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Khartoum: History, Former Names & Timeline

City at the meeting of the Blue and White Nile, centre of Egyptian rule in Sudan and battleground of the Mahdist revolt.

Map showing Khartoum in 1880Khartoum
Border map for 1880. See the world in 1880.

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Former names of Khartoum

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1821Khartoum

Timeline of Khartoum

YearEvent
1821Egypt establishes a military camp at Khartoum
1885The Mahdi's forces take Khartoum and General Gordon is killed
1956Sudan becomes independent

Who ruled Khartoum

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–324 BCSaharan pastoral nomads
323 BC–499Meroe
500–599Axum
600–1299Alwa
1300–1491Makkura
1492–1599Funj
1600–1782Ottoman Empire
1783–1814Funj
1815–1879Unclaimed / no data
1880–1913Egypt
1914–1919Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1920–todaySudan

Battles and sites near Khartoum

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