Major conflict1884 – 1885 · 1 year

Siege of Khartoum

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Khartoum

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

The Mahdi's army stormed Khartoum and killed General Gordon two days before the British relief force arrived.

Belligerents3

Mahdist State
Khedivate of Egypt
United Kingdom

ON THE MAPKhedivate of EgyptBritish Empire (1880)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Siege of Khartoum (1884 – 1885). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/siege-of-khartoum · Sources & methodology