Note 42 — JOURNAL.
Reading edition
“I strongly suspect that he (the Mahdi) is a mere puppet put forward by Elyas, Zubair’s father-in-law, and the largest slave-owner in Obeyed, and that he has assumed a religious title to give colour to the defence of the popular rights.”—General Gordon’s view as expressed to the Editor of “Pall Mall Gazette” on Jan. 8, 1884.—Ed.