What the records say
- When
- 3 Nov 1883 – 5 Nov 1883
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 13.18° N, 30.22° E
- Description
- 1883 battle
Battle of Shaykan
1883 battle of the Mahdist War
The Battle of Shaykan was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of Hicks Pasha and the forces of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in the woods of Shaykan near Kashgil near the town of El Obeid during 3–5 November 1883.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated at the Battle of El Obeid in Sudan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Scheikan besiegt eine Armee der Mahdisten eine ägyptische Armee”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Soudan : le Mahdi, qui a occupé le Kordofan, défait les troupes égyptiennes conduites par le général britannique Hicks Pacha à la bataille de Shakyan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page