In the fighting in the desert between Bayuda-Kurti and Metemmeh (on the Nile opposite Shendi) the Madhist Sudanese suffered a defeat in the Battle of Abu Klea soon after the base at Korti was built.
The Desert and River Columns arrived in and set out from Korti in late 1884.
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His father worked as a civil servant, a surveyor, and due to the nature of his work he visited different regions of Sudan, like the Nuba Mountains Region, El-Renk town in Upper Nile State, Blue Nile regions, Wad Medani town, Korti and Abu Hamad in Northern State.