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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Charles George Gordon (redirect from Gordon of Khartoum)
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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The battle of Khartoum is an ongoing major battle for control of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, with fighting in and around the city between the...
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Muhammad Ahmad (redirect from The Mahdi of the Sudan)
in Sudan which culminated in a remarkable victory over them in the Siege of Khartoum. He created a vast Islamic state extending from the Red Sea to Central...
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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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Egypt Medal (redirect from Khartoum Siege Medal)
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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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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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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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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