Battle of Umm Diwaykarat ends the Mahdist War; the Khalifa is killed

Background. After the Mahdist state collapsed following defeat at the battle of Omdurman in 1898, the Khalifa fled south and went into hiding with a few followers. In October 1899 the British obtained information that the Khalifa and his forces were among his native Baggara to the west of Kusti (Kaka) in Kordofan. Kitchener dispatched 8,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers under General F.R. Wingate to confront the remnant.

The Engagement. Wingate was in command of an expeditionary force which in November 1899 defeated the remnant of the Dervish host at Umm Diwaykarat in Kordofan, the Khalifa being among the slain. Anglo-Egyptian forces under Lord Kitchener's overall command defeated what was left of the Mahdist armies. The Khalifa, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, was killed at Umm Diwaykarat on 25 November 1899.

Aftermath. After the defeat, the remnants of the Mahdists continued to resist for a short while under the Khalifa's command, but he was caught in January 1900. The last organised resistance from the Mahdists ended the next year, leading to the creation of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899–1956), a de jure condominium of the British Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt in which Britain had de facto control. In December 1899, following Lord Kitchener being summoned to South Africa, Wingate succeeded him as Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar of the Egyptian Army.