Original Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Military Flare Guns S Smith & Sons (MA)

S Smith & Sons (MA) Ltd

The hardwood case is of exceptionally fine quality with veneer finish with full brass trim around every edge and corners

Everyone who looks at this is awestruck

This is an exceedingly rare specialist British weapon used in the days of sail

After a week of relative inactivity

Original Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Military Flare Guns S Smith & Sons (MA)Original 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.