Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
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 of the Revolt in Bahr el Ghazal--Gessi's Campaigns--The Flight of Rabeh--Execution of Suleiman Zubeir--Effect of the Campaign on the Local Arabs 1