khartoum_ a journey through time

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By: Abdulateaf Abdulrazig

Satti


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Abdulateaf Abdulrazig Satti

Born in 1980 in Dongla, northernSudan.

Graduated from As mehanialengineer from uni!ersity of"hartoum, #00$.

%or"ing for the ministry &etroleum,Sudan.

'arried, ha!e t(o hildren.


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)hartoum, (hat does it mean* %hat is )hartoum.

)hartoum history.


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+he (ord)hartoummeansele&hant trun"

and it is thesha&e of themeeting &ointof the %hiteand the Blue

ile, that shallresemble thetrun" of anele&hant


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)hartoum isa ity in andthe a&ital of

the Sudan, atthe -untionof the %hite

and Blue ileri!ers.


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Defeat of )ingdom of Sennar Sudanese &ossessions of gy&t /18#1 1882

18#1 Settlement established by 3brahim4asha of gy&t. as a military &ost ontrolling

Sudan. 1850 +o(n beomes a&ital of the

Sudanese &ossessions of gy&t.

1858 Disease outbrea"6 a&ital reloatedtem&orarily to Shendi.

187 Disease outbrea"6 a&ital reloatedtem&orarily to Shendi.


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1881 'ahdi re!olution started in Aba 3sland. o! 1885. +he 'ahdis fores a&tured huge

amounts of eui&ment, 'ahdist rebels at lbeid.

188# Anglogy&tian %ar, gy&t ou&ied. Britain go!ernment did not (ish to beome

in!ol!ed in Sudan, and &ersuaded thegy&tian go!ernment to e!auate their

garrisons. General ;harles Gordon (as a&&ointed to

aom&lish this tas". But, he belie!ed that the 'ahdis rebellion

had to be defeated.


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Gordon arri!ed )hartoum on on the ile and the telegra&h to ;airo. Se&tember 198$, the 'ahdi mo!ed the bul"

of his army to )hartoum.


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?uly 188$, Gladstone agreed to send ane@&edition to )hartoum, led by Sir. %olseley,too" se!eral months to organize and onlyentered Sudan in ?anuary 188.

?anuary ##7, an estimated 0,000 'ahdistsatta"ed the ity (all -ust before midnight. +he'ahdists too" ad!antage of the lo( le!el of theile, (hih ould be rossed on foot, and

rushed around the (all on the shores of theri!er and into the to(n

Gordon (as "illed de=ane of the orders of the'ahdi, (ho had (anted him a&tured ali!e.

;a&ital reloated to mdurman from )hartoum.


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Si@ months after the a&ture of)hartoum, the 'ahdi died of ty&hus, hissuessors ruled Sudan

1891, )alifa, (ith the hel& of his tri&eo!erame the o&&osition of the othersand emerged as unhallenged leader of

the 'ahdiyah.


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+he British then onstruteda rail line from %adi alfa toAbu amad and Atbara.

+here (as little signi=antresistane until )ithenerreahed Atbarah anddefeated the Ansar.

After this engagement,)itheners soldiers

marhed and sailed to(ardmdurman, (here the)halifa made his last stand.


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n 19th Deember 19 Sudan&arliament !oted for inde&endene.

n the 1st

?anuary 197 Britishtroo&s e!auated.

)hartoum beomes the a&ital of

the independent republic oSudan,


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