P.M. Holt, M.W. Daly

• Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: The Land and the People -- Before the Turco-Egyptian Conquest -- The Eastern Bilad Al-Sudan in the Middle Ages -- The Eastern Bilad Al-Sudan from the Early Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century -- The Turco - Egyptian Period 1820-81 -- The Inauguration of the Turco - Egyptian Regime 1820-25 -- Settlement and Stagnation 1825-62 -- The Era of Khedive Isma'il 1863-81 -- The Mahdist State 1881-98 -- The Mahdist Revolution 1881-85 -- The Reign of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi: 1885-98 -- The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium 1899-1955 -- Pacification and Consolidation 1899-1913 -- War and Revolt: 1914-24 -- A Period of Reaction 1925-36 -- The Development of Sudanese Nationalism: 1937-52 -- Self-Government and Self-Determination: 1953-6 -- The Independent Sudan -- The First Parliamentary and Military Regimes: 1956-64 -- The Transitional Government and the Second Parliamentary Regime: 1964-9 -- The Regime of Jaafar Nimeiri1 -- Appendix