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Osman Digna (Arabic: عثمان دقنة )(c.
1836 -
1926) was a follower of the
Mahdi in
Sudan, from
Hadendoa tribe,
Beja people. His birthplace is unknown; both
Suakin and
Rouen,
France were said to be the town where he was born. When he was called Osman Ali, Osman Digna lived in
Alexandria,
Egypt, where he dealt in the selling of slaves. After the
English forced him to quit his business, he took part in the revolt of
Ahmed 'Urabi. After the failure of that movement at the
Battle of Tel al-Kebir (
September 13,
1882), he attached himself to the cause of the
Mahdi.
About this time he received the name Digna because of the fullness of his beard. He maintained himself at the head of a powerful army around Suakin and inflicted a
severe defeat on
Baker Pasha near
Tokar, southeast of that place, on
February 4,
1884. Immediately after this victory, however, he was defeated by
General Graham near Tokar and at
Tamanieh. As the Mahdi's ablest general, he was largely responsible for the fate of
Gordon and the loss of the Sudan to Eygpt and the only foreign commander broke the British
infantry square in
Battle of Tamai, yet he lost the Battle. In December,
1888, he suffered a bloody reverse at the hands of
General Grenfell at Suakin, where he lost an arm. In
1899 he fought in the last campaign of the Mahdist forces, whose strength had been broken in the previous year at
Omdurman. On
January 19,
1900, he was captured near Tokar and sent as a prisoner to
Rosetta. He served in prison for eight years and after his release remained in Egypt until his death in 1926.
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