Khalifa House Museum

Closed

Visited on a Friday. Closed. From the outside it looks like they are doing maintenance or restoration. There is a knocked over sign with a little information. Right next to Madhi's tomb.

Interesting artefacts from the time of the Mahdi.

This house belonged to the Khalifah who was the successor of the Mahdi. It is now a museum of the time. It contains a range of weapons & artefacts such as General Gordon's chair. It also has a letter ...

Dedicated to a fundamentalist leader

Abdallahi also called Al Khalifa succeeded Mahdi as leader of the Sudanese upsrising in 1891 after a bitter struggle with rivals. His record does not only include fighting British colonial power, but ...

interesting, humble museum

It's worth reading up a little about the Madhi, the Khalifa, Gordon, etc, before visiting here, as there isn't much in the way of explanation on many of the rooms and artifacts here, some of which are...

Insights into political islam

The Khalifa was Al Mahdi's successor and continued the fight against the British in Sudan. This museum gives you a look into those times. There are some interesting artifacts (such as captured Maxim ...