Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Long Dagger with Leather Grip - Circa 1870 Russian Ordnance Designed to be used when

Designed to be used when moving at night so the soldier could keep an eye on the man in front

his return was guaranteed to be faster

rose up in rebellion supporting the return of the Emperor and probably one of the world's most nail biting periods followed

Overall a fantastic grouping from a soldier in the most famous of U

with a 42-inch barrel and an overall length of 58 inches

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Long Dagger with Leather Grip - Circa 1870 Russian Ordnance Designed to be used whenOriginal item. Only One Available. The loss of General Gordon at Khartoum in 1885 was a great blow to British prestige and yet it took thirteen years for Great Britain to extract revenge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. The religious leader, the Mahdi, "the chosen or expected one" had died shortly after the Gordon episode and the Caliphate was now led by the infamous and exceptional brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the Sudan