INDEX.

The following letters appended to names of persons signify: A. Ashraf, descended from the Prophet; C. Commander; D. Danagla or Dongolawi; E. Emir; G. Governor; J. Jaalin; K. King; Kfa. Khalifa; M. Mahdi; P. Pasha; S. Sultan; Sh. Sheikh.

Abakr, S., Begu, 149, 157, 190, 225, 251, 261. Abba, Island of, Mahdi's home, 123, 126, 136. Abd el Kader, Mahdi's uncle, 286; P., G. Gen. Sudan, 147; his advice, 232. Abderrahman, K. Darfur, 43; and Napoleon, 44; Abderrahman ben Naga's warning, 286. Abdul Kerim, Mahdi's cousin, 286; to Sennar, 380, 383. Abdullahi bin Sayd Mohammed, Khalifa el Mahdi, W. Arab, early history, 127, 514; proclaimed Khalifa, 281; appearance, 285; commands "blue flag," 303; succeeds Mahdi, 370; coinage, 407; "signs and commands," 409; tyranny, 429; seizes Nile boats, 431; Mahdi's Dome, 432; Dr. Wahrmund's letter, 447; brethren arrive, 449; writes to Queen, etc., 450; illness, 496; fortifies Atbara, 507; fiendish character, 516; harem, 520; postal service, 527; how he rides abroad, 528; reviews, 530; present army, etc., 535; frontiers, 537; treasuries, 538; timidity, 562; house at Omdurman, 567; his "blackholes," 571. Abdullahi Dudbenga, Harun's cousin, S., 85, 211, 377. Abdullahi om Dramo, Sh. Messeria, 192; joins Madibbo, 251. Abo Bey, C. Toweisha, disloyal, 204; moves on Dara, 249. Abu Anga, E. of Blacks, 174; befriends Slatin, 329; reduces Kordofan, 355, 397; marches to Omdurman, 422; beats Abyssinians, 426; dies much lamented, 426. Abu es Saud, attacks Abba, 136. Abu "Falja" (Mahdi), 289. Abu Gemmaisa, his rebellion, 442. Abu Girga, D. E. Gezira, 283; besieges Khartum, 302; repulsed, 300; to Kassala, 405; joins Osman Digna, 433; at Kassala, 472; sent to Reggaf, 496. Abyssinians take Gallabat, 404; beaten by Abu Anga, 426; King John's death, 439. Adam Amer, C. El Fasher, 203. Adlan, Ibrahim, in charge of Beit el Mal, 382, 407; his new offices, 408; hung, 463. Afifi Wad Ahmed, Sh. Habbania, 158; killed, 207. Agordat, battle of, 502. Ahmed ed Dalia, executioner, 240, 430, 447. Ahmed el Makur, K. Darfur, 41. Ahmed Fedil, Khalifa's cousin, commands Blacks, 480; to Gedarif, 503. Ahmed Katong, lame Arab, 68. Ahmed Wad Ali, at Kassala, 433; E., 472; comes to Omdurman, 495; back to Gallabat, 496, 500; routed by Italians, and killed, 502. Ahmed Wad Ali, "Kadi el Islam," 231; with Khalifa, 286, 505; starved, 575. Ahmed Wad Suleiman, E. Beit el Mal, 177, 231; with Khalifa, 286; discharged, 381, 480; condemned, 485. Ala ed Din, P., G. Gen. Sudan, 3. Ali Bey Sherif, G. Kordofan, 7; G. Darfur, 88; at El Fasher, 96; Slatin succeeds, 103, 108; submissive, 383, 406. Ansar, "helpers," 141, 309. Arab clothes, 114; courage, 146, 154, 159, 208, 223, 414, 447; customs, 114; food, 34, 114; greed of gain, 20; oath of fealty, 120; tactics, 52, 196, 198; treachery, 240. Arabs, Baggara, 29, 46; Batahin, 446; Bedeyat, 107, 117; Beni Helba, 45; country, 71, 205, 218; revolt, 218; chastised, 222; Ereikat, 45; Gehéna, 146; destroyed, 423; Gimeh, transported, 386; Gowama, 230, 427; Habbania, join Suleiman, 17; against him, 26; rise, 148; Hawazma, 19, 146; Homr, 19; Kababish, plundered, 402; Khawabir, restless, 58, 205; Maalia, rise, 