The Battle of Khartoum was fought in 1884 and 1885 between Sudanese Muslim forces and British forces. The British were led by Charles George Gordon while the Sudanese were led by Muhammad Ahmad. The Sudanese captured British-occupied Khartoum. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Chinese Gordon as Governor of Sudan Charles George Gordon, C.B. (January 28, 1833 - January 26, 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. ... Image:Mahdi3. ...
Khartoum (Arabic الخرطوم al-Ḫarṭūm "elephant trunk") is the capital of Sudan, as well as the capital of the state of Khartoum.
Khartoum was founded in 1821 as an outpost for the Egyptian army, but grew as a regional center of trade, including the slave trade.
Omdurman was the scene of the bloody battle (September 2, 1898) in which British forces under Sirdar Horatio Kitchener defeated the Mahdist forces defending the city.
Winston Churchill wrote about Khartoum some 90 years ago that: The town of Khartoum, at the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, is the point on which the trade of the south must inevitably converge.
During the years of the Egyptian administration, Khartoum had became a symbol of foreign domination and a few months after its capture the Khalifa Abdullahi, successor to the Mahdi now dead in his turn, decreed that it be abandoned.
Khartoum, damaged by siege and sack, was now a quarry for the new city.
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