CHAPTER XII.

EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SUDAN.

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 Charles Neufeld--My Interview with him--Arrival of Abu Anga's Army in Omdurman--Destruction of the Gehéna Tribe--The Conspiracy of "Saidna Isa"--Abu Anga's Campaign in Abyssinia--Sack of Gondar--Terrible Fate of the Captives--Osman Adam's Campaign in Darfur--Death of Sultan Yusef--Instances of the Khalifa's Tyranny--Building of the Mahdi's Tomb--Letters from Home--Death of my Mother--Death of Lupton--Nejumi ordered to invade Egypt 411