Pt. 1. The Turco - Egyptian period: 1820-81--The inauguration of the Turco - Egyptian regime: 1820-25--Settlement and stagnation: 1825-62--The era of the Khedive Ismaʻil: 1863-81----Pt. 3. The Mahdist state: 1881-98--The Mahdist revolution: 1885-5--The reign of the Khalifa ʻAbdallahi: 1885-98----Pt. 4. The Anglo-Egyptian condominium: 1899-1955--Pacification and consolidation: 1899-1913--War and revolt: 1914-24--A period of reaction: 1925-36--The development of Sudanese nationalism: 1937-52--Self-government and self-determination: 1953-6----Pt. 5. The independent Sudan--The first parliamentary and military regimes: 1956-64--The transitional government and the second parliamentary regime: 1964-9--The regime of Jaafar al-Nimeiri--The transitional government and the return to parliamentary rule