He declared himself the 'Mahdi' - the one guided by God - and he summoned an army to jihad, to reclaim Sudan from the lax, Europeanised, Egyptians. The Mahdist Revolt for a time swept all before ...
Despite dramatic shifts in the frontlines, neither side is anywhere near the ‘total military victory’ wanted by Sudan’s warring generals.
These spent bullets and cartridge cases come from an isolated desert battlefield in Northern Sudan where in 1898 the Mahdist Sudanese forces engaged with Gen. Kitchener's column before the battle ...
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