Suakin, located in northeastern Sudan around 36 miles south of Port Sudan, was once one of the most important ports on the continent. Today, it is mostly deserted apart from a few tour groups and ...
Ottoman Adm. Özdemir Pasha captured Massawa (now Eritrea) in 1557 and embarked on constituting the Habesh Eyalet that extended from the Sanjak of Suakin to the Sanjak of Zeila. During the tail-end of ...