This was after the commercial and urban movement expanded there, and it became an important commercial market in the land of Sudan. Hence, this economic prosperity and urban flourishing under the rule of Sultan Adam Dablo helped in preserving the independence of his country and enjoying self-rule. He remained in this state of independence until the Mahdist Revolution in Sudan. Even during the course of that revolution and its control over Sudan, the Sultan remained hesitant for a long time to accept the Mahdist sovereignty over his region.

However, there were historical changes that led to his joining the Mahdist Revolution and submitting to the rule of the Mahdi. This is because when the Mahdi managed to capture the city of El Obeid, the capital of Kordofan province, the Sultan of Taqali, Adam Dablo, went himself to the Mahdi, accompanied by some members of his family, to El Obeid to declare his allegiance to the Mahdi. However, the Mahdi arrested him, imprisoned him, killed some of his followers, and Sultan Adam Dablo died in prison.

However, the incorporation of his sultanate under the Mahdist banner and the death of its Sultan in prison did not end the state of unrest and chaos in the country. This is because matters remained disturbed and unstable, especially due to the dispute among the sons of Sultan Adam Dablo over succeeding to the throne of the country, which intensified sedition and increased in the country, and the country began to move towards civil war. Consequently, this situation was one of the reasons that led Abdullah al-Ta'aishi, the Khalifa of the Mahdi, to launch a strong campaign to Taqali in 1887 AD. This campaign managed to put an end to this internal sedition after it had wielded the sword against those who rebelled against the system and the Sharia.

However, when the Egyptian government re-entered Sudan, the Sultanate of Taqali was able to restore its political position in Sudan, and the Sultan declared his submission to the new Egyptian administration, after Taqali became part of the Kordofan province.