Battle of Umm Diwaykarat

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Battle of Umm Diwaykarat
Part of the Mahdist War
Date 25 November 1899 Location Kordofan, Sudan Result Anglo-Egyptian victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Khedivate of Egypt	Mahdist State
Commanders and leaders
Reginald Wingate	Abdallahi ibn Muhammad †
Strength
8,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 23 wounded	1,000 killed and wounded, 3,000 captured

The Battle of Umm Diwaykarat on 25 November 1899 marked the final defeat of the Mahdist State in Sudan, when Anglo-Egyptian forces under the command of Lord Kitchener defeated what was left of the Mahdist armies under the command of the Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, known as the Khalifa, after the equally disastrous Battle of Omdurman a year earlier.