Mahdist War - Quiz
Mahdist War
  • 1. What colonial system was established in Sudan after the Mahdist War?
A) Italian colony
B) Anglo-Egyptian administration
C) French protectorate
D) Ottoman province
  • 2. In what year did Sudan gain its independence?
A) 1966
B) 1956
C) 1899
D) 1939
  • 3. Which group sided with the Mahdists during their war against Ethiopia?
A) Sufi orders
B) Khartoum elite
C) Tukrir
D) Omdurman
  • 4. What is the name of the patched tunic worn by Mahdist soldiers?
A) Shahada
B) Jibba
C) Rayya
D) Muraqqa'a
  • 5. After which battle did the British take a large portion of Mahdist textile booty back to Britain?
A) Battle of Shaykan
B) Battle of Abu Klea
C) Battle of Omdurman
D) Siege of Khartoum
  • 6. What served as the inspiration for the design of Mahdist flags and jibbas?
A) Egyptian colonial dress
B) Ethiopian tribal clothing
C) Traditional Sufi textiles
D) British military uniforms
  • 7. What specific phrase was added to Mahdist flags to claim the Mahdi's status?
A) There is no God but Allah
B) O Lord of Majesty and Generosity
C) Muḥammad al-Mahdī khalifat rasūl Allah
D) O Allah! O Ever-living
  • 8. Where was the 'Tailor of Flags' established after the fall of Khartoum?
A) Shaykan
B) Cairo
C) London
D) Omdurman
  • 9. In the context of the Mahdist army, what did the term 'rayya' come to signify?
A) A division of troops
B) A type of material
C) A religious saint
D) A colonial governor
  • 10. What were the three main divisions of the Mahdist army based on flag colors?
A) Blue, White, and Gold
B) Red, Yellow, and Blue
C) Black, Green, and Red
D) Black, White, and Yellow
  • 11. What did the wearing of the patched jibba symbolize for the followers?
A) Wealth and prosperity
B) Rejection of material wealth
C) Membership in the British army
D) High military rank
  • 12. Why did the Mahdi decree that the jibba should be worn by all his soldiers?
A) Because of fabric shortages
B) To keep them warm in winter
C) To enforce unity and cohesion
D) To identify them to the British
  • 13. Which film depicts the Battle of Abu Klea and the Battle of Shaykan?
A) The Four Feathers (1939)
B) Omdurman (1999)
C) Khartoum (1966)
D) The Four Feathers (2002)
  • 14. Which film adaptation focuses on the Battle of Abu Klea?
A) Khartoum (1966)
B) The Four Feathers (1939)
C) The Four Feathers (2002)
D) The Mahdi (1980)
  • 15. What was the purpose of the colored patches on the later Mahdist jibbas?
A) To denote rank and military division
B) To repair tears in the fabric
C) To provide camouflage
D) To signal surrender
  • 16. What was one of the reasons for Sudanese anger toward Egyptian rulers?
A) They banned all forms of Sufi worship.
B) They imposed high taxes on farmers.
C) They were perceived as foreign rulers.
D) They favored British economic interests.
  • 17. Which Christian individual was appointed to a high position by the Egyptian rulers, causing religious anger?
A) Rauf Pasha
B) Charles Gordon
C) Yusef Pasha
D) Rashid Bay Ahman
  • 18. Who proclaimed himself the Mahdi in the 1870s?
A) Yusef Pasha
B) Muhammad Ahmad
C) Rauf Pasha
D) Abdullahi ibn Muhammad
  • 19. Who was the governor of Sudan in August 1881?
A) Charles Gordon
B) Rashid Bay Ahman
C) Rauf Pasha
D) Muhammad Ahmad
  • 20. Where did the first conflict involving the Mahdi's followers occur?
A) Fashoda
B) Khartoum
C) Kordofan
D) Aba Island
  • 21. What caused the two Egyptian companies at Aba Island to destroy each other?
A) They were misled by false orders.
B) They mutinied against their commanders.
C) They fired blindly on one another.
D) They suffered from a food shortage.
  • 22. Where did the Mahdi retreat to after the Battle of Aba?
A) Fashoda
B) Cairo
C) Kordofan
D) Medina
  • 23. What was the name given to the Mahdi's followers?
A) Irregulars
B) Quraysh
C) Ansar
D) Caliphs
  • 24. Who commanded the Egyptian expedition from Fashoda that was slaughtered in 1881?
A) Rauf Pasha
B) Colonel Rashid Bay Ahman
C) Yusef Pasha
D) Charles Gordon
  • 25. What did the Mahdi call his flight from the British?
