Category: Biographies
PAGE My First Journey to the Sudan--Return to Austria--My Second Journey--Corruption in the Sudan--Appointed Governor of Dara--Gordon in Darfur--He suppresses the Slave-trade--Zubeir Pasha and his Son Suleiman--The Gellabas, Jaalin, and Danagla--Retrospect of the First Causes...
Gordon returns to the Sudan--The Siege of Khartum--I join the Mahdi at Rahad--Interviews and first Impressions of the Mahdi--The Oath of Allegiance--Description of the Khalifa--...
22. CHAPTER II.Arrival at Om Shanga--Matrimonial Difficulties--A Sudanese Falstaff--Description of El Fasher--The Furs and the Tago--A Tale of Love and Perfidy--Founding of the Tungur Dynasty-...
27. CHAPTER VII.I advance on Shakka--The Battle of Om Waragat--Besieged in the Zariba--My Retreat on Dara through the Enemy's Country--The Illness and Death of Gottfried Rott--I despatch Secret...
29. CHAPTER IX.Dara besieged by Madibbo--I make a Successful Counter-Attack--The Overthrow of Darho--I decide to remain at Dara--The Defeat of Kuku Agha--A Strange Expedient for concealing Let...
35. CHAPTER XV.The Revolt of the Ashraf--Flight of Father Ohrwalder and the Two Sisters--The Khalifa revenges himself on the Ashraf--The Seizure and Execution of the Mahdi's Uncles--Zeki Tumma...
31. CHAPTER XI.Success of Khaled's Stratagem to entrap Darho--Execution of Darho--Sieges of Sennar and Kassala--Fall of Ahmed Wad Suleiman--The Khalifa and the Black Troops--Execution of the M...
23. CHAPTER III.Government Administration in Dara--My Difficulties with the Gellabas--Manners and Customs of the Arabs--Arrival at Shakka--Madibbo Bey Sheikh of the Rizighat--My Visit to Khartu...
37. CHAPTER XVII.Administration of Justice--The Kadi el Islam--Religion in the Sudan--The Khalifa's Sermons--Enforced Pilgrimage to the Mahdi's Tomb--Limits of the Mahdist Empire--Natural Produc...
39. CHAPTER XIX.I escape from the Town by Night--My Guides Zeki Belal and Mohammed--A Scare--130 Miles in 21 Hours--Our Camels break down--Hiding in the Gilif Mountains--Precautions against Sur...
33. CHAPTER XIII.Battle of Gallabat--Death of King John--The Revolt of Abu Gemmaiza--Defeats of the Mahdists--Death of Abu Gemmaiza--Preparations for the Invasion of Egypt--Execution of Sixty-se...
32. CHAPTER XII.Karamalla's Expedition to the Bahr el Ghazal--Madibbo's Quarrel with Karamalla--Affairs in Darfur--Execution of Madibbo--Defeat and Death of Sheikh Saleh el Kabbashi--Capture of...
21. CHAPTER I.My First Journey to the Sudan--Return to Austria--My Second Journey--Corruption in the Sudan--Appointed Governor of Dara--Gordon in Darfur--He suppresses the Slave-Trade--Zubeir...
36. CHAPTER XVI.The Person and Characteristics of Khalifa Abdullahi--The Fate of the Mahdist Chronicler--The Princesses of Darfur--The Khalifa's Family Life--His Harem--The Organisation of his...
24. CHAPTER IV.Early Life of Mohammed Ahmed, the Mahdi--The Religious Tarikas--Mohammed Ahmed quarrels with his Religious Superior--He is refused Forgiveness, and joins a Rival Sheikh--He is j...
25. CHAPTER V.I arrive at Dara--Despatch of an Officer to Shakka--Character of Zogal Bey--Return to El Fasher--Causes of my Unpopularity with the Officers--Disturbances at Om Shanga--The Sout...
40. CHAPTER XX.Africa, Past and Present--The Sudan, Past and Present--Rise, Progress, and Wane of Mahdism--How long will it last?--The Khalifa's Present Position--European Encroachment--"White...
28. CHAPTER VIII.The Execution of Said Pasha and the Brave Defenders of El Obeid--Spread of Belief in the Mahdi's Divinity--Sheikh Sennusi is offered, but refuses, the Position of Mahdi's Khalif...
38. CHAPTER XVIII.European Captives in Omdurman--Artin, the Watchmaker--Friends in Cairo--Efforts of my Family to help me--Difficulties of Communication--Babakr Abu Sebiba's Failure--Efforts of B...
34. CHAPTER XIV.Karamalla, from whom Osman Wad Adam had taken away all his Bazingers and female slaves, and who was now in a state of poverty in Omdurman, had, whilst Emir of the Bahr el Ghazal...
