A sword owned by Ali Dinar, heir to the throne of the Sultanate of Darfur. He was killed by British forces in 1916, and the sword is kept at the British Museum. A rebellion led by him in 1915—in the context of his giving his support to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War— provoked the British to launch a punitive expedition, the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition, in which he was killed , After which his Sultanate was incorporated into the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium.
A sword owned by Ali Dinar, heir to the throne of the Sultanate of Darfur. He was killed in action during the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition in 1916, with the sword being on display at the British Museum. A rebellion led by him in 1915—in the context of his giving his support to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War— led the British government to dispatch the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition, in which he was killed in action, after which his Sultanate was incorporated into the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium.
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in action during the Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition in
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and the sword is kept
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provoked the British to launch a punitive expedition,
led the British government to dispatch
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