Wad Habuba Revolt

The Wad Habuba Revolt (Arabic: ثورة ود حبوبة) was an uprising in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in mid-1908. Its causes laid in religious opposition to Christian British rule in Sudan, and a desire to restore the Mahdist State. It was led Mahdist War veteran, Abd al-Qadir Muhammad Imam Wad Habuba. It began in April, when al-Qadir took over the town of Tugur with 40 followers. From there, the rebellion spread to Katfia. Colonial authorities took the revolt very seriously and dispatched 2 infantry companies to quell the uprising. By the end of April, Katfia had been bloodlessly recaptured. On the night of 2 May, the rebels attempted to retake Katfia from the British, but were unsuccessful, with 35 of them killed in the battle, while the British forces, led by Ernest Arthur Dickinson^[2] (b. 1864,^[3] Governor of Blue Nile province 1905–1914^[3]) suffered 17 killed and wounded.^[2] By 3 May, the revolt had ended and al-Qadir had left for Omdurman on a donkey.^[2]