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It was therefore decided by the Egyptian government, under pressure from their British advisors, that the Egyptian presence in Sudan should be withdrawn and the country left to some form of self-government, likely headed by the Mahdi. The withdrawal of the Egyptian garrisons stationed throughout the
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With the Egyptian government now passing largely under British control, the European powers became increasingly aware of the troubles in Sudan. The British advisers to the Egyptian government gave tacit consent for another expedition. Throughout the summer of 1883, Egyptian troops were concentrated
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Throughout the period of Egyptian rule, many segments of the Sudanese population suffered extreme hardship because of the system of taxation imposed by the central government. Under this system, a flat tax was imposed on farmers and small traders and collected by government-appointed tax collectors
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In the intervening years, Egypt had not renounced their claims over Sudan, and the British authorities considered these claims legitimate. Under strict control by British administrators, Egypt's economy had been rebuilt, and the Egyptian army reformed, this time trained and led by British officers
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After the fall of Khartoum, a "Tailor of Flags" was set up in Omdurman. The production of flags became standardised and regulations concerning the colour and inscriptions of the flags were established. As the Mahdist forces became more organized, the word "flag" (rayya) came to mean a division of
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decreed that this garment should be worn by all his soldiers in battle. The decision to adopt the religious garment as military dress enforced unity and cohesion among his forces, and eliminated traditional visual markers differentiating potentially fractious tribes. During the years of conflict
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However, supreme overconfidence led the Egyptian army into camping within sight of the Mahdist 'army' without posting sentries. The Mahdi led a dawn assault on 7 June 1882, which slaughtered the entire army. The rebels gained vast stores of arms, ammunition, military clothing and other supplies.
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The Egyptian administration in the Sudan, now thoroughly concerned by the scale of the uprising, assembled a force of 4,000 troops under Yusef Pasha. In mid-1882, this force approached the Mahdist gathering, whose members were poorly clothed, half starving, and armed only with sticks and stones.
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At this time, the British Empire was increasingly entrenching itself in the workings of the Egyptian government. Egypt was struggling under a barely maintainable debt repayment structure for its enormous European debt. For the Egyptian government to avoid further interference from its European
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from exile in Egypt to organize and lead a popular uprising against the Mahdi. When this idea was vetoed by the British government, Gordon proposed a number of alternative means to salvage his situation successively to his British superiors. All were similarly vetoed. Among them were:
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This banner is a declaration of faith and allegiance into Allah, and was carried into battle by the Sudanese Mahdist Army. The color of the banner identifies the fighting unit. From Omdurman, 1898. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, UK. Given by Miss Victoria MacBean,
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Upon Ismail's abdication in 1877, Gordon found himself with dramatically decreased support. Exhausted by years of work, he resigned his post in 1880 and left early the next year. His policies were soon abandoned by the new governors, but the anger and discontent of the dominant
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arrived around one month later; this force was ambushed and slaughtered on the night of 9 December 1881. Like the earlier Aba Island force, this force consisted of two 200 man strong Egyptian raised infantry companies, this time augmented with an additional 1,000 native
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was added "Yā allah yā ḥayy yā qayūm yā ḍhi’l-jalāl wa’l-ikrām" (O Allah! O Ever-living, O Everlasting, O Lord of Majesty and Generosity) and the highly charged claim "Muḥammad al-Mahdī khalifat rasūl Allah" (Muḥammad al-Mahdī is the successor of Allah’s messenger).
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in March 1885. Though successful in the two actions it fought, it failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn. These events temporarily ended British and Egyptian involvement in Sudan, which passed completely under the control of the Mahdists.
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had both military and religious significance. As a result, textile items like these make up a large portion of the booty which was taken back to Britain after the British victory over the Mahdist forces at the Battle of Omdurman in 1899. Mahdist flags and
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tribe of northern Sudan. In bad years, and especially during times of drought and famine, farmers were unable to pay the high taxes. Fearing the brutal and unjust methods of the Sha'iqiyya, many farmers fled their villages in the fertile
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were adapted from traditional styles of textiles used by adherents of Sufi orders in Sudan. As the Mahdist War progressed, these textiles became more standardised and specifically colour coded to denote military rank and regiment.
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on 7 August 1897—to supply the main force moving on Khartoum. It was not until 7 June 1896 that the first serious engagement of the campaign occurred, when Kitchener led a 9,000 strong force that wiped out the Mahdist garrison at
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Gordons orders were: 1) to evacuate all Egyptian garrisons from Sudan (including both soldiers and civilians) and 2) to leave some form of indigenous (but not Mahdist) government behind him. He was given no timeline for either.
