41 and Shekan , defeat of Egyptians at, 35 , suppression , 98, 43-4 ; Arab 1883, by the Mahdi , 98, 28 . raids in Nile valley and the Bahr Shellal, 98, 75 , 77 , 99, 105 ; steamer el -Ghazal , 98, 26 ; Dongola pro service, 98, 78 . vince, 98, 45 ; East Africa , exter Shenabla , White Nile province, 98, mination , 96, 61 ; East Africa 43 . Protectorate , 96, 44-5 ; Khedivial Shendi, 98; 74 ; Ismail entrapped edicts against, 98, 26 ; anti and burned alive at, 1822 , 98 , 25 ; Slave Trade Treaty, acceptance road , 98, 67 ; telegraph office, by Toorkee, Sultan of Muscat, 98 , 85. 96 , 42 ; Sokotra, 97, 37 ; sup Shereikh , minerals, 98, 135 . pression , 96 , 32 , 91 , 99 , 123 ; Shershar, 98, 48 . traffic by land prohibited by Shilluk country (Upper Nile), popu-Sultan Bargash , 1876, 96 , 45 ; lation , 98, 20 ; tribe, Anglo-Zanzibar , 96 , 44, domestic slavery, Egyptian Sudan , 98, 17 , 50 , 55, problem of abolition , 96, 45 , 58, 112 ; language, 98, 18. steps taken to abolish , 96, 50, Shiloango river, 99, 2, 41 . suppression by British , 96 , 44-5 . Shimba hills, 96, 3 . Sleeping sickness, 96, 9, 15, 20, 23 , Shipping, Anglo -Egyptian Sudan, 39, 98, 14, 34, 163, 99, 15, 106 , 98, 87 ; Belgian Congo, 99 , 71 ; 109 , 110-11 . British Somaliland , 97, 27-8 ; Slippers, import, 99, 97 . East Africa Protectorate Small -pox , 96 , 9, 20, 27 , 97, 9, 98, 14, Uganda, 96, 71 . 99 , 15 . Shiré river, 99 , 121 . Soap, export, 96, 93, 94 , 106 ; Shish Dinka tribes, Anglo -Egyptian import, 96, 79, 83, 107 , 98, 151 , Sudan , 98 , 51 . 152 , 99, 97 ; industry, 96, 92, 98 , Shukria tribes in Anglo-Egyptian 105 . Sudan , 98, 30 ; disturbances in Soba , capital of Alwa State, 98, 24 . Kassala, 1917 , 98, 48 . Sobat (Bahr el-Asfar) river, 98, 3 , Shurri, Gurre or Garre tribe, East 7 , 8 , 9, 10, 11 , 17 , 39 , 58 , 71 , 78 , Africa Protectorate, 96, 10. 122 , 164, 170 ; projected aerial Sierra Leone, shipping , 99, 71 . route, 98, 88 ; system , 98, 8-9, Silk , 98, 108, 99 , 82, 83 . 72 ; trade, 98 , 141 ; tribes , 98, Silver, 96 , 78 , 97, 33, 98, 136 , 99 , 18, 135 ; Upper, 98, 114 . 87 ; coinage, 99, 102 . Sobat region , tribes, 98 , 17 . Simkat Co. , 99 , 115 . Sobat- Pibor, district, 98, 2 note , 6 ; Simsiin , import, 96, 107 ; oil , 96, tribes , 98 , 17 . 92 . Sobat -Pibor military district, 98, 40 ; Singa, 98, 42, 47, 73 ; markets 98, created 1912, 98, 50–1 ; separa 139 ; road , 98 , 67 . tion from Mongalla , 1912, 98, 44. Singo District Planters' Associati'ns, Sobat-Pibor province , area, 98 ,2 . 96, 80. Società Nazionale di Servizi Marit Sinkat, religious sect at, 98, 56 ; timi , 98, 87 . visit of King George and Queen Société d'Alimentation du Bas Mary to, 1912 , 98, 47 . Congo, 99, 103 . Sio river, 96 , 2 , 18 . Société Anonyme Belge du Haut Sisal , 96, 67, 75, 76 , 82, 86 , 91 , 96 , Congo , 99, 102. 97 29, 98, 106 ; 99 , 81 ; cultivation , Société Commerciale Anversoise, export. 96, 88 ; industry, 96, 86 ; 99, 93 . plantations. Société Française Radio -Electrique, Siwa, 98, 37 . 99 , 69 . Sixth or Shabluka Cataract, 98 , 75 . Société Générale, 99 , 93 . Skin diseases, 97 , 8, 99, 15 . Société des Huileries du Congo Slatin Pasha, leader of Egyptian Belge, 99 , 88 . troops, 98, 26 note ; 99 , 33 ; Société Industrielle et Financière appointed Governor of Kordofan , du Katanga, 99, 103. 98, 27 ; surrender to the Mahdi, Société Internationale Forestière 1883 , 98, 28 . et Minière du Congo , 99 , 86, 93 . Slavery and slave trade, 96, 27 , 98, Société des Mines du Djoue, 99, 103. 160, 167, 99, 43, 47 , 54, 56 , 119 ; Société des Pétroles du Congo, 99, Anglo -Egyptian Sudan, 98 , 27, 103 .

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