Gerald Graham
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Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Graham, was a senior British Army commander in the late 19th century and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the en
An illustration depicting Graham, from The Victoria Cross in The Crimea, 1881.
Interior of the Taku north fort immediately after its capture
Cavalry charge at the Battle of Kassassin
British forces scaling the Egyptian works at the battle of Tel El Kebir
Muhammad Ahmad
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Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culminated in a remarkable
Illustration of Muhammad, 1884
Muhammad Ahmad, The Mahdi of Sudan, Charles Chaillé-Long, 1884
A depiction of the British square at the Battle of Abu Klea, during the Mahdist War, 1885
The rebuilt tomb of Muhammad Ahmad in Omdurman