The Battle of Omdurman, also known as the Battle of Karary, was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chie
Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Edward Matthew Hale, 1899
The second of four lithographs of the battle by A. Sutherland, showing the situation at 6.30 a.m. National Army Museum
"The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman", by Richard C. Woodville
The Ansar are a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad, a Sudanese religious leader based on Aba Island who proclaimed himself Mahdi on 29 June 1881. His
Muhammad Ahmad, who inspired the Ansar movement
A Mahdist Dervish from Sudan (1899)