Mahdist War

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conflict rebellion war

The Mahdist War was a late 19th-century Islamic rebellion and conflict in Sudan against Egyptian and British rule, led by Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi and his successors.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mahdist movement	1
Mahdist revolt	1
Mahdist uprising of 1881	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict ⓘ rebellion ⓘ war ⓘ
cause	Islamic revivalist movement led by Muhammad Ahmad ⓘ resistance to British influence in Sudan ⓘ resistance to Egyptian rule in Sudan ⓘ
commander	Abdallahi ibn Muhammad ⓘ Charles George Gordon ⓘ Herbert Kitchener NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi ⓘ
conflictType	anti-colonial war ⓘ religious war ⓘ
countryInvolved	Egypt ⓘ Mahdist Sudan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	1899 ⓘ
followedBy	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Egyptian rule in Sudan
hasPart	Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan ⓘ surface form: Kitchener's reconquest of Sudan Mahdist War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mahdist uprising of 1881 campaigns of the Nile Expedition ⓘ
ideology	Islamic revivalism ⓘ Mahdism ⓘ
leader	Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi ⓘ
location	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
notableFigure	Abdallahi ibn Muhammad ⓘ Charles George Gordon ⓘ Herbert Kitchener NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolf von Slatin ⓘ Winston Churchill ⓘ
opponent	Anglo-Egyptian army ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Egyptian forces Mahdist Ansar forces ⓘ surface form: Mahdist forces
opposingForce	Mahdist Ansar forces ⓘ surface form: Ansar (Mahdist) army British Army ⓘ Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Army
partOf	history of Sudan ⓘ
region	Nile Valley ⓘ
religiousLeader	Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi ⓘ
result	defeat of the Mahdist state ⓘ establishment of Anglo-Egyptian condominium in Sudan ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Abu Klea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of El Obeid NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Omdurman ⓘ Gordon Relief Expedition ⓘ surface form: Relief Expedition for Gordon Siege of Khartoum ⓘ
startTime	1881 ⓘ
timePeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Rawlinson → conflict → Mahdist War ⓘ

Horatio Herbert Kitchener → conflict → Mahdist War ⓘ

Lord Kitchener → conflict → Mahdist War ⓘ

Mahdist Sudan → conflict → Mahdist War ⓘ

Siege of Khartoum → conflictIn → Mahdist War ⓘ

Mahdist Sudan → establishedAsResultOf → Mahdist War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist revolt

Mahdist Sudan → establishedAsResultOf → Mahdist War ⓘ

Scramble for Africa → hasKeyEvent → Mahdist War ⓘ

Mahdist War → hasPart → Mahdist War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist uprising of 1881

Mahdist Sudan → partOf → Mahdist War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist movement