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Korti

Korti is a town on the Nile in northern Sudan, near the fourth cataract, in the land of the Shaigiya. In 1820 the Egyptian army of Ismail Pasha defeated the Shaigiya cavalry there with firearms during the conquest of Sudan. In 1884 and 1885 it served as the base of the British expedition to relieve Khartoum.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Korti. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/korti
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