page_title: Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur
section_title: Later role in the War
hierarchical_section_title: Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur / Later role in the War
caption_attribution_description: English: al-Ziber Basha Street in downtown Khartoum, Sudan, corner Babiker Badri Street, opposite the Acropole Hotel, named after Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur, a major slave-trader in the 19th century, who set up his own kingdom in Southern Sudanese Bahr El Ghazal and conquered Darfur.
context_page_description: Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur Pasha, also known as Sebehr Rahma or Rahama Zobeir, was a slave trader in the late 19th century. He later became a pasha and Sudanese governor.
  His reputation as a nemesis of General Charles Gordon meant he was bestowed a near-mythic status in England, where he was referred to as "the richest and worst", a "Slaver King" "who [had] chained lions as part of his escort".
context_section_description: On 18 February 1884, Gordon offered the imprisoned Rahma leadership of the entire Sudan, in addition to his freedom – if he would help the British keep the forces of Muhammad Ahmad at bay.  The following month, Gordon astonished Europe by recommending that Rahma be named his successor as Governor of Sudan.
  Sir Reginald Wingate, who knew him personally, declared to British society that Rahma was a "far-seeing, thoughtful man of iron will, a born ruler of men" Eventually, Queen Victoria, Sir Evelyn Baring, William Ewart Gladstone and Nubar Pasha in Cairo, all agreed to allow Rahma the title, but the order was rescinded by the British government, upset with Rahma's slave-raiding practises.
  Nevertheless, he was put in charge of all the Negro forces, as well as sharing command of Arab forces with Hussein Pasha.
  
  In March 1885, he was removed from command and imprisoned at Gibraltar, when British forces suspected that he might have negotiated fealty to Ahmad, the "false prophet", based on alleged correspondence between them.
  In August 1887 he was allowed to return to Cairo, and after the 1899 reconquest of the Sudan was permitted to settle in his native country. He established himself on his estates at Geili, some 30 miles north of Khartoum.
  In retirement Zubayr wrote his memoirs, which were translated into English as Black Ivory: Or, the Story of El Zubeir Pasha, Slaver and Sultan, as Told By Himself.
  He died peacefully in January 1913 in his home village Geili.
  Still today, a street in downtown Khartoum is named after Zubayr, while the town of Uyujuku in South Sudan is still commonly known as Deim Zubeir.
caption: Ziber Basha Street in Khartoum, 2018
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