(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Sudan’)
In 1821, the ruler of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, moved southwards of Egypt in
order to take control of the commercial activity which was conducted in the
Sudanese territories. The army was a mosaic of ethnicities including a few
Greeks who followed the Egyptian army as officers, interpreters and suppliers.
Therefore, there were several Greek doctors, such as Dimitris Botsaris,
Xenophon Xenoudakis, George Douloglou, Stylianos Laskaris and Paul Dranet.
