Al-Burhan Orders Al-Mirghani’s Body to Be Returned to Sudan on a Special Aircraft

Khartoum – Sudnhorizon
The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, spoke by phone with the family and sons of the late national figure, Mawlana Sayyid Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani, spiritual leader of the Khatmiyya Sufi Order and President of the Democratic Unionist Party (Original). During the call, he offered his condolences on the death of the prominent Sudanese leader. He expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the family, as well as to his followers and admirers.
The Sovereignty Council Chairman directed that the deceased’s body be transported to Sudan aboard a special aircraft and that all necessary arrangements be completed for the funeral and burial ceremonies. The directive was issued in recognition of al-Mirghani’s national, religious and political stature and his longstanding contributions to Sudanese public life.
Meanwhile, final consultations within the Democratic Unionist Party (Original) have concluded that the condolence gathering for Mawlana Mohammed Osman al-Mirghani, the party’s leader and spiritual head of the Khatmiyya Order, will be held tomorrow, Sunday, at his residence in Cairo’s Heliopolis district.
His body is scheduled to be flown to Khartoum in the early hours of Monday, where he will be laid to rest at the Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani Mosque in Khartoum North (Bahri).

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