Regional1897

Battle of Abu Hamed

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Sudan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Abu Hamed (1897), part of the British-Sudan Wars. United Kingdom defeated Sudanese Mahdists.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
Sudanese Mahdists

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1900)

Conflict graph

PART OFMahdist War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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