# Battle of Manawashi (25 October 1874)

URL: https://allhistories.com/sudan/timeline/1874-battle-of-manawashi
Location: Manawashi, Darfur, Sudan
Themes: battle

On 25 October 1874 the Fur army of Sultan Ibrahim met the forces of al-Zubayr at Manawashi, after Ibrahim had retreated from an earlier assault on Dara on 16 October. The Fur, mostly armed with spears and swords, were defeated by Zubayr's rifles and the sultan was killed. Daly gives 23 October, and another source implies 30 October. Hundreds of Fur fighters died. Ibrahim had offered to submit to the khedive on 17 August, but the letter arrived too late. After the battle Zubayr marched on El Fasher. The Fur defeat destroyed the Keira army and left the royal family scattered. The victory also left Zubayr in command of a province he had conquered for Egypt but expected to govern. Survivors fled to the Marra Mountains. At the date of this event the principal authority over the largest part of historic Sudan, by the convention of this dataset, lay with Ismail Ayyub Pasha, Governor-General of Sudan (1873–1877). Locally, Yusuf ibn Muhammad al-Sharif (Sultan of Wadai, 1874–1898); Hajjam Hasab Allah (Sultan of Dar Masalit, 1874–1883) held authority in the region concerned. Manawashi ended the independence of Darfur after about two and a half centuries of Keira rule. Its aftermath brought Zubayr and Egypt into conflict and set the stage for later revolts. Darfur would later be restored briefly by Ali Dinar, and the memory of the Fur defeat remains part of the region's sense of historic grievance and political identity.

## Why it matters
Manawashi destroyed the Fur army and ended Darfur's independence.

Ruler at the Time: [Ismail Ayyub Pasha](https://allhistories.com/sudan/rulers/ismail-ayyub-pasha)

## Sources
- [Conquest of Darfur (1873–1874)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_Darfur_(1873%E2%80%931874))
- [Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Zubayr_Rahma_Mansur)
- [Sultanate of Darfur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Darfur)