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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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'Tough Match Awaits Eagles in Omdurman'.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 6/25/2001; 700+ words
; ...of the Ghanaian delegation that was in Omdurman last year when Black Stars, one of the...According to Ekowatta who was also in Omdurman to watch the Sudanese last game against...prepare for a match that would be played in Omdurman on Sunday. Ekowatta warned the Nigeria...
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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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Taha Launches Start for Establishment of Biggest Urban Town Project along Southern Bank of White Nile River in Omdurman.
News Wire article from: Africa Wire - Sudan; 3/25/2008; 539 words
; ...of the White Nile River, southern of Omdurman city in Khartoum State. Taha launched...Khartoum State, which are Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Omdurman, Al-Fatih Izz-Eddin, affirmed that...
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President Al-Bashir Affirms State's Commitment to Guarantee Fair Trials for Persons Involved in Omdurman Incidents.
News Wire article from: Africa Wire - Sudan; 5/12/2008; 596 words
; ...persons involved in the heinous attack on Omdurman city. During his meeting Monday at the...toward the incidents which happened in Omdurman in the past two days. In a press statement...SPLM) concerning the incidents in Omdurman. He regretted the involvement of the...
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First Vice - President Inaugurates Mohamed Al-Amin Hamid Children Hospital in Omdurman.
News Wire article from: Africa Wire - Sudan; 1/8/2008; 521 words
; ...Al-Amin Hamid Children Hospital in Omdurman Khartoum, Jan. 8 (SUNA)- The First...Al-Amin Hamid Children Hospital in Omdurman.. Kiir said that this hospital, which...Children Hospital in Abu-Siid quarter in Omdurman.. He indicated that his ministry has...
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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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Ahead Battle On Omdurman Oliseh, West Shun Amodu.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 6/25/2001; 610 words
; ...ahead of this weekend's World Cup qualifier against Sudan in Omdurman. P.M.Sport reliably gathered that the six players were...continue her new found winning streak by defeating Sudan in Omdurman on Sunday ,1 July. by Peter Demeyin & Niran Adesanya...
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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: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...unbelievers. His followers, known as Mahdists, for a time made pilgrimages to his tomb at Omdurman. The final defeat of the Mahdists in 1898 at Omdurman by an Anglo-Egyptian army under Lord Kitchener gave Great Britain control of Sudan. Bibliography...
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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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