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Abd Allāh (1846–1899)

Sudanese ruler from 1885. He succeeded the Mahdi (Islamic leader) Muhammad Ahmed, but was defeated by British forces under General Kitchener at Omdurman in 1898. He was killed one year later at the battle of Umm Diwaykarat.

He controlled the Mahdists and ruled through a formal bureaucracy.



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The detachment's primary mission is to patrol southeastern Iraq--primarily Khawr Abd Allah and Khawr As Sabiyah, the waterways that separate Iraq from Iran and Iraq from Kuwait--and to fly maritime security operation patrols in the northern Arabian Gulf to protect vital infrastructure.
"The students are very disappointed because they paid a heavy price for supporting Khatami," said student leader Abd Allah Momeni, "but in return they got nothing.
Annan had said that UNIKOM, which continued to monitor the demilitarized zone and the Khawr Abd Allah, had "contributed to stability and calm" along the two countries' common border.
 
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