148, 154, 155, 182; Maheria, 46; rise, 244; Massalit, 110; Mima, restless, 58, 84, 205, 209, 248; Misseria, 19, 182, 218; Rizighat, 19; from Ruzeik, 45; independence of, 45; rise, 148; decimated and divided, 46; join Suleiman, 17; against him, 26; rise, 148, 427; Shaigi, loyal, 146; to Khartum, 302; Tago, 182, 218; Taaisha, 29, 438; masters, 563; Zaghawa, 113, 182; Zayedia, 244. Arabs, animosity between E. and W. tribes, 129, 381, 476. Arifi Wad Ahmed, Sh. Habbania, 22. Artin, Armenian watchmaker, 578. Ashraf, 478; starved and beaten to death, 485; property confiscated, 486, 494. Atbara River, 625. Babakr Abu Sebiba, 581. Bahr el Ghazal, subject to Darfur, 47; Black population, 13, 194; recruiting ground, 509; penetrated by Congo State, 510; its importance to Egypt, 626. Bairam, 317, 422, 529; trooping colours at, 529. Bara, captured by Mahdi, 174. Barnu, Ismail Wad, 22, 149, 251, 261. Batahin, execution of, 446. Bazingers, 7. Bee-keeping in Sudan, 77. Begu, tribe of Bahr el Ghazal, 44; S., 190. Beit el Mal, 231, 241, 431, 538. Berber, fall of, 290. Beresford, Lord Charles, 352. Beshari Bey, 218, 223. Black babies, 78. Calamatino, George, Gordon's messenger, 304, 321, 333. Camel besieged by Waganda, 87; runaway, 98. Caravan road re-opened, 107. Coinage, 541. Comboni, R. C. Bishop, 101. Congo State, flags, 508; treaties, 510. Corruption, 104. Crane, Russian in Dongola, 498. Dafalla, Ahmed Bey, 97; at El Obeid, 145; surrenders, 176; interviews Mahdi, 179; killed, 230. Dafalla, Arabi, in Dongola, 476; to Reggaf, 500; defeats Fadl el Maula, 507. Dali, S., 41. Dali, Kitab, or penal code, 41. Danagla, descendants of slave Dangal, 13. Dara, capital of S. Darfur, 62; the Doctor of, 69. Darfur, kingdom of, once reached Atbara, 37; Egyptians conquer, 56; S. in revolt, 218. Darho, Omar Wad, C. Shaigia, 58; arbitrator, 96; accused by Zogal, 102, 108; disloyal, 149; chastises Arabs, 151, 205; back to El Fasher, 207; joins Zogal, 268; attacks Jebel Marra, 377; revolts against Khalifa, 378; shot by Zogal, 379. Deain, Madibbo's village, 93, 183. Delen, R. C. Mission Station, 173. Dinkas, 470. Divorce, oath of, 222. Dongola, 303. Donkey postman, 251. Duem, on White Nile, 234. Ebtar Idris Bey, D. Zubeir's agent, 13; accuses Suleiman at Khartum, 14; G. Bahr el Ghazal, 14. Ebtar, Osman, Idris' brother, killed at Ganda, 16. Egeil Wad el Jangawi, Madibbo's enemy, 93. El Fasher, capital of Darfur, 37; taken by Zubeir, 55; besieged by Harun, 57; Slatin at, 58; taken by Zogal, 270. El Koreishi, Sh., 359, 362. El Obeid, siege of, 173; starved out, 176; mutiny at, 393. Elias Pasha, G. Gen. Kordofan, 133, 142; invites Mahdi to El Obeid, 144; at Duem, 237. Emiliani dei Danziger, of Kobbé, 108; Mudir of Dara, 109; dies, 120. Emin Bey, 2. Esh Sheikh's advice, 359, 362. Evil Eye, the, 519. Fadlalla, Ali Wad, arrested, 93, 191; his grave rifled, 183. Fadl el Maula, C. of all Blacks, 384. Fadl el Maula Bekhit, mutinies, 393. Famine, 453, et seq. Farag, Mohammed Effendi, 211, 213. Faragalla, P. defends Omdurman Fort, 337. Farquhar, Col., 236; his note-book, 241. Fayo, native radish, 198. Fealty, Arab oath of, 120. Felkin, Dr. R. W., at Dara, 