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The Mahdi proclaims a jihad against the …
Years: 1876 - 1887
The Mahdi proclaims a jihad against the Turkiyyah while he was at Aba Island, a Mahdist base on the White Nile south of Khartoum, in May 1881.
At the time, Sudanese authorities dismiss him as a religious fanatic.
After denouncing tax collectors, the Mahdi and his followers, known as the Ansar, flede to Kordofan to avoid arrest.
Once there, he gains a large number of recruits, especially among the Baqqara, and the support or neutrality of all religious orders except the pro-Egyptian Khatrniyyah.
Merchants and Arab tribes who had depended on the slave trade, along with the Hadendowa Beja, rally to the Mahdi's cause.
At the time, Sudanese authorities dismiss him as a religious fanatic.
After denouncing tax collectors, the Mahdi and his followers, known as the Ansar, flede to Kordofan to avoid arrest.
Once there, he gains a large number of recruits, especially among the Baqqara, and the support or neutrality of all religious orders except the pro-Egyptian Khatrniyyah.
Merchants and Arab tribes who had depended on the slave trade, along with the Hadendowa Beja, rally to the Mahdi's cause.
Locations
People
Groups
- Nubians
- Arab people
- Beja people
- Ja'alin tribe
- Christians, Monophysite
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Funj people
- Ottoman Empire
- Beja people
- Sennar, Funj Sultanate of
- Baggara
- Shaigiya
- Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
- Sudan, Turco-Egyptian
- Egypt, Khedivate of
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Years: 1876 - 1887
Locations
People
Groups
- Nubians
- Arab people
- Beja people
- Ja'alin tribe
- Christians, Monophysite
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Funj people
- Ottoman Empire
- Beja people
- Sennar, Funj Sultanate of
- Baggara
- Shaigiya
- Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
- Sudan, Turco-Egyptian
- Egypt, Khedivate of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions