Dongola kid, Dongola leather, leather made by the Dongola process.
Dongola process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid.
Dongola race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.
... writer thus describes the Mahdi:—"Mohammed Achmet was a native of Dongola, the son of a shipwright, formerly well known there. From his early youth he was fond of meditation and studying the Koran, rather than of working like his brothers; and his tastes were encouraged. He became the disciple of a fakir, or dervish, near Khartoum. ... — General Gordon - A Christian Hero • Seton Churchill
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