85. Fiki Mohammed el Heliki, 50. French and English, 310. Fungs, 37, 68. Furs, 37; only stopped by Nile, 41; Niurnia, 75. Gabralla, 55, 68; slave-dealer, 217. Gallabat, destroyed by Abyssinians, 404; almost taken again, 440. Gellabas (J. and D.), traders from Nile, 60; Gordon's order ruins, 20, 30; claims of, 92, 169; revenge on Gordon, 280. Gessi, Romolo, and Shellali attack Suleiman, 16; sick at Khartum, 101; dies at Suez, 102. Gezira, Island (J. and D.), between Blue and White Niles, espouse Mahdi's cause, 132, 232. Ghanima, "plunder," 265 note, 377, 431, 442; granary of Khartum, 403. Giegler Pasha, 3, 5, 139, 146, 228. Gilif mountains, 595. Gordon, his kindness, 35, 60, 61; coolness, 60; meets Suleiman, 10; succeeds Ismail Pasha, 57; marched out of Abyssinia, 89; leaves Sudan, 91; returns, 280; popular with W. Arabs, 298; his letter, 334; despatches and awaits steamers, 337, 341; his death, 343. Gowl, Bir, hot spring, 64, 72. Gretli, Mohammed el, 253, 256. Gsiller, Herr Von, Egyptian consul, 579. Guma, Ali Agha, conducts retreat, 166; goes to Mima country, 207. Guma, Mohammed, lets Mahdi escape, 138. Guma, Said Bey, 59, 104; C. El Fasher, 121, 244, 267; defends El Fasher, 270; with Mahdi, 289. Guru, village, 224. Hamada Effendi, tortured, 271. Hamed Wad All, Khalifa's cousin, E. Kassala, 472; commands Jaalin, 508, 534. Hansal, Austrian Consul, writes to Slatin, 325; killed at Khartum, 347. Harun, S. Darfur, heads a revolt, 57; at Niurnia, 58; threatening, 64; raids Dara, 80; pursued, 81; defeated, 83. Hasaballa, Sh. Maheria, 117, 120. Hashaba, Sh. Salama's village, 170; number of force collected at, 181. Hassan Bey om Kadok (Berti), and his brother Ismail, 34. Hassan Hussein, E. of Egyptians, 293. Hassan Wad Saad Nur, 100; joins Mahdi, 250, 266. Helmi, Hassan Pasha, 6; G. Darfur, 8, 56, 58. Helmi, Mansur Effendi, 22; accuses Suleiman, 28; sent to Shakka, 149; false, 153; at Murrai, 157; runs away, 165. Helu, Ali Wad, Degheim, Kfa., 138; commands "green flag," 304; sides with Khalifa, 383; well paid, 406; in Ashraf insurrection, 480, 482, 496. Helu, Musa Wad, to Metemmeh, 336; killed at Abu Klea, 338. Hicks Pasha, 233; his expedition a mistake, 234; cut to pieces at Shekan, 240. Home Rule in the Sudan, 297. Hussein, P. G. Shakka, 11. Hussein Kfa. Berber, at Mahdi's camp, 294. Ibrahim, S. last K. Darfur, 54; his tomb, 74; his sisters, 429. Ismail Pasha, 8; and Zubeir, 55; summoned to Egypt, 56. Iya, Basi Zemzem, "eldest sister" of S. Darfur, 46. Jaalin, descended from Abbas the Prophet's uncle, 13; Zubeir's tribe, 9. Janghé, Baggara tribe transferred to Bahr el Ghazal, 95; revolt and join Maddibbo, 194. Japo, Mohammed Agha, 145; hoodwinks Mahdi, 174. Jebel Gedir, renamed "Masa," 144. Jebel Marra, centre of Darfur, 38. Jehad (holy war) proclaimed, 116, 138, 141; round Suakin, 233. Jehadia, J., 524. Jibba, the Mahdist dress, 231, 283, 285; the Mahdi's own, 289. Kabbashi, Mustem Wad, Sh., 60; at Om Waragat, 190; wounded, 249. Kalaka, headquarters of Habbania, 22. Kapsun, Fertit boy sent to England, 88. Karamalla, D., Mahdi's relative, G. Bahr el Ghazal, 275; at Shakka, 412; prefers Dara, 413; retires, 414. Kassala, besieged, 