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Abdallahi ibn Muhammad

1846–1899 · 19th century · Also known as Khalifa Abdallahi

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, known as the Khalifa, was ruler of the Mahdist State in Sudan from 1885 to 1898. A Baggara Arab from Darfur, he was the Mahdi's chief lieutenant and succeeded him on his death, ruling from Omdurman. He fought Ethiopia and Egypt and crushed internal revolts, but his army was destroyed by Kitchener at Omdurman in 1898, and he was killed at Umm Diwaykarat in 1899.

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
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