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The History Chap Podcast
204: Dawn Attack on the Nile: The Battle of Firket 1896
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Chris Green
The Battle of Firket (also called the battle of Ferkeh or Firka), 7th June 1896, Sudan.
It was the opening battle in General Kitchener's invasion of the Mahdist, fundametal Muslim state, that would end with his victory at the battle of Omdurman two years later.
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