 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mohammed Ahmed al-Mahdi akanyoresa vanhu veSudan mune izvo zvaakataura kuti jihad kurwisa manejimendi aive akavakirwa muKhartoum, iyo yaitongwa nevaIjipita nevaTurkey. Hurumende yeKhartoum pakutanga yakaramba shanduko yaMahdi; akakunda nhume mbiri dzakatumwa kunomubata mukati megore. Simba raMahdi rakawedzera, uye kudaidzira kwake kwakapararira muSudan yose, neboka rake richizivikanwa seAnsar. Munguva imwe cheteyo, kuchinja kweUrabi kwakatanga muEgypt, neBritain ichipinda munyika muna 1882. Britain yakasarudza Charles Gordon kuti ave Gavhuna Mukuru weSudan. Mwedzi yakati kuti asvika muKhartoum uye mushure mekurwa kwakati wandei nevapanduki veMahdi, mauto eMahdist akatora Khartoum, uye Gordon akaurayiwa mumuzinda wake. Mahdi haana kurarama kwenguva refu pashure pokukunda uku, uye mutsivi wake Abdallahi ibn Muhammad akasimbisa nyika itsva, ine gadziriro dzokutonga nedzemitemo dzakavakirwa pakududzira kwavo mutemo wechiIslam. 