1855 Mahmud Bey 1855 - 18.. Salih Bey Kawalali 1861 - 1863 Muhammad Rasikh Bey (1st time) (b. c.1834 - d. 1883) 1863 Muhammad Halmi Bey c.1866 Ahmad Zanil 1873 - 1876 `Abd al-Raziq Haqqi Pasha (d. 1879) 1878 - 1879 Muhammad Rasikh Bey (2nd time) (s.a.) 1879 Muhammad Bey Almas (al-Maz) (b. c.1815 - d. ....) 1879 - 18.. Yusuf Pashac.1882 - 1885 Hasan Sadiq Bey (d. 1885)

Fazughli (The Funj)1843 - 1869 Dependency of Sennar. 1869 Fazughli governorate detached from Sennar as an independent province. Governors (Ma'mur, later Mudir) 1843 - 184. Salim Pasha Sa'ib (Sayib) 1847 Ismail Bey 18.. - 1855 Salih Hijazi 18.. - 1861/65 Ibrahim 1872 Muhammad Ma'ni Bey 1881 - 1883 E. Marno

Gallabat (Qallabat) (a dependency of Sennar)Governor (Mudir) 1878 E. Marno
South Sudan 1856 - 1863 Combined provinces of Sennar, Khartoum, and White Nile Muhafizate. 1871 - 1873 Re-combined provinces of Sennar, Khartoum, and White Nile Muhafizate. Governors-general (Mudir'umum) 1856 - 1858 Arakil Bey al-Armani 1859 - 1861 Hasan Bey Salami al-Jarkas 1861 - 1863 Muhammad Rasikh Bey (b. c.1834 - d. 1883) 1871 - 1872 Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha 1872 - 1873 Adam Pasha al-Arifi (acting) 1873 Ismail Pasha Ayyub Taka (Kassala) 1840 Taka (Kassala)Mudiriyah of Egyptian Sudan.1871 Kassala part of Eastern Sudan and Red Sea Littoral. Governors (Mudir) c.1843 Firhad Pasha 1843 - 1846? Yusuf Bey 1851 - 1854 Khusraw Bey c.1854 - c.1860 Ilyas Bey Kiridli (d. c.1862) [intermittently]c.1854 - 1856 `Uthman Bey 1858 - 1861 `Ali Bey 1861 Hasan Bey Salami al-Jarkas (1st time) 1861 - 1862 Mustafa Bey al-Muzaffar c.1863 Ibrahim Bey al-Mahallawi (d. 1885) 1865 Hasan Bey Salami al-Jarkas (2nd time) (acting) 1866 `Uthman Bey Najib 1866 Ibrahim Bey Lufti (d. 1866) 1866 Hasan Hilmi Bey al-Juwaisar 1866 Hasan Bey Rifat 1866 - 1870 `Abd al-Raziq Haqqi Pasha (d. 1879) (1st time)187. Raghab Bey 187. Ahmad Bey Rami 1871 `Abd al-Wahhab Bey 1871 - 1876 Ala` al`din Pasha Siddiq (d. 1883) 1876 - 1877 Mustafa Bey al-Tushiyya 1877 - 1879 `Abd al-Raziq Haqqi Pasha (s.a.) (2nd time) 1879 Muhammad Said Pasha Wahbi (d. 1883) (acting) 1879 - 1882 Yusuf Bey Siddiq 1884 - 1885 Ahmad Pasha Iffat (d. 1885)

White Nile1855? White Nile (Fashoda) Muhafizate of Egyptian Sudan. Governor 1839 - 1842 Salim Qapudan (Bahr-i-abyada ma'mur)Governors (variously Muhafiz or Mudir)1855 - 1862 Salih Hijazi 1863 - 18.. Salih Hijazi 186. - 1865 Umar Bey 1865 - 1867 Muhammad Halmi Bey 1867 - 1871 Ali al-Rida Bey al-Kurdi (1st time) c.1873 - 1875 Yusuf Bey Hasan al-Shallali 1875 - 1878 Ali al-Rida Bey al-Kurdi (2nd time) 1878 al-Tayyib Bey 18.. - 1881 Rashid Bey Ayman (d. 1881)1881? - 1883 Muhammad Bey Shukri