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Omdurman
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Omdurman. Town in central
Sudan which came to prominence when the mahdi, a religious leader who led a holy war against the Egyptian government, made it his capital in 1885. Although British forces had occupied Egypt in 1882 the British government showed little interest in extending its influence further south until France cast covetous eyes on the region. In 1898 an Anglo-Egyptian army led by Sir Herbert
Kitchener advanced into the Sudan. Early in September the battle for Omdurman took place, the town was occupied by Kitchener's forces, and the army of the mahdi was completely destroyed.
Kenneth Ingham
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Battle of Omdurman: September 2nd, 1898.(Sudan - defeat of the Dervishes)(Freeze Frame)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...OF Sudanese Dervishes on a plain near Omdurman in the Sudan was an occasion that a new...intentions, had assembled a large army near Omdurman, since 1885 the Mahdist capital, across...within 300 yards of it. The shelling of Omdurman by the British occupied the first day...
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U.S. Condemns Attack on Omdurman.
M2 Presswire; 5/12/2008; 386 words
; ...of State: U.S. Condemns Attack on Omdurman(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Omdurman, near Khartoum. We call for an immediate...against attacks against civilians in Omdurman and Darfur, and warns both sides against...
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Gunmen hold up a bank in Omdurman, Sudan
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/7/2002; 223 words
; ...Sudan Three armed men held up a bank in Omdurman, the twin city of Sudan' s capital...Agency reported. The manager of the Omdurman branch of the National Bank, Abdel...was the second holdup in two months in Omdurman, which lies across the Nile from Khartoum...
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Women and finance in Sudan: a case study in greater Omdurman and Khartoum.
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...relations of women in Greater Khartoum and Omdurman that financial behaviour of women is...in two villages in the surroundings of Omdurman (Al Gharaza and Sanahir), displaced...and in a lower middle-class area in Omdurman (Thawra). 2. Finance, Economic Embeddedness...
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Omdurman 1898: The Eye-Witnesses Speak
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 10/1/1999; ; 407 words
; OMDURMAN 1898: THE EYE-WITNESSES SPEAK by Peter Harrington & Frederic Sharf...1998), 20, 236 pages Published to mark the centenary of the Battle of Omdurman, this illustrated book brings together a number of first hand accounts...
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U.S. CONDEMNS ATTACK ON OMDURMAN
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 5/10/2008; ; 220 words
; ...Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Omdurman, near Khartoum. We call for an immediate end to fighting...Government of Sudan to guard against attacks against civilians in Omdurman and Darfur, and warns both sides against taking any retaliatory...
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SUDAN: You should be dancing, yeah! On the desert fringes of Omdurman, in the middle of a vast, sandy burial field, the dervishes begin to spin. For a hotline to Allah, look no further
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/27/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...birthday of the 19th-century sheikh whose tomb is the site of Omdurman's whirling dervishes and the Bedford bus will burst if the...jalabiyas flap hectically in the wind. On the outskirts of Omdurman, the desert is winning the battle that it is still waging...
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Sudan - Omdurman National Bank.(Financial report)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The Banker; 12/1/2008; 700+ words
; Omdurman National Bank (ONB) posted strong net profit growth in 2007 - a marked improvement on 2006 when it made a loss. Net profits...
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The Road to Omdurman.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 4/1/2001; 538 words
; ...pages. ISBN 0-09-480340-4. At first sight this book may be slightly confusing. In 1998 Constable published The Road to Omdurman, a biography of Kitchener in his earlier years. This volume incorporates that earlier text and completes the biography...
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Embassy of Sudan Responds to Attack on City of Omdurman
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/11/2008; 683 words
; ...or Fax: +1-202-667-2406 WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heavy gunfire and artillery rang through Omdurman as an anticipated attack by a rebel group came to pass on Saturday. The Chadian JEM who've long been under the surveillance...
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Omdurman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
OMDURMAN historical capital of the sudan. Although...is the official capital of the Sudan, Omdurman is the country's historic, cultural...of the Blue Nile and the White Nile, Omdurman became a major city at the end of the...
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Khartoum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...The Three Towns — Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum North — together...capital after the British forces seized Omdurman and Khartoum on 1 September 1898. During...impoverished slums and squatter housing. Omdurman, located on the southern side of the...
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Sudan
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...Kassal ā , Khartoum North, Omdurman, Port Sudan, Wadi Medani, Wau EDITOR...cities: Khartoum, Khartoum North, and Omdurman. Khartoum is the busiest and the government...industrial area. The ancient city of Omdurman, across the White Nile from Khartoum...
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Mahdi
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...1885) in which British General Charles George Gordon died. The Mahdi set up a great Islamic empire with its capital at Omdurman. His reign lasted only about six months. The British eventually defeated his followers at Omdurman in 1898.
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Mahdist State
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...balad). The Khalifa, whose troops controlled the capital of Omdurman and the corn-growing Gezira, prevented the Mahdi's kinsman...Atbara; eleven thousand died in the battle of Karari, north of Omdurman, on 2 September 1898, which marked the end of the Mahdist...
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