Abdel Fattah al-Maghrabi

Abdelfattah el Maghrabi's father, Mohamed Mustafa, held the position of Chief Clerk of Dongola Province, which was bestowed upon him by the Mahdi.

In 1889, following his forces' defeat by General Grenfell at Battle of Toski, the Khalifa, who succeeded the Mahdi, sought out individuals to blame and subsequently imprisoned Mohamed Mustafa.

[3] The First Sudanese Sovereignty Council ended on 17 November 1958 when General Ibrahim Abboud seized power in a military coup.

Ibrahim Abboud assumed the presidency, and the council was dissolved, leading to a change in Sudan's governance structure from a parliamentary system to military rule.

[7] al-Maghrabi married the Phillippa Maghrabi in 1937 who was a British nurse working for the Sudanese Health Services Authority.