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Osman Digna

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Sudanese military commander (1836-1926)

PoliticiansLived 1836 to 1926 · aged 90
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Osman Digna was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan, who became his best known military commander during the Mahdist War. He was claimed to be a descendant from the Abbasid family.

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Emir Mahmoud, a Mahdist leader, as prisoner after the Battle of Atbara, photograph by Francis Gregson, 1898Emir Mahmoud, a Mahdist leader, as prisoner after the Battle of Atbara, photograph by Francis Gregson, 1898

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Osman Digna was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan, who became his best known military commander during the Mahdist War. He was claimed to be a descendant from the Abbasid family. As the Mahdi's ablest general, he played an important role in the fate of General Charles George Gordon and the end of Turkish-Egyptian rule in Sudan.

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Lived 1836 to 1926 · aged 90
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