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The Khalifa commits his fifty-two thousand-man army …
Years: 1888 - 1899
The Khalifa commits his fifty-two thousand-man army to a frontal assault against the Anglo-Egyptian force massed on the plain outside Omdurman on September 2, 1898.
The outcome is never in doubt.
During the five-hour battle, about eleven thousand Mahdists die, whereas Anglo-Egyptian losses amounted to forty-eight dead and fewer than four hundred wounded.
Mopping-up operations will require several years, but organized resistance ends when the Khalifa dies in fighting at Umm Diwaykarat, in Kordofan, in November 1899.
Many Sudanese welcome his demise, as Sudan's economy has been all but destroyed during his reign and the population has declined by approximately one-half because of famine, disease, persecution, and warfare.
Moreover, none of the country's traditional institutions or loyalties remain intact.
Mahdism has divided tribes, religious brotherhoods have been weakened, and orthodox religious leaders have vanished.
The outcome is never in doubt.
During the five-hour battle, about eleven thousand Mahdists die, whereas Anglo-Egyptian losses amounted to forty-eight dead and fewer than four hundred wounded.
Mopping-up operations will require several years, but organized resistance ends when the Khalifa dies in fighting at Umm Diwaykarat, in Kordofan, in November 1899.
Many Sudanese welcome his demise, as Sudan's economy has been all but destroyed during his reign and the population has declined by approximately one-half because of famine, disease, persecution, and warfare.
Moreover, none of the country's traditional institutions or loyalties remain intact.
Mahdism has divided tribes, religious brotherhoods have been weakened, and orthodox religious leaders have vanished.
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- Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
- Muhammad Ahmad
- Tewfik Pasha
- Yohannes IV
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- Nubians
- Arab people
- Beja people
- Ja'alin tribe
- Christians, Monophysite
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Funj people
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Ottoman Empire
- Beja people
- Sennar, Funj Sultanate of
- Baggara
- Shaigiya
- Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
- Sudan, Turco-Egyptian
- Belgium, Kingdom of
- Egypt, Khedivate of
- Italy, Kingdom of
- France (French republic); the Third Republic
- Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of
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Years: 1888 - 1899
Locations
People
- Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
- Muhammad Ahmad
- Tewfik Pasha
- Yohannes IV
Groups
- Nubians
- Arab people
- Beja people
- Ja'alin tribe
- Christians, Monophysite
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Funj people
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Ottoman Empire
- Beja people
- Sennar, Funj Sultanate of
- Baggara
- Shaigiya
- Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
- Sudan, Turco-Egyptian
- Belgium, Kingdom of
- Egypt, Khedivate of
- Italy, Kingdom of
- France (French republic); the Third Republic
- Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of
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