Hosh el-Kab fort

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The Hosh el-Kab fort is a fort in Sudan. Ruins of a stone fort located on the left bank of the Nile, in Khartoum State (Sudan), at a distance of 40 km from the place where the waters of the White Nile meet with the Blue Nile. The enclosure was erected in the 2nd half of the 6th century AD. At that time, the region was under the Alwan rule.

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archaeological site, fortSudanSudan

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Location: 16.0103, 32.5503, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Battle of Omdurman
    battle between the Mahdists and Anglo-Sudanse in 1898.
  • Abu Nafisa fort
    ruin in Sudan
  • Hosh el-Kab fort
    fort in Sudan
1898-09-02T00:00:00Z
1898-09-02T00:00:00Z
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflict1898Battle of OmdurmanUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battleWikidata
    sitefortAbu Nafisa fortarchaeological site, fortWikidata
    sitefortHosh el-Kab fortarchaeological site, fortWikidata