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    The siege of Khartoum (also known as the battle of Khartoum or fall of Khartoum) took place from 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885. Sudanese Mahdist forces...
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    garrisons from Sudan but the Siege of Khartoum in 1884 resulted in the capture of the city by Mahdist forces and a massacre of the defending Anglo-Egyptian...
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  • historical accounts of Gordon's defence of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army, during the 1884–1885 Siege of Khartoum. The opening...
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    January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean...
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    British in the Siege of Khartoum, while also slowing and defeating the British during their unsuccessful Nile Expedition to resupply the Khartoum Garrison....
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    p. 183. Published Spink, London. 1988. ISBN 0907605257. “For the Siege of Khartoum” – General Gordon’s Khartoum Star Northeast Medals Veterans Canada...
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    Mahdist War (category Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa)
    El Obeid, the city whose siege Hicks had intended to relieve, had already fallen by the time the expedition left Khartoum, but Hicks continued anyway...
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    The battle of Khartoum is an ongoing battle for control of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, with fighting in and around the city between the paramilitary...
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  • but distinct from, Khartoum in central Sudan The Siege of Khartoum, a battle between Egyptian and Sudanese forces in 1885 Khartoum (film), a 1966 film...
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    Siege of Khartoum currency, an emergency paper money, was issued by governor-general of the Sudan, British Major-General Charles George Gordon during...
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  • Battle of Khartoum may refer to: Siege of Khartoum (1884 – 1885) 1976 Sudanese coup attempt 2008 Omdurman attack Battle of Khartoum (2023) This disambiguation...
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    Nile Expedition (category History of Khartoum)
    Minister William Gladstone for not having taken steps to relieve the siege of Khartoum and some historians have held Major-General Gordon responsible, because...
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    century novels. The Triumph of the Sun (2005) by Wilbur Smith concentrates mainly on the siege of Khartoum and the fate of the defeated, but carries the...
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    The siege of Kerak was conducted by the forces of Muslim Sultan Saladin against the Crusaders and the Christian King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem at the Kerak...
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    writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other (the payee), either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms...
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    of a condominium arrangement, Lord Kitchener proposed founding a college in the memory of Gordon of Khartoum, who was killed in the Siege of Khartoum...
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    19th century. The Mahdist State was established in 1885 after the Siege of Khartoum. Muhammad Ahmad died shortly after this Mahdist victory and was buried...
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    under RSF siege, rendering him unable to leave Khartoum. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Hemedti accused al-Burhan and his commanders of forcing the...
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    of money during sieges is not restricted to that period; for example during the Siege of Khartoum (1884–1885) currency in the form of paper money was...
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    Jibba (category Culture of Sudan)
    at the Siege of Khartoum, stocks of wool were taken from the city ruins and much of this fabric was used to make and repair patches. Scraps of enemy uniforms...
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    Herbert Stewart (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
    mortally wounded leading one of the columns to relieve the Siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist War Stewart, the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Stewart, was...
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    Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (category Mahdist military personnel of the Mahdist War)
    siege of Khartoum, (February 1884 – 26 January 1885). After the unexpected death of the Mahdi in June 1885, Abdullah succeeded as leader of the Mahdists...
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    transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame. While the original use of the technology...
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    Remington Rolling Block rifle (category Rifles of Spain)
    Ahmad's Ansar Dervishes during the Mahdist War, including at the Siege of Khartoum where General Gordon met his end. Guns with decorative brass Islamic...
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  • (Arabic: الرياض), or Riyadh, is one of the neighbourhoods of Khartoum, Sudan, located in the southern side of Khartoum. The affluent neighbourhood hosted...
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  • The Triumph of the Sun is a novel by Wilbur Smith set during the Siege of Khartoum. Smith himself said the following about the novel: "That incident had...
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    Gatling gun (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
    purchased, these were smaller and used a tripod instead of the carriage. During the Siege of Khartoum an Egyptian Gatling gun aided by a telescope was able...
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  • follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris...
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    Egyptian pound (category Currencies of Africa)
    EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code: EGP) is the official currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 piastres, or qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ]; plural قروش...
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    of Sudan, to the fall of Khartoum in 1885 to Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi. After Muhammad Ali crushed the Mamluks in Egypt, a party of them...
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