The Battle of El Obeid was fought between Anglo-Egyptian forces under the command of Hicks Pasha and forces of Mohammed Ahmed, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, on a plain near the town of Al Ubayyid ( El Obeid ) on November 3-5, 1883.

The poem's self-proclaimed fragmentary nature combined with Coleridge's warning about the poem in the preface turns Kubla Khan into an " anti-poem ", a work that lacks structure, order, and leaves the reader confused instead of enlightened.

Elin Carlson, a self-proclaimed " trekkie ", performs the vocal line in the re-recording.

In 1990, Alfred Bielek, a self-proclaimed former crew-member of the USS Eldridge and an alleged witness of the " Experiment ", supported the version as it was portrayed in the film.

As the self-proclaimed " King of Thieves ", he was depicted as a thief of great cunning but even greater ego, which typically resulted in him getting in over his head in one scenario after another.

A protracted 1997 flame war erupted between newsgroup users and Mike Enlow, the self-proclaimed " world's most-respected information broker / technology marketing consultant ", who spammed the newsgroups with an advertisement that included a picture of himself.

He makes occasional appearances on This Week in Tech, where he is a self-proclaimed " nerd ", and also participated in the Consumer Electronics Show 2010.

Irving's self-proclaimed mission was to guide " promising young men " in Germany in the " right direction " ( Irving has often stated his belief that women exist for a " certain task, which is producing us ", and should be " subservient to men "; leading, in Lipstadt's view, to a lack of interest on Irving's part in guiding young German women in the " right direction ").

In addition to styling itself " The Peanut Capital of the World ", Dothan is also the self-proclaimed " Hub of the Wiregrass ".

Herschell Gordon Lewis, the self-proclaimed " godfather of gore ", created the splatter film in 1963 with the release of Blood Feast.

Wu Zetian ( ( c. 625 – 705 ), also known as Wu Zhao or Wu Chao and as Wu-hou or Wu Hou (), and during the Tang Dynasty as Tian Hou ( 天后 ), Dynasty ), and in English translation as Empress Consort Wu, or the deprecated term " Empress Wu " was a Chinese sovereign, who ruled officially under the name of her self-proclaimed " Zhou Dynasty ", from 690 to 705 ; however, she had previous imperial positions, under both Taizong and his son Gaozong, of the Tang Dynasty, in China.

Introduced as a self-proclaimed " rogue demon hunter ", Wesley reveals that he was fired from the Watchers ' Council for incompetence, but is soon accepted into supernatural detective agency Angel Investigations, working alongside Angel and Cordelia ( effectively filling the gap left by the death of Doyle ( Glenn Quinn )).

Phillip Vannini, associate professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University, quotes " self-proclaimed net sex commentator " George Kranz, who views recent American interpretations of bukkake as a " significant advance in human behaviour ", emphasising the lively, almost party-like atmosphere of American bukkake videos compared to the more subdued Japanese style.

The use of " The First " ordinal is also common to self-proclaimed ephemeral " kings " or " emperors ", such as Dessalines, Christophe and Soulouque in Haiti, Iturbide in Mexico, Zog in Albania, Bokassa in Central African Republic, or the adventurer Boris Skossyreff in Andorra.

In May of 2012, self-proclaimed " Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel " band Yeasayer officially released " Henrietta ", the first single from their third album " Fragrant World ".

He is a self-proclaimed expert in the martial art referred to in the cartoon as " kung moggie ", though his skills do not do him much good in practice.

His experience with the French, first as a client, then as the self-proclaimed leader of the " royal crusade for independence ", apparently led him to conclude that the United States, like France, would eventually be forced to leave Southeast Asia.

In 2003, after receiving advice and endorsement from The Rock, Christian self-proclaimed himself as the new " People's Champion ", and began calling his fans " The Peeps ".

As a self-proclaimed " veteran friendly institution ", it served many active military personnel, military civilian employees and military family members from nearby military installations and surrounding communities attending classes.

Numerous regional variations exist, the best-known being the cassoulet from Castelnaudary, the self-proclaimed " Capital of Cassoulet ", Toulouse, and Carcassonne.

As a self-proclaimed " fan of multitracking ", he created an atmospheric, layered " wall of sound ", which became a hallmark of the band's production style ( with the exception of their self-titled album which featured no samples, or vocal layering ).

* Bill Foster ( performer ) ( 1932 – 2000 ), entertainer, self-proclaimed " World's Fastest Beer Drinker ", and band leader on The Man Show

Later, in De dolle musketiers ( book # 18, 1953 ), Jerom ( called Jethro in the UK version ), the self-proclaimed " strongest man in the western hemisphere ", was introduced.

* The character " Fillmore ", referring to the famous San Francisco music venue The Fillmore, was at one time to be named " Waldmire " after Bob Waldmire, a self-proclaimed hippie artist known to Rt.

The deposed Emperor attempted to escape in a boat with his wife Agnes and his mistress, but was captured ( note that by some, Andronikos not only survived, but also managed to escape to the then self-proclaimed Kingdom of Cyprus ).

Ena was the street's busybody, battleaxe and self-proclaimed moral voice.

In America, the most famous pragmatist and self-proclaimed postmodernist was Richard Rorty.

Fuhrmann was replaced in the early 1980s by Peter W. Schutz, an American manager and self-proclaimed 911 aficionado.

The self-proclaimed Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid Khalid Bin Barghash, was exiled in St Helena from 1917 to 1921 before being transferred to the Seychelles.

The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, the rebel faction of the Taiping Rebellion in 1860s Qing China was a heterodox Christian Theocracy led by the self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ, Hong Xiuquan.

This self-proclaimed threat was hostile to Theodosius ' interests, since the reigning emperor Valentinian II, Maximus ' enemy, was his ally.

The pro-war Provisional Government was opposed by self-proclaimed Petrograd Soviet of Workers ' and Soldiers ' Deputies, dominated by leftist parties.

In November 2004, Australian authorities apprehended Nick Marinellis of Sydney, the self-proclaimed head of Australian 419ers who later boasted that he had " 220 African brothers worldwide " and that he was " the Australian headquarters for those scams ".

After the latter's death in 1356, the region was conquered by Nikephoros Orsini, and after his death three years later, it was taken over by the self-proclaimed Serbian emperor Simeon Uroš.

The Low Countries, Flanders, Brabant and Holland, were part of the inheritance of Philip II of Spain, who was a devout Catholic and self-proclaimed protector of the Counter-Reformation, and suppressed Protestantism through his Governor-general or Regent, Margaret of Parma the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Charles V, was herself more willing to compromise.

Calvinists have taught that a gradual process of corruption was predicted in the New Testament, that this process began within the New Testament era itself, and culminated in a self-proclaimed corrective brought about by the Protestant Reformation.

It seemed clear that " Emmanuel " was not his real name, but had something to do with his self-proclaimed calling as a prophet of God and minister to the homeless.

In 1921 he started a self-proclaimed military government in Guangzhou and was elected Grand Marshal.

The prosecutor was Gabriel-Faustin M ' Boudou, the Chief Prosecutor of the CAR, who called various witnesses to testify against Bokassa, which included remembering victims ranging from political enemies to a newborn son of a palace guard commander who had been executed for attempting to kill Bokassa in 1978 when he was the self-proclaimed emperor.

Artaxerxes V, also known as Bessus ( died summer 329 BC ) was a prominent Persian ( Iranian ) satrap of Bactria in Persia, and later self-proclaimed king of the Persian Empire.

His self-proclaimed ascension was logical, since the satrap of Bactria, known as mathišta, was the noble next in the line of succession to the Persian throne.