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1916
March
01
Start of the war with the Sultan of Darfur
At the beginning of March 1916 the Governor of Sudan, Reginald Wingate, decided to strike at the Sultan of Darfur, Ali Dinar, who had sided with Turkey in 1915.
16
Sudanese troops enter Darfur
On 16 March 1916 Kelly's mounted units left En Nahud for the Darfur border. By the end of March they held the wells of Umm Shanga and Jebel el Hilla.
May
22
Action at Beringia
On 22 May 1916 the army of Ali Dinar, Sultan of Darfur, hurled itself at Kelly's square at Beringia. In 40 minutes it was shattered by guns and Maxims.
23
Capture of El Fasher
On 23 May 1916 Kelly's mounted troops entered the deserted capital of Darfur. Sultan Ali Dinar fled to the hills; John Slessor bombed his men from the air.
November
06
Death of Sultan Ali Dinar
At dawn on 6 November 1916 Major Huddleston's column fell on Ali Dinar's camp near Jebel Juba. The last Sultan of Darfur was killed by a bullet to the head.
December
31
End of the Darfur campaign
The British chronology of the war takes 31 December 1916 as the end of the Sudanese campaign in Darfur. The former sultanate became a province of the Sudan.