Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener) assumes command…

1888 CE to 1899 CE

Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener) assumes command of the Egyptian army in 1892 and begins preparations for the reconquest of Sudan.

The British decision to occupy Sudan results in part from international considerations.

By the 1890s, British, French, and Bel­gian territorial claims have converged at the Nile's headwaters.

Britain fears that other colonial powers will take advantage of Sudan's instability to acquire Sudanese territory previously annexed to Egypt.

Britain also wishes to secure control of the Nile's waters, upon which Egypt depends, and to safeguard a planned irrigation dam at Aswan.

Locations
Khartoum > Al-Khartum Al-Khartum Sudan View →

People
Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa View → Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener View → Muhammad Ahmad View → Tewfik Pasha View → Yohannes IV View →

Groups
Nubians View → Arab people View → Beja people View → Ja'alin tribe View → Christians, Monophysite View → Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Funj people View → Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe) View → Ottoman Empire View → Beja people View → Sennar, Funj Sultanate of View → Baggara View → Shaigiya View → Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of View → Sudan, Turco-Egyptian View → Belgium, Kingdom of View → Egypt, Khedivate of View → Italy, Kingdom of View → France (French republic); the Third Republic View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View →

Topics
British Reconquest of Sudan View → Sudanese War of 1896-99 View →

Commodities
Weapons View → Slaves View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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