Round 4: Tossup 15
Description acceptable. After this government’s fall, pilgrims went to Aba Island out of belief it would be restored by the second coming of Jesus. This government mass-produced standardized garments called jibba given to every male citizen. This government formed a truce after its forces led by Zeki Tummal killed a ruler at Gallabat. This government briefly allied with Menelik II against Italy before signing the Rodd Treaty. This government’s soldiers were sensationalized as (*) “dervishes” by British officials during a media frenzy over the failure of Garnet Wolseley’s relief force. Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, or “the Khalifa,” led this government from the city of Omdurman after it defeated “Chinese” Gordon’s garrison. For 10 points, name or describe this Islamist government led by Muhammad Ahmad that seized Khartoum from British Egypt. ■END■
ANSWER: Mahdist State [or Mahdist Sudan; accept Sudanese Mahdiyya or Al-Dawla al-Mahdiyah; accept answer any description of the government or regime of the Mahdi; accept answers describing the government of Muhammad Ahmad until last mention of “Muhammad”; accept answers describing the government of Khalifah al-Mahdi or Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad until “Khalifa” is mentioned]
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