# Canonical recap data for Kitchener's Sudan Campaign Victory (1898)
# Source: https://recap.at/1898/omdurman-campaign
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slug: omdurman-campaign
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1898/omdurman-campaign"
title: Kitchener's Sudan Campaign Victory
subtitle: British forces under Kitchener decisively defeated the Mahdist State at Omdurman, consolidating imperial control over Sudan and marking the zenith of British colonial military power.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1898-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1898
decade: 1890
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: With Kitchener in the Soudan; A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by British author G. A. Henty is an adventure novel set during the British military expedition under Lord Kitchener and the subsequent destruction of the Mahdi's followers during the Mahdist War (1881–1899). It was first published in 1902.
summaryLong: With Kitchener in the Soudan; A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by British author G. A. Henty is an adventure novel set during the British military expedition under Lord Kitchener and the subsequent destruction of the Mahdi's followers during the Mahdist War (1881–1899). It was first published in 1902.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "With Kitchener in the Soudan"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Kitchener_in_the_Soudan"
  title: With Kitchener in the Soudan
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: With Kitchener in the Soudan; A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by British author G. A. Henty is an adventure novel set during the British military expedition unde
wikidataQid: Q8028003
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260211060329/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Kitchener_in_the_Soudan"
  capturedAt: 2026-02-11
  label: With Kitchener in the Soudan
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Kitchener_in_the_Soudan"
