El-Obeid, also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan. El-Obeid was founded by the pashas of Ottoma…El-Obeid, also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan. 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.
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