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A free, open digital archive of Sudanese history — books, documents, and records, preserved and searchable in Arabic and English.
2,419 works catalogued711 readable here, free36,503 pages of searchable text
What is this?
A community digital library preserving Sudan’s written history — free, open, and bilingual. We host only public-domain and openly licensed works; every book carries its source and its licence. Works we cannot lawfully host are catalogued and linked to where they live.
How to use it
- Follow the river — pick an era along the Nile timeline to open its shelf of books.
- Search — one box looks through titles, authors, and the full text of every page.
- Read — open any book page by page in your browser, free, or download the original scan.
Kerma
c. 2500 – 1500 BC
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Kush & Meroë
c. 1070 BC – 350 AD
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Éclaircissemens sur l'inscription grecque du monument trouvé à Rosette, contenant un décret des prêtres de L'Égypte en l'honneur de Prolémée Épiphane, le cinquième des rois PtoléméesL'art de composer facilement et à peu de frais, les liqueurs de table, les eaux de senteurs, et autres objets d'économie domestique, publié jusqu'ici sous le titre de Nouvelle chimie du goût et de l'odoratThe cottage piper, or, History of Edgar, the itinerant musician : an instructive tale : ornamented with cuts
Christian Nubia
c. 350 – 1504 AD
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Islamic Era & Funj
1504 – 1821
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The Mahdiyya
1881 – 1898
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The Condominium
1899 – 1956
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