26. CHAPTER VI.Said Pasha, Governor-General of Kordofan, prepares to defend El Obeid--The Mahdi attacks the Town, but is repulsed with Great Loss--The Missionaries at Delen fall into the Mahdi...
20. CHAPTER XX.Africa, Past and Present--The Sudan, Past and Present--Rise, Progress, and Wane of Mahdism--How long will it last?--The Khalifa's Present Position--European Encroachment--"White...
10. CHAPTER X.Gordon returns to the Sudan--The Siege of Khartum--I join the Mahdi at Rahad--Interviews and first Impressions of the Mahdi--The Oath of Allegiance--Description of the Khalifa--...
7. CHAPTER VII.I advance on Shakka--The Battle of Om Waragat--Besieged in the Zariba--My Retreat on Dara through the Enemy's Country--The Illness and Death of Gottfried Rott--I despatch Secret...
9. CHAPTER IX.Dara besieged by Madibbo--I make a Successful Counter-Attack--The Overthrow of Darho--I decide to remain at Dara--The Defeat of Kuku Agha--A Strange Expedient for concealing Let...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The Execution of Said Pasha and the Brave Defender of El Obeid--Spread of Belief in the Mahdi's Divinity--Sheikh Sennusi is offered, but refuses, the Position of Mahdi's Khalifa...
5. CHAPTER V.I arrive at Dara--Despatch of an Officer to Shakka--Character of Zogal Bey--Return to El Fasher--Causes of my Unpopularity with the Officers--Disturbances at Om Shanga--The Sout...
4. CHAPTER IV.Early Life of Mohammed Ahmed, the Mahdi--The Religious Tarikas--Mohammed Ahmed quarrels with his Religious Superior--He is refused Forgiveness, and joins a Rival Sheikh--He is j...
2. CHAPTER II.Arrival at Om Shanga--Matrimonial Difficulties--A Sudanese Falstaff--Description of El Fasher--The Furs and the Tago--A Tale of Love and Perfidy--Founding of the Tungur Dynasty-...
11. CHAPTER XI.Success of Khaled's Stratagem to entrap Darho--Execution of Darho--Sieges of Sennar and Kassala--Fall of Ahmed Wad Suleiman--The Khalifa and the Black Troops--Execution of the M...
15. CHAPTER XV.The Revolt of the Ashraf--Flight of Father Ohrwalder and the Two Sisters--The Khalifa revenges himself on the Ashraf--The Seizure and Execution of the Mahdi's Uncles--Zeki Tumma...
12. CHAPTER XII.Karamalla's Expedition to the Bahr el Ghazal--Madibbo's Quarrel with Karamalla--Affairs in Darfur--Execution of Madibbo--Defeat and Death of Sheikh Saleh el Kabbashi--Capture of...
3. CHAPTER III.Government Administration in Dara--My Difficulties with the Gellabas--Manners and Customs of the Arabs--Arrival at Shakka--Madibbo Bey Sheikh of the Rizighat--My Visit to Khartu...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Battle of Gallabat--Death of King John--The Revolt of Abu Gemmaiza--Defeats of the Mahdists--Death of Abu Gemmaiza--Preparations for the Invasion of Egypt--Execution of Sixty-se...
6. CHAPTER VI.Said Pasha, Governor-General of Kordofan, prepares to defend El Obeid--The Mahdi attacks the Town, but is repulsed with Great Loss--The Missionaries at Delen fall into the Mahdi...
19. CHAPTER XIX.I escape from the Town by Night--My Guides Zeki Belal and Mohammed--A Scare--130 Miles in 24 Hours--Our Camels break down--Hiding in the Gilif Mountains--Precautions against Sur...
1. CHAPTER I.PAGE My First Journey to the Sudan--Return to Austria--My Second Journey--Corruption in the Sudan--Appointed Governor of Dara--Gordon in Darfur--He suppresses the Slave-trade--Z...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Administration of Justice--The Kadi el Islam--Religion in the Sudan--The Khalifa's Sermons--Enforced Pilgrimage to the Mahdi's Tomb--Limits of the Mahdist Empire--Natural Produc...
16. CHAPTER XVI.The Person and Characteristics of Khalifa Abdullahi--The Fate of the Mahdist Chronicler--The Princesses of Darfur--The Khalifa's Family Life--His Harem--The Organisation of his...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.European Captives in Omdurman--Artin, the Watchmaker--Friends in Cairo--Efforts of my Family to help me--Difficulties of Communication--Babakr Abu Sebiba's failure--Efforts of B...
14. CHAPTER XIV.