Rejaf, also Rajāf or Rageef, is a community in
Central Equatoria in
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...
, on the west bank of the
White Nile.
The
Lado Enclave was an
exclave of the
Congo Free State that existed from 1894 until 1910, leased by the British to King
Leopold II of Belgium
* german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor
, house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
, father = Leopold I of Belgium
, mother = Louise of Orléans
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Brussels, Belgium
, death_date = ...
for the period of his lifetime. Rejaf was the terminus for boats on the Nile and the seat of the Commander, the only European colonial official within the enclave.
In the fierce
Battle of Rejaf
The Battle of Rejaf, or the Battle of Bedden, was fought on 17 February 1897 between the Belgian-led forces of the Congo Free State and Mahdist rebels in South Sudan. The battle resulted in a Congolese victory and the permanent expulsion of th ...
on 17 February 1897, Belgian commandant
Louis-Napoléon Chaltin led a column of eight-hundred men against over two thousand
Mahdists. Chaltin was victorious and the battle secured Rejaf as a Belgian post along the Nile.
References
Populated places in Jubek State
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