takruri

Updated: September 13, 2025

The rest were Falatas or Takruri i.e. pilgrims from British West Africa to Mecca a class whose whole existence is spent on pilgrimage, brightened by spells of residence and family life at centres like Omdurman, and this man planned to pass as a pilgrim among pilgrims. The party was asked by the sheikh of the Takurna village, near Port Sudan, where they came from. They replied: "Omdurman."

Sir Gerald B. (Gerald Berkeley) Hurst - With Manchesters in the East