280; closely besieged, 380; surrenders, 385; captured by Italians, 504. Kebkebia, capital W. Darfur, 109. Kerraba, the, 604. Khadiga, Donkusa's sister, 113. Khadiga, Khalifa's daughter, married to Mahdi's son, 520. Khaled Wad Iman, sent to Kordofan, 57, 203; Zogal's agent, 245; writes to Madibbo, 245. Khartum, Gordon at, 285; invested by Gezira tribes (J.), 295; famine, 337; fall of, 342; pillaged, 345. Kitab-Dali, or penal code, 41. Kitchener, Sir Herbert, 303 (note), 473. Klootz, Gustav, brought in, 238, 242; in chains, 314; died, 405. Kobbé, old capital of Darfur, 44, 108. Kordofan, taken and retaken, 37; in possession of Mahdi, 208. Koreina Nur, killed, 195. Kuku Agha, killed, 250. Kurd, Abu Sheikh, 44. Leontides, Gr. Consul, killed at Khartum, 347. Locusts, 457. Lupton Bey, G. Gen. Bahr el Ghazal, 193; capitulates, 275; arrives at Mahdi's camp, 326; in irons, 332; his wife and daughter, 354; hair white, 358; set free, 361; engineer, 401; dies, 437. Madibbo, Sh. Rizighat, 22, 95; discharged by Emiliani, 149; joins Mahdi, 156; attacks Deain, 158; stampeded, 163; wins Om Waragat, 186; beaten off, 197; challenged, 200; surprised, 247; attacks Dara, 250; explains, 263; Abu Anga's revenge on, 413. "Mahdi el Muntazer," 134. See Mohammed Ahmed. Mahmud, Khalifa's relative, E. Darfur, returns to Dongola, 499; resides now at El Fasher, 628. Mahmud, Ali Said, Mahdi's relative, killed at Korti, 303. Marching order, 183. Marcopoli Bey, 95. Marissa, Sudan beer, 34. Marriage, in Sudan, 561; Gabralla's office for, 217; of Fadl Maula, 315; jars, 357; made easy, 373; divorce frequent, 561; abruptly dissolved, 31. Massawa, Italians at, 442. Mek Adam Um Daballo, 133; advises Mahdi to retire into interior, 139. Melek Hagger, 107. Melek Jusef, 146. Messallamia, 4, 125, 129. Messedaglia Bey, G. El Fasher, 37; plans attack on Harun, 74. Miracles, 143; comet, 174, 179; at Friday reviews, 304. Mohammed Ahmed (Mahdi), A. first news of, 111; his history, 122; quarrel with Sherif, 125; builds Koreishi's tomb, 129; secret tour in Kordofan, 132; proclaims himself Mahdi, 134; chooses three Khalifas, 138; first successes, 137-146; Jebel "Masa," 144; takes El Obeid, 176; works a miracle, 179; imitates Mohammed, 180; his sensuality, 231; master of Sudan, 242; at Rahad, 275; Friday reviews, 304; to Khartum, 305; his appearance, 289; death, 369; burial, 371; teaching, 373; Chronicles, 515; "instructions," 544. Mohammed el Fadl, S. Darfur, subdues Arabs, 45; his mosque, 62. Mohammed el Kheir, Mahdi's first teacher, 123; takes Berber, 303; awaits English at Metemmeh, 336; holds Dongola, 381; dead, 438. Mohammed et Taki, Khalifa's father, 127. Mohammed Hussein, K. Darfur, 46; his prophecy, 51. Mohammed Idris, 107. Mohammed Khaled. See Zogal Bey. Mohammed Said Pasha, G. El Obeid, 96; misses Mahdi, 139, 145; lets Mahdi go again, 173; his treasure, 178; death, 230. Mohammed Sherif, Kfa. See Sherif. Mohammed Terab, K. Darfur, stopped by Nile, 43. Mohammed Wad Asi, 203; brings news, 208. Morgan Hosan, faithful in death, 189. Mussaid Wad Gaidum, 405; in Dongola, 476; recalled, 477; Kassala, 496; loses Kassala, 505. Mustapha Bey Yawer, defends Dongola, 