Catalogue of the papers of J.G. Fair

Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Fair, James George
Dates of creation: 1898
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Fair, James George
Language: English

James George Fair

(1864 - 1946)


	1885	21st Hussars
	1898	Staff Officer to General Gatacre during the Atbara campaign
	1898	With 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman
	1901-1902	South African war
	1901-1904	Commanded Division S.A.C.E. Transvaal
	1904-1908	Division S.A.C. Orange River Colony
	1906	Inter-Colonial Council of Transvaal and Orange River Colony
	1908-1911	Resident Commissioner and Commandant-General, S. Rhodesia
	1911-1915	Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts
	1915-1916	Deputy Director Remounts, Egypt
	1916-1929	Deputy Assistant Director Remounts, Southern Command

Arrangement

1. Museum Objects

Accession details

Presented by Col. D. Whitelaw, 1958

1. Museum Objects

SAD.3/1

[n.d.]
Flag with appliqué Koranic inscription from the army of the amir Mahmud wad Ahmad, taken at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 Apr 1898 by Captain (later Lt. Col.) J.G. Fair, 21st Lancers. Multi-coloured field with the following inscription:
Ya Allah ya rahman ya rahim
Ya hayy ya qiyyum ya dhi'l-jalal wa'l-akram
La ilah illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah
Muhammad al-Mahdi khalifa rasul Allah
Size: 185 x 111 cm

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Objects

Digitised material for SAD.3/1 - Flag with appliqué Koranic inscription from the army of amir Mahmud wad Ahmad

SAD.3/2

[n.d.]
Flag of similar description to 3/1. Blue appliqué on white field

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Objects

Digitised material for SAD.3/2 - Flag with appliqué Koranic inscription from the army of the amir Mahmud wad Ahmad