Osman Digna (Arabic: عثمان دقنة) (c. 1840–1926) was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan, who became his best known military commander during the Mahdist War. He was claimed to be a descendant from the Abbasid family. As the Mahdi's ablest general, he played an important role in the fate of General Charles George Gordon and the end of Turkish-Egyptian rule in Sudan.
In Britain, Osman Digna became a notorious figure, both demonised as a savage and respected as a warrior. Winston Churchill described him as an "astute" and "prudent" man, calling him "the celebrated, and perhaps immortal, Osman Digna."[1]
^Churchill, Winston S. (1902). The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan. p. 47.
OsmanDigna (Arabic: عثمان دقنة) (c. 1840–1926) was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan, who became his best known military...
a Mahdist Sudanese army led by OsmanDigna. Despite his earlier victory at El Teb, Graham realised that OsmanDigna's force was far from broken and that...
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Ethiopian army that defeated a Mahdist force of about the same size, led by OsmanDigna Elrich, Haggai (1996). Ras Alula And The Scramble For Africa. Red Sea...
Encamping on the banks of the Atbara river by March 20, Mahmud, with OsmanDigna's group of Mahdist warriors were within 20 miles (32 km) of the British...
the Hadendoa Beja, who were rallied to the Mahdi by an Ansar captain, OsmanDigna. Early in 1882, the Ansar, armed with spears and swords, overwhelmed...
place during the British Sudan Campaign where a force of Sudanese under OsmanDigna won a victory over a 3,500 strong Egyptian force under the command of...
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intention of destroying the power of the Sudanese military commander OsmanDigna and his troops during the Mahdist War. The first expedition took place...
a centre for operations for some time. Their success also emboldened OsmanDigna, whose Hadendoa tribesmen, the so-called fuzzy-wuzzies, joined the rebellion...
joined by the Hadendoa Beja, who were rallied to the Mahdi in 1883 by OsmanDigna, an Ansār captain in eastern Sudan. The Mahdist revolution was backed...
Gerald Graham) was attacked by a Mahdist force under the leadership of OsmanDigna. The Mahdists were heavily defeated, losing some 1,000 of their 2,000...
his cavalry to draw off part of the advancing Ansar attackers under OsmanDigna, but the slower-moving camel troops, attempting to regain the protection...
a Ma'ahes. One of the best-known chiefs was a Mahdist general named OsmanDigna. He led them in the battles, from 1883 to 1898, against the Anglo-Egyptian...
recover from blockade and turmoil". Reuters. Retrieved 22 April 2022. "Digna Port". marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023. "Marsa Bashayer Port"...
the British once more asked for his help against the Mahdists under OsmanDigna. Ras Alula prepared for his campaign against the Mahdists, despite the...
hastening with 3500 men to relieve Tokar, encountered the enemy under OsmanDigna at El Teb. His men becoming panic-stricken at the first rush were slaughtered...
Sudanese/Egyptian forces captured many of the rest, including a son of Emir Yuni. OsmanDigna was injured almost at the start of the battle, and fled after being taken...
Lieutenant General Gerald Graham's two British brigade's efforts against OsmanDigna. Within a month of arriving, the New South Wales detachment had seen...
victorious campaign against Urabi Pasha. In 1884 he took the field against OsmanDigna, whose army he defeated at El-Teb and Tamai. In the meantime he had urged...
000 Haddendowa warriors who declared their loyalty to the Mahdi under OsmanDigna at Al-Teb with 2,225 Egyptian soldiers and 96 officers killed. Because...
dervish army was completed. As the Mahdi of Khartoum and his lieutenant OsmanDigna, H'àdjdj Mohammed ben Abdallah and his lieutenant H'àdjdj Soudi frequently...
Sudi spent time as an interpreter during the Suakin Expedition against OsmanDigna dervishes directly observing the ways of the Sudanes Dervish during his...
Nile Expedition in autumn 1884. It then fought against the forces of OsmanDigna near Suakin in 1885 during the Mahdist War. The regiment again left for...
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October 1883. But Valentine Baker was defeated by the Mahdi's General OsmanDigna near Suakin. An expedition by General Graham from Cairo won two victories...
General Graham in his inland raid when he intended to crush the Mahdist OsmanDigna. Fremantle was in command of the Brigade of Guards and as such took part...
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