303. Nejumi, Abderrahman, with Zogal, 257; sent against Khartum, 301; takes Sennar, 382; to Dongola, 405; defeated and killed at Toski, 452. Neufeldt, Charles, 416; in prison, 572. Niurnia, capital of Tago princes, 58; Fur Sultans, 75. Nur Angara Bey, G. W. Darfur, 11; surprises Harun, 85; his history, 105; household, 110, 145; sent to Metemmeh, 338. O'Donovan, 237; his note-book, 241. Officers, six shot at Dara, 210. Ohrwalder, Father, 101; taken by Mahdi, 173; escapes in Ashraf insurrection, 483. Om Badr, 403. Ombeija, Sudan war-horn, 26, 51, 283, 292, 446, 504. Om Bilbil, 106, 111. Om Lawai, taken and destroyed, 209. Om Shanga, 151; fort evacuated, 207; surrender of, 256. Om Waragat, disaster at, 186. Omdurman, the sacred city of the Mahdi, 565; filth of, 570; fort besieged, 331; prison, 571; taken, 337. See Map. Osman Digna, 233; fights Abyssinians, 385; at Tokar, 473; flies to Atbara, 474. Osman Sheikh ed Din, Khalifa's son, 140; married to Yakub's daughter, 519. Osman Wad Adam, Khalifa's cousin, to Kordofan, 386; at El Obeid, 399; E. Kordofan and Darfur, 416; to Shakka, 427, 444; dies, 475. Osman Wad Dekeim, to Berber, 438. Ostrich, hunting, 112; breeding stopped, 552; swiftness of, 154. Pain, Olivier (Frenchman), 306; taken ill and dies, 317. Rahad, 238; Mahdi at, 275; Slatin reaches, 283. Ramadan, 63, 106. Rashed Bey, G. Fashoda, and men annihilated, 140. Rations paid for, 66, 67, 201. Rauf Pasha, succeeds Gordon, 91; warned by Sherif, 135. Reggaf, 469; most southern post of Khalifa, 537. Rifki, Hassan Effendi, 63, 64, 76, 86; killed with Shellali, 141. Rott, Gottfried, at Dara, 182; taken ill and dies, 203. Rudolph, Crown Prince, news of death, 495. Saadalla, Nubawi, 365, 367, 466. Sahra, Khalifa's principal wife, 522. Said Hussein, G. Shakka, 11; arrested, 17. Said Mahmud, 395. Salama, Abu Mohammed Bey, Sh. Habbania, 155; deserts, 164; joins Madibbo, 201. Salama, brother of Om Dramo, his ride, 192; wounded, 226. Saleh Bey el Kabbashi, Sh. Kababish at Om Badr, 403; sends to Egypt, 416; caravan waylaid, 417; flies and is killed, 421. Saleh Donkusa and Zaghawa, 113, et seq., 376. Saleh Wad el Mek, 300; in Mahdi's suite, 305; his brother's head, 336; his sons, 348; discharged, 353. Seckendorff, Baron, 237, 240. Sennar, relieved, 146; again, 232; falls, 382. Sennusi, Mohammed es, Sh. of N. Africa, 138, 231. Shakka, battle at, 52; Slatin marches to, 183. Sharaf ed Din, 181, 184; his death, 188. Shekan, disaster at, 240. Shellali, Yusef Pasha esh, 6, 141; disaster, 143. Sherif, Mohammed, Sh., 123; warns Rauf, 135; joins Mahdi, 316. Sherif, Mohammed es, Kfa., 138; commands "red flag," 304; at storming of Khartum, 339, 383; loses his drums, 385; appeased, 386; revolts, 479; gets into trouble, 488. Shilluks, 470. Slatin Pasha goes to Egypt, 3; Mudir of Dara, 5; attacks Harun, 64; collects Suleiman's Bazingers, 91; G. General Darfur, 101; retires on Dara, 153; marches to Shakka, 183; turns Mohammedan, 216; C. Darfur, 245; surrenders Dara, 261; meets Khalifa, 285; swears fealty to Mahdi, 288; writes to Gordon and Consul Hansal, 320; in chains, 328; more chains, 334; more still, 352; free, 361; Darfurian wife, 365; offered