Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard circa 1870 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles when they were finally replaced

when they were finally replaced by Krag–Jørgensen carbines

Features include original bakelite ribbed grip scales

This rifle was re-barreled in 1895 with the new

Clear lands and grooves

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard circa 1870 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles when they were finally replacedOriginal 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.