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Omdurmán (Arabic: أم درمان, romanized: Umm Durmān) is a major city in Sudan. It is the second most populous city in the country, located in the State of Khartoum. Omdurman lies on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite and northwest of the capital city of Khartoum.
Sep 27, 2024 · Omdurman, one of the Three Towns (with Khartoum and Khartoum North), east-central Sudan. Situated on the bank of the main Nile River just below the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, Omdurman was an insignificant riverine village until the victory of Muḥammad Aḥmad, known as al-Mahdī, over the.
The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief (sirdar) major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist State, led by Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (the Khalifa), the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Mu...
Place of the Battle of Omdurman: To the north of Omdurman along the west bank of the River Nile in the Sudan. Combatants at the Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptians against the Sudanese Dervish Empire of the Khalifa.
Jun 8, 2018 · OMDURMAN. historical capital of the sudan. Although Khartoum is the official capital of the Sudan, Omdurman is the country's historic, cultural, and spiritual capital.
Jul 11, 2023 · Fierce fighting has erupted in the city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, in a desperate battle to control supply routes.
Aug 26, 2024 · Battle of Omdurman, (September 2, 1898), decisive military engagement in which Anglo-Egyptian forces, under Maj. Gen. Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener), defeated the forces of the Mahdist leader ʿAbd Allāh and thereby won Sudanese territory that the Mahdists had dominated since 1881.
