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The Sudan Campaigns 1881–98
The Sudan Campaigns 1881–98
Robert Wilkinson-Latham
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In the Sudan in 1881 an obscure son of a carpenter pronounced himself the ‘Mahdi’ or ‘Guided One of the Prophet’, the long-expected Messiah of the Islamic faith. His influence was so strong that Egypt (co-ruled by Britain and France) was plunged into war.
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