Dufile, also Dufilé, Duffli, Duffle or Dufli, was originally a fort located on the Albert Nile just inside Uganda close to a site chosen in 1874 by (then Colonel) Charles George Gordon. Expanded by Emin Pasha, it became, the location of the imprisonment of Emin and A.J. Mounteney Jephson during a mutiny in 1888. This was followed by the Battle of Dufile when the former mutineers, after releasing Emin, rallied to fight Mahdist forces . Abandoned by Emin's men in January 1889, Dufile, was later reoccupied and reconstructed by Belgian forces from 1902 to 1907. Today the name Dufile is applied to a nearby village and area.

References

• A.J. Mounteney Jephson, Diary Edited by Dorothy Middleton, Hakluyt Society 1969
• B.W. Langlands ,The Chronicle of Dufile, Uganda Museum, Occasional Paper 11 1967