A) Jihad
B) Mahdiyya
C) Ansar
D) Hijrah
  • 26. Who represented Abu Bakr Al Sidiq within the Mahdi's movement?
A) Muhammad Ahmad
B) Rashid Bay Ahman
C) Abdullahi ibn Muhammad
D) Yusef Pasha
  • 27. On what date did the Mahdi lead a dawn assault against Yusef Pasha's forces?
A) 7 June 1882
B) August 1881
C) November 1881
D) 9 December 1881
  • 28. What title did Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah proclaim for himself?
A) The Khedive
B) The Sultan
C) The Mahdi
D) The Caliph
  • 29. In what year did the Mahdist War conclude?
A) 1956
B) 1898
C) 1881
D) 1899
  • 30. Which of these empires was involved in the Mahdist War conflicts?
A) German Empire
B) Russian Empire
C) Spanish Empire
D) Ethiopian Empire
  • 31. What name was given to the Turco-Egyptian administration in Sudan?
A) The Khedivate
B) The Turkiyah
C) The Condominium
D) The Mahdiyya
  • 32. What class of merchants specialized in long-distance trade?
A) Turco-Egyptians
B) Khedives
C) Jallāba
D) Mahdists
  • 33. What international commission took control of Egypt's revenues in 1876?
A) Caisse de la Dette Publique
B) The Suez Authority
C) The Ottoman Commission
D) The Mahdist Council
  • 34. What was the main reason for Egypt's massive foreign debt under Ismail Pasha?
A) Military defeat
B) Loss of trade routes
C) Internal famine
D) Modernization projects
  • 35. Which trader-warlord did Charles George Gordon attempt to defeat?
A) Earl Granville
B) Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur
C) Muhammad Ahmad
D) Tewfik Pasha
  • 36. What was the attitude of the British government towards the Sudan before the reconquest?
A) Fully funded the military
B) Eager for annexation
C) Refused direct responsibility
D) Supported the Mahdists
  • 37. Who commanded the Hicks expedition?
A) Sir Evelyn Baring
B) John Stewart
C) William Hicks
D) Charles Gordon
  • 38. How many Nordenfelt guns did the Hicks expedition have?
A) 6
B) 12
C) 4
D) 10
  • 39. What city was the Hicks expedition intending to relieve, but had already fallen?
A) El-Obeid
B) Tokar
C) Sennar
D) Khartoum
  • 40. How many survivors were there from the Egyptian army at the Battle of El Obeid?
A) 500
B) 12
C) 7,300
D) 1,000
  • 41. Who was the British Consul-general in Egypt who requested a British officer to coordinate the withdrawal?
A) Sir Evelyn Baring
B) Sir Edgar Vincent
C) Sir Auckland Colvin
D) Earl Granville
  • 42. Which rebellion had Charles Gordon previously gained renown for commanding?
A) Mahdist War
B) Sudanese Revolt
C) Taiping Rebellion
D) Egyptian Uprising
  • 43. When did Gordon leave England for his Sudan mission?
A) 24 January 1884
B) 18 January 1884
C) 15 March 1884
D) 18 February 1884
  • 44. What was one of the two main orders given to Gordon?
A) Conquer the Mahdi
B) Collect debt repayments
C) Annex Sudan for Britain
D) Evacuate all Egyptian garrisons
  • 45. When did Gordon arrive in Khartoum?
A) 15 March 1884
B) 18 January 1884
C) 24 January 1884
D) 18 February 1884
  • 46. According to H. W. Gordon, until what date could British officers have easily escaped Khartoum?
A) 15 March 1884
B) 14 December 1884
C) 18 February 1884
D) 3 November 1883
  • 47. How long did the siege of Khartoum last?
A) 313 days
B) 200 days
C) 100 days
D) 500 days
  • 48. Who led the Anglo-Egyptian Army during the reconquest of Sudan?
A) Sir Gerald Graham
B) Reginald Wingate
C) Sir Garnet Wolseley
D) Herbert Kitchener
  • 49. What technological advantage did Kitchener's army possess against the Mahdists?
A) Chemical weapons
B) Air support
C) Maxim machine-guns
D) Tanks
  • 50. Which former prisoner of the Khalifa wrote a detailed account of his captivity to influence British public opinion?
A) Colonel Arimondi
B) Father Joseph Ohrwalder
C) Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand
D) Rudolf Carl von Slatin
  • 51. Which treaty required Ethiopia to facilitate the evacuation of Egyptian garrisons?
A) Hewett Treaty
B) Treaty of Khartoum
C) Treaty of Fashoda
D) Treaty of Adwa
  • 52. Which country handed over control of Kassala to the British in 1897?
A) Ethiopia
B) Egypt
C) Italy
D) France
Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.