Khartum
a town in the Eastern Sudan, on the left bank of the Blue Nile, near its junction with the White Nile. It has sprung up since 1830, and was the capital of and largest town in the Egyptian Sudan, and the emporium of a large trade, ivory, gums, ostrich feathers, senna, etc., being exchanged for European goods, and slaves being also dealt in. It was the scene of Gordon's heroic defense against the insurgent Sudanese, and of his death in January, 1885. It was taken and held by the Mahdi and his successor, the Khalifa, till September, 1898, when it was recaptured by General Kitchener. Pop. about 70,000.
KHAYA (kā'uh), a genus of trees of the order Cedrelacex. The kassou-khaye of Senegal (K. Senegalensis), one of the most abundant forest trees in that part of Africa, attains a height of 80 or 100 feet, and is much valued for its timber, called cailcedra, or African mahogany, which is reddish colored, very hard, durable, and of beautiful grain.