Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition
Darfur and Sudan 1912
| date | March 16, 1916 to November 6, 1916 |
|---|---|
| place | Darfur |
| output | Anglo-Egyptian victory |
| consequences | Darfur becomes part of Sudan |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 2000 | 4000-6000 |
| losses | |
|
5 dead, |
231 dead |
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The 1916 Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition was a military operation by the British Empire and the Sultanate of Egypt , which invaded the Sultanate of Darfur preventively .
prehistory
The Sultan of Darfur , Ali Dinar, was by the British after their victory in the Mahdi uprising reinstated, but during the First World War , he began to resist, by refusing his usual tribute to the Government of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to and took the side of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 .
conflict
Sirdar Reginald Wingate then put together a force of around 2000 men. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Philip James Vandeleur Kelly, the force marched into Darfur in March 1916 and defeated the Fur Army decisively at Beringia and occupied the capital, Al-Fashir, in May. Ali Dinar had previously fled to the mountains. Negotiations for a surrender were eventually broken off by the British. When his whereabouts became known, a small force tracked down the Sultan and killed him in November 1916. Darfur was then completely subordinated to the British administration of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and remained part of Sudan even after independence .
literature
- Darfur: Colonial Violence, Sultanic Legacies and Local Politics, 1916–1956 . Boydell & Brewer, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84701-111-4 , pp. 56 ff . ( books.google.de ).
Web links
- The Soldier's Burden. In: kaiserscross.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .