The Fashoda Incident of 1898 occurred in Sudan and caused a diplomatic crisis between the British and French empires. #History #MahdistWar #FashodaIncident #Colonialism #Fashoda #FashodaCrisis #HerbertKitchener #Imperialism #ScrambleForAfrica #Sudan #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-26179-en/

The Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898 saw General Kitchener lead an Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese army to victory over 50,000 Mahdists in Sudan. #History #MahdistWar #Africa #BattleOfOmdurman #HerbertKitchener #Imperialism #MahdistState #Omdurman #Sudan #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2916-en/

The siege of Khartoum from March 1884 to January 1885 was the most dramatic episode of the Mahdist War (1881-99) in Sudan when an army led by the inspirational Muslim leader, Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, rebelled against colonial rule. #History #MahdistWar #BritishEmpire #GordonOfKhartoum #Mahdi #SiegeOfKhartoum #Sudan #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2915-en/

The Mahdist War (1881-99) in Sudan was led by the inspirational Muhammad Ahmad, an Islamic holy man who declared himself the Mahdi (the Messiah). #History #MahdistWar #Africa #BattleOfOmdurman #BritishEmpire #Mahdi #MuhammadAhmad #SiegeOfKhartoum #Sudan #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-26130-en/