Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Early European Engraved Blade c.1880 Magazines Released in the 1970s from

Released in the 1970s from military stores in Portugal

but most marking and dates are very faded and/or not visible

a prolific manufacturer of edged weapons that exists to this day

It is in operating condition but the trigger return spring is either absent or very weak

on the operating lever

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Early European Engraved Blade c.1880 Magazines Released in the 1970s fromOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880's the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.