▁was ▁destroyed . ▁After ▁the ▁battle ▁he ▁migr ated ▁to ▁R uf aa , ▁a ▁small ▁town ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁the ▁Blue ▁N ile . ▁ ▁There ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁first ▁school ▁for ▁girls ▁in ▁Sud an ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁and ▁named ▁it ▁“ al ▁Ah f ad ”. ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁classes ▁were ▁held ▁at ▁his ▁home , ▁and ▁were ▁attended ▁by ▁nine ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁daughters ▁and ▁eight ▁of ▁his ▁neighb ours ' ▁young ▁girls . ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁ins pected ▁by ▁C urr ie , ▁the ▁Cond omin ium ▁Director ▁of ▁Education , ▁but ▁he ▁war ned ▁Bed ri ▁that ▁the ▁responsibility ▁was ▁entirely ▁his , ▁as ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁running ▁such ▁a ▁new ▁establishment . ▁A ▁private ▁don ation ▁was ▁made ▁that ▁year ▁by ▁C urr ie ' s ▁deput y , ▁John ▁Winter ▁Crow foot . ▁Later ▁the ▁school ▁began ▁to ▁receive ▁fund ing ▁from ▁the ▁Cond omin ium ▁authorities . ▁ ▁Bab ik r ▁Bed ri ' s ▁ideas ▁about ▁girls ’ ▁education ▁were ▁strongly ▁opposed ▁by ▁older ▁Sud an ese ▁who ▁were ▁susp icious ▁of ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁sending ▁girls ▁to ▁school ; ▁the ▁colonial ▁authorities ▁were ▁also ▁w ary ▁of ▁an ▁innov ation ▁that ▁might ▁un sett le ▁the ▁wider ▁population . ▁Bed ri ' s ▁ideas ▁about ▁female ▁education ▁combined ▁traditional ▁Islam ic ▁dev otion ▁to ▁learning ▁while ▁providing ▁sec ular ▁education ▁and ▁religious ▁instruction ▁for ▁both ▁girls ▁and ▁boys . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the