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Herbert Kitchener

1850–1916 · 19th century · Also known as Lord Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Herbert Kitchener was a British army officer who, as Sirdar of the Egyptian army, led the reconquest of Sudan and destroyed the Mahdist army at Omdurman in 1898. He became the first governor-general of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, later commanded in the Second Boer War and in India, and was Secretary of State for War from 1914 until he drowned in 1916.

Herbert Kitchener
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Mahdist StateAnglo-Egyptian Sudan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Herbert Kitchener. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/herbert-kitchener
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