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government in power would favour taking the offensive, managed to extend the demonstration into a full-fledged invasion. In 1897, the Italians gave the British control of Kassala, in order to gain international recognition of
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Whether or not it was the Mahdi's intention, in March 1884, the Sudanese tribes to the north of Khartoum, who had previously been sympathetic or neutral towards the Egyptian authorities, rose in support of the Mahdi. The
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Sudanese anger at the foreign Egyptian rulers, Muslim revivalist anger at the Egyptian's lax religious standards and willingness to appoint non-Muslims such as the Christian Charles Gordon to high positions, and Sudanese
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to arrest him. The captains of the two companies were each promised promotion if their soldiers were the ones to return the Mahdi to the governor. Both companies disembarked from the steamer that had brought them up the
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and approached the Mahdi's village from separate directions. Arriving simultaneously, each force began to fire blindly on the other, allowing the Mahdi's scant followers to attack and destroy each force in turn at the
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resistance to "dry, scholastic Islam of Egyptian officialdom." Another widely reported source of frustration was the Egyptian abolition of the slave trade, one of the main sources of income in Sudan at the time.
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on 17 January 1885, the column arrived within sight of Khartoum at the end of January, only to find they were too late: the city had fallen two days earlier, and Gordon and the garrison had been massacred.
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commanded by Colonel Arimondi. The Italians won again, and the outcome of the battle constituted "the first decisive victory yet won by Europeans against the Sudanese revolutionaries". A year later,
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This line was so out of the way, badly sited, and hastily rebuilt that it was abandoned in 1904. The Abu Hamad route, however, became the start of the entire subsequent Sudanese rail network. The
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troops or a body of troops under a commander. The flags were colour coded to direct soldiers of the three main divisions of the Mahdist army – the Black, Green and Red Banners (rāyāt).
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to relieve the Khartoum garrison. This was described in some British papers as the 'Gordon Relief Expedition', a term Gordon strongly objected to. After defeating the Mahdists at the
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control over Sudan. The Sudanese launched several unsuccessful invasions of their neighbours, expanding the scale of the conflict to include not only Britain and Egypt but also the
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Gordon arrived in Khartoum on 18 February, and immediately became aware of the vast difficulty of the task. Egypt's garrisons were scattered widely across the country; three—
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preached renewal of the faith and liberation of the land, and began attracting followers. Soon in open revolt against the Egyptians, Muhammad Ahmad proclaimed himself the
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and Sinkat—were under siege, and the majority of the territory between them was under the control of the Mahdi. There was no guarantee that, if the garrisons were to
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rampant in the city and the Egyptian troops' morale shattered, Gordon's position became untenable and the city fell on 26 January 1885, after a siege of 313 days.
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in store, with the capacity to produce a further 50,000 rounds per week, and 7,000 Egyptian soldiers. But outside the walls, the Mahdi had mustered about 50,000
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The Mahdi and the forces of his Ansar arrived in the Nuba Mountains of south Kordofan around early November 1881. Another Egyptian expedition dispatched from
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of 3 June 1884, Ethiopia agreed to facilitate the evacuation of Egyptian garrisons in southern Sudan. In September 1884, Ethiopia reoccupied the province of
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and Sinkat, was therefore threatened unless it was conducted in an orderly fashion. The Egyptian government, through British Consul-general in Egypt Sir
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announcing Egypt's intentions to leave Sudan. Gordon's orders, by his own request, were unambiguous, leaving little room for misinterpretation.
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The remnant, with the Khalifa Abdullah, fled to southern Sudan. During the pursuit, Kitchener's forces met a French force under Major
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to be Governor of the Equatorial Provinces of Sudan. For the next three years, General Gordon fought against a native chieftain of
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in Sudan in January 1887. A year later, in January 1888, the Mahdists returned, defeating Tekle Haymanot at Sar Weha and sacking
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As these military incursions were happening, the Mahdi legitimized his movement by drawing deliberate parallels to the life of
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Although the Egyptians were fearful of the deteriorating conditions, the British refused to get involved, as Foreign Secretary
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Eventually it became impossible for Gordon to be relieved without British troops. An expedition was duly dispatched under Sir
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on the evening of 24 January. Gordon was largely responsible for drafting his own orders, along with proclamations from the
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to be too great a risk, and hence allow the withdrawal to proceed without incident. The British government proposed to send
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became increasingly stylised and patches became colour-coded to denote the rank and military division of the wearer.
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Textiles played an important role in the organisation of the Mahdist forces. The flags, banners, and patched tunics (
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on the Nile. Their advance was slow and methodical, while fortified camps were built along the way, and two separate
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stepped in and repaid his loans in return for controlling shares in the canal. As the most direct route to
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Gordon's position in Khartoum was very strong, as the city was bordered to the north and east by the
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Resort to war: a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816–2007
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Fire and Sword in the Sudan; a Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes. 1879–1895
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between Mahdist and Anglo-Egyptian forces at the end of the 19th century, the Mahdist military
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became slim. Gordon had enthusiastically supported the idea of recalling the notorious former
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The Mahdist State in the Sudan 1881 – 1898: A Study of Its Origin, Development, and Overthrow
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declared, "Her Majesty’s Government are in no way responsible for operations in the Sudan".
