The Ansar, armed with spears and swords,…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

The Ansar, armed with spears and swords, over­whelm a seven thousand-man Egyptian force near Al-Obeid early in 1882 and seize their rifles and ammunition.

The Mahdi now lays siege to Al-Obeid and starves it into submission.

The thirty thousand-man Ansar army then defeats an eight thousand-man Egyptian relief force at Sheikan.

Next, the Mahdi cap­tures Darfur and imprisons Rudolf Slatin, an Austrian in the khe­dive's service, who will later become the first Egyptian-appointed governor of Darfur Province.

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Khartoum > Al-Khartum Al-Khartum Sudan View →

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Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa View → Charles George Gordon View → Muhammad Ahmad View → Tewfik Pasha View →

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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 → Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe) View → Funj people 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 → Egypt, Khedivate of View →

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Weapons View → Slaves View →

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

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