History of Sudan association with the single largest political grouping, the [[National Umma Party Sudan|Umma Party]] (once led by a descendant of the Mahdi, [[Sadiq al Mahdi]]). Taking advantage of conditions resulting from Ottoman-Egyptian exploitation and maladministration, the Mahdi led a nationalist revolt culminating in the fall of [[Khartoum]] on 26 January 1885. The interim governor-general of the Sudan, the British Major-General [[Charles George Gordon]], and many of the fifty thousand inhabitants of Khartoum were massacred. The Mahdi died in June 1885. He was followed by [[Abdallahi ibn Muhammad]], known as the [[Caliph|Khalifa]], who began an expansion of Sudan's area into Ethiopia. Following
Khartoum North Khartoum North Khartoum North or Bahri (, "al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī") is a neighborhood in the northern region of Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of Sudan. It is located on the north bank of the Blue Nile and east bank of River Nile near its confluence with the White and bridges connect it with Khartoum to its south and Omdurman to its west. It is thought to have a population of over a million, but the last Sudanese census occurred in 1993 when its population was only 900,000. The original settlement at Khartoum North, Halfaya, was long the largest settlement in