wives, 367, 368, 389, 464; white jibba instead, 390; with Yunes, 390; suspected, 393; rides, 422; hears from home, 434, 447, 461; moves house, 493; meditates escape, 513; by whom aided, 579; fails, 584; succeeds, 591; recovers sword, 630. Slave market at Beit el Mal, 408, 472, 557; runaway slaves, 564. Slave trade, 47, 97, 107, 134, 140; Rott and, 182, 194. Small-pox, at Omdurman, 357; Gemmaisa dies of, 443. Solong, Suleiman, K. Darfur, 42. Stambuli, George, 174, 469. Stewart, Col., steamer wrecked, 322. Sudan, education in, 549; effects of proclamation abandoning, 297; gross immorality in, 560, 562; justice in, 544; liberty in, 108; manufactures, 559; market in, 71; one quarter of population left, 623; past and present state, 621; products, 38, 550; religion, 546; soldiers' rations in, 65; trade routes, 551. Tagos, displaced by Tungurs, 38, 41. Tarika, Sammania, etc., 123; Mahdi's new, 232, 373. Taxation, Slatin inspector, 4; of Baggara Arabs, 73; unjust, 133; Mohammedan poll tax and alms, 406; on gum, 552. Theft, punishment of, 36. Tomb of Mahdi, building of, 431; pilgrimage to, 549. Toweisha, 20. Tuti Island, 333; surrenders, 347; Sir C. Wilson at, 350. Typhus fever, 318; Mahdi dies of, 368, 487; Khalifa attacked by, 496. Uganda, Christians in, 508. Umbusa, Begu, mother of Mohammed el Fadl, 44. Usul, El Ata Wad Melek, at Om Shanga, 203. Vizetelly, 237. Wadai, Sultanate, 629. Waganda, envoys, 85. Wahrmund, Professor, 448. Water bottles, 110, 111; melons, 206, 209; Baobab trees, 277. Wilson, Rev. C. T. at Dara, 85. Wilson, Sir C., and steamers, 350. Wodehouse, P. Wadi Halfa, 451. Wolseley, Lord, at Dongola, 333; at Abu Klea, 338. Yakub, Khalifa's brother, 240; sympathetic villain, 292, 326, 364; his spies, 429, 457; plot against Zogal, 477, 501, 506; pays W. Arabs, 407. Yunes Wad Dekeim (Khalifa's relative), 256; subdues Gimeh, 386; Gallabat, 405; attacks Abyssinians, 415; his rapacity, 416; escapes plot and is recalled, 424; E. Dongola, 445; recalled, 476; sent back, 477. Yusef Pasha. See Shellali. Yusef, S. aims at independence, 411; killed at Kebkebia, 428. Zeidan Agha, "all right," 197. Zeki Tummal (Taaisha), 312; succeeds Abu Anga, 439; defends Gallabat, 440; harries Shilluks, 471. Zeki, starved to death, 501, 574. Zigada, Dimitri, of El Fasher, 203, 276; breaking rules, 287, 291. Zogal Bey, Mahdi's cousin, at Dara, 22, 62; disloyal, 149, 169; left at Dara, 182; sent to El Obeid, 221; detected, 246; Said Mohammed Ibn Khaled, 261; enters Dara, 263; takes El Fasher, 270; lives in style, 274; arrested, 297; sent to Osman Digna, 473; E. Dongola, 476; recalled and imprisoned for life, 477; exiled, 500. Zubeir, Pasha, J. Ali Abu Amuri's assistant, 47; "Not the Mahdi," 127; G. Bahr el Ghazal, 49; takes Dara, 53; made Pasha and goes to Cairo, 56. Zubeir Suleiman, J. threatens revolt, 9; Bey G. Bahr el Ghazal, 12; dismissed, 14; attacks Ganda five times, 17; his wealth, 18; submits to Gessi, 26; shot by Helmi's Danagla, 28; his wife and son, 269. Zubeir Rabeh, 8; escape of, 19; goes West, 25; near Lake Tchad, 629. Zurbuchen, Dr., 7, 30, 59, 99; treats Gessi, 102.

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