country, 27 engagements

Battles in Sudan

27 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Sudan: 25 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign between 1506 BC and 1984. The wars with most engagements here: Mahdist War (15), Muslim conquests (2), Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560 (1), Ethiopian-Mahdist War (1).

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27 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by century

26 dated engagements, one bar per century, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 5 with pages

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1506 BC	Egyptian Invasion of Kerma	Kerma
AD 642	First battle of Dongola	Old Dongola	Muslim conquests
AD 652	Second battle of Dongola	Old Dongola	Muslim conquests
1276	Battle of Dongola	Old Dongola
1287	Fourth battle of Dongola	Old Dongola
1541	Battle of Suakin	Suakin	Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560
1837	Battle of Wad Kaltabu	Sudan	Ethiopian–Ottoman border conflict
1848	Battle of Dabarki	Sudan	Ethiopian–Ottoman border conflict
1881	Battle of Aba	Aba Island	Mahdist War
3 November 1883	Battle of El Obeid	El-Obeid	Mahdist War
4 February 1884	First and Second Battles of El Teb	El Teb	Mahdist War
13 March 1884	Siege of Khartoum	Khartoum	Mahdist War
13 March 1884	Battle of Tamai	Sudan	Mahdist War
17 January 1885	Battle of Abu Klea	Khartoum	Mahdist War
1885	Battle of Tofrek	Sudan	Mahdist War
30 December 1885	Battle of Ginnis	Sudan	Mahdist War
1888	Battle of Suakin	Suakin	Mahdist War
1889	Battle of Gallabat	Gallabat	Ethiopian-Mahdist War
1894	Battle of Kassala	Kassala	Mahdist War
1896	Battle of Hafir	Kerma	Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan
1897	Battle of Abu Hamed	Abu Hamad	Mahdist War
2 September 1898	Battle of Omdurman	Omdurman	Mahdist War
1898	Battle of Gedaref	Al Qadarif	Mahdist War
1899	Battle of Umm Diwaykarat	Kordofan	Mahdist War
10 June 1940	Capture of Kassala	Sudan	East African Campaign
1984	Operation Moses	Sudan	Jewish people
date unknown	Second Battle of El Teb		Mahdist War

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.