Object Number: E5312

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: Clothing

Description: Cotton garment with coloured patches. Mahdist state proclaimed 1880s, when Mohammed Ahmed declared himself Mahdi (the rightly guided one) and began to cleanse state of corruption. Overthrew Turco? - Egypt gov. in Khantown. Mahdist state collapsed after Battle of Omdurman 1898, but it was still an important political force.