Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations, Figures & Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Egyptian Army Ranks & Turkish Honorifics
- Transliteration Note & List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: ‘Ali Jifun's Fashoda Homecoming
- 1 “Backbone of the Egyptian Army”
- 2 “Servants of His Highness the Khedive”
- 3 “Flavour of Domesticity”
- 4 “Brotherhood that Binds the Brave”
- 5 “Tea with the Khalifa”
- Epilogue: Mutiny at Omdurman
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue: Mutiny at Omdurman
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations, Figures & Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Egyptian Army Ranks & Turkish Honorifics
- Transliteration Note & List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: ‘Ali Jifun's Fashoda Homecoming
- 1 “Backbone of the Egyptian Army”
- 2 “Servants of His Highness the Khedive”
- 3 “Flavour of Domesticity”
- 4 “Brotherhood that Binds the Brave”
- 5 “Tea with the Khalifa”
- Epilogue: Mutiny at Omdurman
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
“And what will be the result of the mutiny of the Soudanese soldiers?”
“The English,” said he, “have kindly treated the Soudanese army thinking that they will gain them in the future; but late events have shown them that all their measures were unavailable. They learned that the Soudanese would follow their own opinion, and if they resolve upon something, they must accomplish it; which fact is of great moment.”
“The Army Affair: An Interview with an [Egyptian] Officer of a High Rank,” published in the Egyptian newspaper al-Lewa, 5 February 1900The mutiny broke out in the Omdurman barracks on the night of 22 January 1900. At sunset, following a medical inspection and the reading of orders, four companies of the XIth Sudanese rushed the Battalion Store, recovering ammunition they had earlier that day given up per the Station Order of their commander, Colonel John Maxwell. Later that same night, as rumors continued to swirl that they had been disarmed because they were being sent to South Africa, the Sudanese XIVth Battalion followed suit, overwhelming the quarter guard and making off to their barrack rooms with some 10,000 rounds of ammunition. Putting themselves in a state of defense, they proceeded to expel all of their British officers from the barracks, closed them off to all-comers, and defied all authority.
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- Slaves of FortuneSudanese Soldiers and the River War, 1896-1898, pp. 189 - 204Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2011