TIMELINE OF… MAHDIST WAR
Aug 04, 2022
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29 June 1881
THE ‘GUIDED ONE’
Sudanese anger against the religious and economic policies of Ottoman-Egyptian officials leads a Muslim cleric called Muhammad Ahmad to proclaim himself the ‘Mahdi’ (‘Guided One’) – the promised redeemer of the Islamic world. His ‘Mahdist’ followers revolt against the Egyptians.
12 August 1881
01 BATTLE OF ABA
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