topgi

Updated: January 4, 2026

Two days before the arrival of the army in Sennaar, as I was riding near the Topgi Bashi, who was in front of the army with the artillery, I saw a great number of armed men approaching, mounted on horses and dromedaries. I saw these personages when they arrived.

George Bethune English - A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar: Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken: by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of: Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy