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Capture of Khartoum

Great Britain · Warfare / Sudan War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1885–1898Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1885

Charles George Hamilton Gordon26 January 1885

Khartoum · Warfare / Sudan War

The Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad captures Khartoum

1898

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum5 September 1898

Khartoum · Warfare / Sudan War

Enters Khartoum

Names involved

Charles George Hamilton GordonHoratio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum

Provenance

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