Mahdist War

Mahdist War
Depiction o the Battle o Omdurman (1898).
Date 1881 (1881)–1899 (1899) (18 years) Location Sudan, Egyp, Eritrea, Ethiopie, Uganda Result British-Egyptian-Italian victory Territorial changes Sudan acomes the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium o the Breetish Empire
Belligerents
British Empire Canadae Khedivate o Egyp Breetish Indie Belgium Congo Free State Ethiopie Empire (1885–1889) Italy	Mahdist Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Charles Gordon † Garnet Wolseley Herbert Kitchener Louis Napoléon Chaltin Yohannes IV † Oreste Baratieri Giuseppe Arimondi	Muhammad Ahmad † Abdallahi ibn Muhammad †

The Mahdist War (Arabic: الثورة المهدية‎‎ ath-Thawra al-Mahdī; 1881–99) wis a Breetish colonial war o the late 19t century, that wis focht atween the Mahdist Sudanese o the releegious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, wha haed proclaimed himsel the "Mahdi" o Islam (the "Guided One"), an the forces o the Khedivate o Egyp, ineetially, an later the forces o Breetain. Aichteen years o war resultit in the jynt-rule state o the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899–1956), a condominium o the Breetish Empire an the Kinrick o Egyp.