eshanni

Updated: June 21, 2025

He turned out to be a secret agent of Colonel Wingate's Intelligence Department. The spy in question was a Shaggieh, named Eshanni, and but thirty hours out from Omdurman. I was led to understand that he gave much valuable information as to the position and strength of the Khalifa's force and the state of affairs in Omdurman. We were told that the Khalifa meant to attack us at or near Kerreri.

Bennet Burleigh - Khartoum Campaign, 1898: or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan