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Illustration of El Mahdi. The phrenological journal, 1885.
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Illustration of El Mahdi. The phrenological journal, 1885.

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Portrait of El Mahdi, born as Mahomet Achmet in the province of Dongola. Illustration in the article 'The Mahdi, Or Fighting Prophet of the Soudan'. Detail on page 217, The phrenological journal and science of health, Vol. 80, Feb. 1885.

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