Mahdist War
Sign in to saveAlso known as Anglo-Sudan War, Sudanese Mahdist Revolt, Sudan Campaign, Mahdist Revolt, British-Sudanese War
British colonial war
Key facts
- Date
- Date 1881 ( 1881 ) –1899 ( 1899 )
- Location
- Sudan , South Sudan , Egypt , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Uganda
- Result
- Allied victory Sudanese invasions of neighbours repelled
- Territorial changes
- Establishment of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , a polity jointly ruled by Britain and Egypt Kassala temporarily occupied by Italy Congo secures the Lado Enclave until 1910
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Belligerents
United Kingdom • Egypt • India • Canada • New South Wales
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