Back التجريدة الإنجليزية المصرية على دارفور Arabic Campanya de Darfur Catalan Anglo-ägyptische Darfurexpedition German Expedição Anglo-Egípcia a Darfur Portuguese Англо-египетская кампания в Дарфуре Russian Дарфурська експедиція Ukrainian
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The invasion of Darfur was the military invasion and occupation of the Sultanate of Darfur by the British Empire and the Sultanate of Egypt from 16 March to 6 November 1916. The sultan of Darfur, Ali Dinar, had been reinstated by the British after their victory in the Mahdist War but during World War I he grew restive, refusing his customary tribute to the Sudanese government and showing partiality to the Ottoman Empire in 1915.
Sirdar Reginald Wingate then organized a force of around 2,000 men; under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Philip James Vandeleur Kelly, the force entered Darfur in March 1916 and decisively defeated the Fur Army at Beringia and occupied the capital al-Fashir in May. Ali Dinar had already fled to the mountains and his attempts to negotiate a surrender were eventually broken off by the British. His location becoming known, a small force was sent after him and the sultan was killed in action in November 1916. Subsequently, Darfur was fully annexed to the British administration of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and remained part of Sudan upon its independence.
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