Battle of Toski
Part of the Mahdist War (War of the Sudan)
Date August 3 1889 Location Southern Egypt, near Abu Simbel Result Egyptian/British Victory
Combatants
United Kingdom  Egypt	Mahdist Sudan
Commanders
Francis Grenfell	Wad el Nujumi†
Strength
	6,000
Casualties
Light	1,200 dead, 4,000 captured

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Since 1882, the British had taken control of Egypt and found themselves involved in the Sudan war. For this reason, they decided to reform and rearm the Egyptian Army. A British general, Sir Francis Grenfell was appointed Sirdar(commander-in-chief) and British officers trained the newly-formed units. Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Egyptian Army is the largest service within the Egyptian military establishment. ... A Sirdar is a Sherpa mountain guide who manages all the other Sherpas in a climbing expedition or trekking group. ...

The Sudanese, on the other hand had not renounced their ambition of spreading the Mahdist faith to Egypt. In 1889, the Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad sent the Emir Wad-el-Nujumi and an army 6,000 strong into Egypt for this purpose. The Mahdists avoided Wadi Halfa where most of the Egyptian troops were garrisoned, and camped at Toski by the Nile, 76 km within the Egyptian border. Here they were attacked by the Egyptians, who completely annihilated them after a five-hour fight, the Emir being killed trying to rally his men. Apart from the officers commanding the Egyptian units, the only British troops participating were a squadron of the 20th hussars. Omdurman, Sudan. ... Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed or Abdullah et Taaisha ( 1846 – November 24, 1899), also known as The Khalifa was a Sudanese Dervish General and ruler. ... Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ... Wadi Halfa is a town in Northern State, Sudan, on the shores of Lake Nuba (the Sudanese section of Lake Nasser). ... The Nile (Arabic: ‎, translit: , Ancient Egyptian iteru, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river, though not the most voluminous, in the world. ...

This battle effectively ended the Mahdist threat to Egypt.

External links

• The Political Martyr: General Gordon and the Fall of Kartum by S Monick-Military History Journal Vol 6 No 6