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Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi (1844-1885)
Charles George Gordon
British army officer and administrator
In Desert and Wilderness
novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Siege of Khartoum
1885 offensive by Mahdist Forces against British and Egyptian troops
Nile Expedition
Failed rescue mission