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was paid on time, every time. To this end, the Egyptian treasury, initially crippled by
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The maximum extent of the Mahdist state, shown within the pre-2011 borders of the Sudan
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Muhammad Ahmad died soon after his victory, on 22 June 1885, and was succeeded by the
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meant that the Sudanese system could not (and still cannot) link directly to Egypt's
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were cut on 15 March, severing communication between Khartoum and the outside world.
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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: A Compendium Prepared by Officers of the Sudan Government
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Between November 1885 and February 1886, Yohannes IV was putting down a revolt in
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troops en route to Sudan to help defend remaining Anglo-Egyptian outposts, 1884.
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Between 1886 and 1889 a British expedition to relieve the Egyptian governor of
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In 1896, when Italy suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the Ethiopians at
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The defeated Emir Mahmud with the British Director of Military Intelligence
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over all matters of financial policy. The holders of this office, first Sir
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machine guns. This force was placed under the command of a retired British
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The British also sent an expeditionary force under Lieutenant-General Sir
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Britain: 700+ British, Egyptian and Sudanese dead, wounded, or captured.
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Suakin, 1885 : being a sketch of the campaign of this year (1885)
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Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898
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Imperial subject administration in Egypt was in the hands of Khedive
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Go Strong Into the Desert: the Mahdist Uprising in Sudan, 1881–85
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hastily adopted to use the available rolling stock provided from
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in the Sudan was costing the Egyptian government over 100,000
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at Khartoum, eventually reaching the strength of around 7,300
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Lyall, Jason (2020). "The Rise and Fall of the Mahdi State".
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and twelve European officers. The force was, in the words of
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soldiers, and as time went on, the chances of a successful
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Major events of the Mahdist War. From clockwise left: the
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Visiting the Mahdi himself to explore a possible solution.
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and modern artillery, and was supported by a flotilla of
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Among the forces seen as the causes of the uprising were
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the Mahdi had declared against the Egyptian government.
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Britain and Egypt took over Sudan and turned it into a
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1881–1899 Sudanese revolt against Anglo-Egyptian rule
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19th-century military history of the United Kingdom
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This culminated in the end of the Ethiopian 1489:80mm field guns, 10 brass mountain guns and 6 1485:force of 300 personnel hauling between them 4 1234:'s invasion in 1819, Sudan was governed by an 4624: 3405: 2834:(34,000 total population, including soldiers) 2470: 878: 659: 2562:. Nottingham: Perry Miniatures. p. 13. 1932:led a successful counteroffensive as far as 1395:The Mahdi then began a strategic retreat to 3385:The British Expedition to Rescue Emin Pasha 3279:British Museum digital collection catalogue 3015:, (London : K. Paul, Trench & Co.) 2175:in April 1898, the Anglo-Egyptians reached 2129:were hastily constructed from a station at 2044:forces seized Kassala after the successful 1766:Requesting Mohammedan regiments from India. 1430:, after the people who greeted Muhammad in 4631: 4617: 3412: 3398: 3080:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2500:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2473:"Canada's first military mission overseas" 2198:. They finally caught up with Abdullah at 2016:troops had defeated Mahdist troops in the 1170:(the "Guided One"), and the forces of the 885: 871: 666: 652: 289: 2984: 2927: 2812: 2797: 2649: 2542: 1336:Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi 572: 522: 147:Sudanese invasions of neighbours repelled 3294:The jibba: clothing for Sufi and soldier 3175:". 2008. Accessed 13 February 2014. 3142: 3140: 3023: 3021: 2271:Sufi flags typically feature the Muslim 2262: 2209:Sudan: 30,000 dead, wounded, or captured 2148: 2089: 1999: 1976: 1828: 1711:An aerial view of the confluence of the 1706: 1652: 1615:. However, he was also renowned for his 1570: 1339: 1331: 1318: 742:British-Egyptian expeditions (1885–1889) 4787:Italian Intervention in Northern Russia 3323:Ten years captivity in the Mahdist camp 3289: 3287: 3189:(second ed.). Granada. p. 9. 3094: 3051: 2508: 2378:. 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Index

Mahdists

Battle of Abu Klea
Battle of El Teb
Charles Gordon
Khartoum
Omdurman
Battle of Ferkeh
Battle of Rejaf
Sudan
South Sudan
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Uganda
condominium
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Kassala
occupied by Italy
Congo
Lado Enclave
United Kingdom
Egypt
India
Canada
Italy
Kingdom of Italy
Colony of Eritrea
Ethiopia
Congo Free State

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