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Early History of the Region
when Egypt conquered and unified the northern portion of the country they began a conflict -
The Mahdi's Crusade
a religious leader named Muhammad ibn Abdalla proclaimed himself the Mahdi, or the "expected one," and began a religious crusade to unify the tribes in western and central Sudan. -
Anglo-Egyptian Response
Taking advantage of dissatisfaction resulting from Ottoman-Egyptian exploitation and maladministration, the Mahdi led a nationalist revolt culminating in the fall of Khartoum -
rise of the jallaba
in the early 19th century the "Jallaba", a group of northern muslim traders mostly from the Ja'ailyyin and danagla tribes of the nile valley, came in increasing numbers to southern sudan, especially morthern bahr al-Ghazal , which was an important source of slave. -
Sudan gains Independce
the untied kingdom and egyot concluded an agreement providing sudanese self-goverment and self determination -
Sudan gains indepence
sudan acheieved independence -
General Ibrahim Abboud
he want to divide into fractions
