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Mahdist War

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Also known as Anglo-Sudan War, Sudanese Mahdist Revolt, Sudan Campaign, Mahdist Revolt, British-Sudanese War

British colonial war

Key facts

Date
Date 1881 ( 1881 ) –1899 ( 1899 )
Location
Sudan , South Sudan , Egypt , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Uganda
Result
Allied victory Sudanese invasions of neighbours repelled
Territorial changes
Establishment of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , a polity jointly ruled by Britain and Egypt Kassala temporarily occupied by Italy Congo secures the Lado Enclave until 1910

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
war
Named after
Mahdi
Location
Sudan
Image
Bataille d'Ondurman 2.jpg
Participant
Mahdist Sudan
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Commons category
Mahdi war
topic's main category
Category:Mahdist War
start time
1881-08-01
end time
1899-00-00
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

Belligerents

United Kingdom  •  Egypt  •  India  • Canada  • New South Wales

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahdist War” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.