ABSTRACT
T h e Eastern Sudan, as a whole, knew nothing of law and order during 1889 and 1890. Kitchener and his successors bore the title of “ Governor-General of the Eastern Sudan and Red Sea Littoral ” , but the Khedive’s writ did not run beyond the confines of the town of Suakin. Osman Digna, who represented the Khalifa in those parts, was even more impotent. His influence had sunk below par. Inter-tribal friction had increased ; raiding and brigandage were rife ; chaos devastated the land.
