Battle of Umm Diwaykarat
The Battle of Umm Diwaykarat on 25 November 1899 marked the final defeat of the Mahdist State in Sudan, when Anglo-Egyptian forces under the command of Lord Kitchener defeated what was left of the Mahdist armies under the command of the Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, known as the Khalifa, after the equally disastrous Battle of Omdurman a year earlier.
| Battle of Umm Diwaykarat | |||||||
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| Part of the Mahdist War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Kingdom Khedivate of Egypt | Mahdist State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Reginald Wingate | Abdallahi ibn Muhammad † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 killed, 23 wounded | 1,000 killed and wounded, 3,000 captured | ||||||
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