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What happened to Abd Allah after the Battle of Omdurman?
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Following the Battle of Omdurman on September 2, 1898, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad—the successor to the Mahdi—fled the capital with the remnants of his army, initially retreating to El Obeid in Kordofan.12
Although he remained at large for over a year, he was unable to organize a successful resistance against the consolidating British forces. In November 1899, an Anglo-Egyptian column led by Sir Reginald Wingate was dispatched to engage him. On November 24, 1899, at the Battle of Umm Diwaykarat, the remaining Mahdist forces were defeated, and Abd Allah was killed in the fighting.34