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The Mahdist war was also the backdrop for A.E.W.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

As the French marched steadily across the Sahara, Kitchener, with an Egyptian and Sudanese army, moved south along the Nile, establishing railroad lines and reclaiming towns from Mahdist control as he went.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

There was also concern that the Mahdist ruler, Abdullah Ibn-Muhammed Al-Khalifa, might ally with Menelik II to drive Europeans out.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Finally, in September 1898, Kitchener and his forces, augmented by British troops, met the Mahdist ruler Al-Khalifa at Omdurman and defeated him.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The multitude, who were accompanied by many influential sheikhs flying from Mahdist misrule, sent a deputation to the Sirdar asking his assistance to take and hold El Obeid.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet