Suakin or Sawakin (Arabic: سواكن, romanized: Sawākin, Beja: Oosook) is a port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea. It was formerly the region's chief port, but is now secondary to Port Sudan, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) north.
Suakin used to be considered the height of medieval luxury on the Red Sea, but the old city built of coral is now in ruins. In 1983, the adjacent historic mainland town, known as the Geyf, had a population of 18,030 and the 2009 population was estimated at 43,337.[2] Ferries run daily from Suakin to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
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Suakin or Sawakin (Arabic: سواكن, romanized: Sawākin, Beja: Oosook) is a port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea. It was formerly...
The Suakin Expedition was either of two British-Indian military expeditions, led by Major-General Sir Gerald Graham, to Suakin in Sudan, with the intention...
force near Suakin, a chief port of Sudan. The Mahdist force, under Osman Digna, had advanced on Suakin with an intention to invest it. From Suakin, General...
inland from the port of Suakin on the Red Sea coast of Sudan. A contingent of some 3,000 troops from the British and Indian "Suakin Field Force" led by Major...
point. It has an average depth of 490 m (1,610 ft), and in the central Suakin Trough it reaches its maximum depth of 3,040 m (9,970 ft). Approximately...
15°00′N 30°00′E / 15.000°N 30.000°E / 15.000; 30.000 Sudan is located in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the...
The Suakin Archipelago is a large group of islets found in Sudan in the Red Sea, which has been proposed for IUCN category II, national park. This site...
Hadendoa tribe of the Beja people. His birthplace is not documented, but Suakin was said to be the town, where he was born. He was originally known as Osman...
Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Graham, including an Indian contingent, to Suakin in March 1885. Though successful in the two actions it fought, it failed...
the Red Sea basin. On the Northeast Africa littoral, the eyalet comprised Suakin and their hinterlands. Like Ottoman control in North Africa, Yemen, Bahrain...
would give Egypt control of the Red Sea port of Suakin, but an amendment on 10 July 1899 gave Suakin to Sudan instead. On 4 November 1902, the UK drew...
Makuria collapsed. Coastal areas from southern Sudan up to the port city of Suakin was succeeded by the Adal Sultanate in the fifteenth century. To the south...
southern Eritrea. The origin of the Balaw is thought to be somewhere along the Suakin area of eastern Sudan. During the second wave of the Beja migrations into...
among the local population. Accordingly, a second expedition departed from Suakin on 10 March in order to defeat the Mahdists definitively. The force was...
650-kilometre (400 mi) trip on camelback to Suakin, which was the largest port of Sudan. In March 1885 they left Suakin for Italy and arrived at the port of...
territory stretching from Cape Guardafui in Somalia to the port city of Suakin in Sudan. The Adal Empire maintained a robust commercial and political relationship...
Rabak Ruaba or Umm Rawaba Sennar or Sannar Shendi or Shandi Sindscha Singa Suakin Tabat or Al Shaikh Abdulmahmood Taiyara Wad An Nora Wad Banda Wad Madani...
clasp The Nile 1884–85 Suakin 1885 (1 March – 14 May 1885) Tofrek (22 March 1885) Only awarded in conjunction with clasp Suakin 1885 Gemaizah 1888 (20...
and the source of 90% of the country's international trade. Port of Digna Suakin Red Sea State 19°07′N 37°20′E / 19.117°N 37.333°E / 19.117; 37.333 (Port...
harbour in 1909, Suakin fell into disrepair, with only some ruins of its former buildings left. In his book on The Coral Buildings of Suakin, Jean-Pierre...
assistance of Gordon, which, however, was not accepted. Graham led a second Suakin Field Force which arrived at the port on 12 March 1885. Its purpose was...
Egyptian rule was greatly extended and control of the Red Sea ports of Suakin and Massawa obtained. Muhammad Ali understood that the empire he had so...
was sent to Egypt against the rebels of Ahmed 'Urabi and in 1885 in the Suakin Campaign. In 1897, the Coldstreamers were reinforced with the addition of...
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