num_pages: 235
description: Gordon at Khartoum, the Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman and other famous episodes of British military history took place against the backdrop of the Mahdist state in the Sudan. For nearly 20 years the Dervishes (or "Ansar" as they preferred to be called) and their visionary Muslim empire fought the European powers to a standstill.
language: English
title: DERVISH
titlecomplete: DERVISH (Wordsworth Military Library)
genres: Nonfiction, History, Military History
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Wordsworth Editions