What the records say
- When
- 7 Aug 1897
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 19.54° N, 33.33° E
- Description
- 1897 battle of the Mahdist War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Abu Hamed
1897 battle of the Mahdist War
The Battle of Abu Hamed occurred on 7 August 1897 between a flying column of Anglo-Egyptian soldiers under Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter and a garrison of Mahdist rebels led by Mohammed Zain. The battle was a victory for the Anglo-Egyptian forces, and secured for the British the strategically vital town of Abu Hamed, which was the terminus for trade and transportation across the Nubian Desert.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire anglo-égyptienne sur les Mahdistes à la bataille d’Abu Hamed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page