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A map of the Mahdist state in Sudan. The Mahdist War (1881-99) was a rebellion of radical Muslim fighters against Anglo-Egyptian rule. US Federal Government

A lithographic print by A. Sutherland showing the early stages of the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898. The battle in the Sudan was between an Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese army and the Mahdist State. The former won...

An 1898 French magazine cover showing Jean-Baptiste Marchand, who led an expedition to Fashoda in Sudan to claim it for France. This episode during the Scramble for Africa created the Fashoda Incident when France...

Sandstone block with cursive Meroitic inscriptions. From Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. 1st century CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

An 1898 photograph of the ruined fort at Fashoda, Sudan. This was taken at the time of the Fashoda Incident when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for control of the Upper Nile.

A photograph showing the arrival of the Anglo-Egyptian force led by General Herbert Kitchener at Fashoda in the Sudan. This was during the Fashoda Incident of 1898 when France and Britain almost went to war over...

A portrait of Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885), who identified himself as the Mahdi and who led the Mahdist War against Anglo-Egyptian forces in Sudan in the 1880s.

From early 3rh century BCE until the 4th century CE the majority of Meroitic rulers were buried beneath pyramids close to the city of Meroe. On several occasions the kingdom was ruled by...

A photograph of the ruined tomb of Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885) in Omdurman, Sudan. The self-proclaimed Mahdi's tomb was destroyed by the British after the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898 during the Mahdist War...

An 1884 portrait (based on a photograph) of General Charles Gordon (1833-85) dressed in Egyptian uniform when serving as Governor-General in Sudan. Bibliothèque nationale de France