CHAPTER XI.

EARLY RULE OF KHALIFA ABDULLAHI.

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 Mudir of Kassala--My Journey to Abu Haraz--My Plans of Escape impracticable--The Khalifa presents me with a Wife--Mutiny of Black Soldiers at El Obeid--Death of the Emir Mahmud--Abu Anga seizes Khaled and throws him into Chains--Campaign in the Nuba Mountains--Lupton in Difficulties--He works in the Khartum Dockyard--Revolt of the Kababish--Difficulties begin with Abyssinia--Death of Klootz--Organisation of the Beit el Mal--The Khalifa's System of Jurisdiction 376