El-Obeid
Sign in to saveEl-Obeid (, al-ʾAbyaḍ, lit."the White"), also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kordofan, in Sudan.
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- El-Obeid
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- الأبيض
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- 250px
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- Camels in El-Obeid (early 1960s)
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- Sudan
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- Location in Sudan (North Kordofan state highlighted)
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- El-Obeid
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- North Kordofan
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- 2025
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- 579,571
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El-Obeid (, al-ʾAbyaḍ, lit."the White"), also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kordofan, in Sudan.
== History and overview == El-Obeid was founded by the pashas of Ottoman Egypt in 1821. It was attacked by the Mahdists in September 1882, and, after capitulation, was subsequently destroyed in 1883. It was then rebuilt on a modern plan in 1898, following the fall of the Mahdist empire.