Battle of Omdurman

When

2 Sep 1898

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

15.75° N, 32.52° E

Description

battle between the Mahdists and Anglo-Sudanse in 1898.

1898 battle of the Mahdist War

The Battle of Omdurman, also known as the Battle of Karary, was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief (sirdar) major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist State, led by Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad.

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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 “Battle of Omdurman (Mahdist War): British and Egyptian troops led by Horatio Kitchener defeat Sudanese tribesmen led by Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Omdurman im Sudan besiegte eine britisch-ägyptische Armee unter Horatio Herbert Kitchener die Anhänger des Mahdi und beendet den…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Soudan : Kitchener écrase les Ansar (les soldats du Mahdi ou derviches) à la bataille d’Omdurman”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Омдурманское сражение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “恩图曼战役：英国和埃及联军基钦纳少将击退马赫迪领袖阿卜杜拉的军队对他的阵线进行的两次进攻。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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