Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

This article is about the specific polity Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt in the territories of present-day Sudan and South Sudan.

Establishment

June 1899: Abbas II of Egypt and the British decided to re-establish control over Sudan. Leading a joint Egyptian-British force, Lord Kitchener led military campaigns from 1896 to 1898. In 1899, Britain and Egypt formally agreed to establish a joint protectorate: Egypt on the basis of its previous claims and Britain by right of conquest. At this point the protectorate encompassed modern-day Sudan and South Sudan as well as the Sarra triangle.

Chronology

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1. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

1.1.World War I African Theatre

Was the African Theatre of World War I.

January 1917: The British incorporated Darfur into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1916.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1901: Uganda was made into a British protectorate at the end of the 19th century. Prior to this, the region was divided between several closely related kingdoms.

December 1903: The Territory of Oubangui-Chari is created by decree by French authorities.

January 1911: In 1910, following the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State as the Belgian Congo in 1908 and the death of the Belgian King in December 1909, British authorities reclaimed the Lado Enclave as per the Anglo-Congolese treaty signed in 1894, and added the territory to Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

January 1915: The borders of the Eastern Province of Uganda is defined.

Disestablishment

January 1925: After Egyptian independence in 1922 as the Kingdom of Egypt, Britain gradually assumed more control of the condominium of Sudan, edging out Egypt almost completely by 1924.