Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard German Mauser 98k K98 Top pocket stamped U

Top pocket stamped U

This Burnside Cavalry serial # 5086 in

refer to the maker chart at the bottom of this page

There is a reference in David Harding's wonderful book "SMALL ARMS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY 1600-1856" Volume 2 page 572 referring to musket supply from Manton as early as 1837

experimented with the modern 11mm

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard German Mauser 98k K98 Top pocket stamped UOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.