khartoum

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Sudan'ın başkenti
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{i} capital city of Sudan
the capital city of Sudan. City (pop., 1993: 924,505), capital of The Sudan. Located just south of the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, it was originally an Egyptian army camp (1821). The Mahdists besieged and destroyed the town in 1885, killing Charles George Gordon, the British governor-general. Reoccupied by the British in 1898, it served as the seat of the Anglo-Egyptian government until 1956, when it became the capital of the independent republic of The Sudan. A major trade and communications centre, it is the seat of several universities
Capital of the Sudan
the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile

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Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome
later Earl Kitchener (of Khartoum and of Broome) born June 24, 1850, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ire. died June 5, 1916, at sea off Orkney Islands British field marshal and imperial administrator. Trained as a military engineer, Kitchener served in posts in the Middle East and Sudan before being appointed commander in chief of the Egyptian army in 1892. In 1898 he crushed the rebellious Mahdist movement in the Battle of Omdurman and forced concessions from France in the Fashoda Incident. He entered the South African War as chief of staff in 1899, becoming commander in chief a year later. In the last 18 months of the war, he resorted to brutal methods, burning Boer farms and herding Boer women and children into concentration camps. He was later sent to India to reorganize the army there. A clash with Lord Curzon over control of the army resulted in Curzon's resignation in 1905. In 1911 Kitchener returned to Khartoum as proconsul of Egypt and the Sudan. As secretary of state for war during World War I, he organized armies on a scale unprecedented in British history and became a symbol of the national will to victory. He died on a mission to Russia when his ship was sunk by a German mine
khartoum

    Расстановка переносов

    Khar·toum

    Турецкое произношение

    kärtum

    Произношение

    /ˌkärˈto͞om/ /ˌkɑːrˈtuːm/
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