INDEX

TO THE

JOURNAL AND APPENDICES.

Abbas, [35];

plan for, to reach Berber, [84];

Gordon and Stewart in the, [151];

reported capture of, with Stewart, [193];

pursued by Fascher, [207];

capture near Dar Djumna, [214];

letter from Mahdi respecting capture of the, [221];

reported safe, [247];

reported at Dongola, [248], [250];

capture of, [272];

list of those on board the, [273];

Gordon thought descent of, a certainty, [274];

Gordon to blame for loss of, [274];

what Mahdi would find on the, [275];

Gordon cannot forget catastrophe to, [279];

under what conditions, went, [279];

treacheries weighed on departure of, [280];

number of Arabs killed by, [282];

sailing boats left with, not arrived at Debbeh, [282];

place and date of capture of, [285];

a pilot on board the, [286];

certainty of, reaching, [286];

money orders of merchants on, [302];

gun lost in the, [308];

capture of, uncertain, [359];

struck on rock, [361];

Mahdi tells of the capture of, [522].

Abdallah Mohammed Jifarah, [554].

Abdel Kader, Gordon proposes a visit to, [29].

Abdel Kader Pasha, [117], [118], [123], [124];

appointment of, [122], [123], [125];

as Minister of Interior, [291];

appointment of, as Governor-General of Soudan, [461];

arrival of, at Kartoum, [463].

Abd el Kader Ibrahim, [399], [403], [410], [430], [433], [440].

Abdel Kadi, Arabic name of Slatin Bey, [24].

Abderrahhman en Najoomi, [404], [432], [440].

Abdoul Hamid, [190].

Abdullah, Emir, [531];

testimony of, as to Mahdi, [533].

Abdullah Waled Jubira, [129].

Abou Gugliz, and Waled a Goun, [13];

the Mahdi’s spiritual adviser, [24];

begs Gordon to become a Mussulman, [186], [447].

Abou Hamed, expedition advance guard at, [192];

Arabs and gun at, [207], [249];

Stewart captured below, [280];

distance of, from Merowé, [285].

Abou Haraz, defeat of rebels at, [463]; 512.

Abou Klea to Metemma, time to get from, [261].

Abou Sitti, [512].

Abu Kerjah, [429], [433], [434].

Abut, repulse of rebels at, [472];

advance on, [474].

Abu-zed, seizure of the ford of, [489].

Abyssinia, treaty between Her Majesty’s Government and, [214];

treaty with, grievance of Gordon as to, [306];

no news in, of Gordon, [517].

Abyssinians, repulse of, at Keran, [337].

Achmet-eff-Awaan, [131];

suspected of incendiarism, [133];

preaches for Mahdi, [133], [134].

Afghanistan, kind of warfare to use in defence of, [90].

Afghans, treachery of, [232].

Ahhmed Bek Ali Jallab, [424].

Ahhmed el Huda, [434], [439].

Ahmed el Mustapha, [450].

Al-ed-Deen, proclamation of, [487].

Al-ed-den and Suleiman, arrival of pashas, [485].

Alexandria, the flight from, [60].

Ali-el-Khowas, [417].

Ali Mohammed Abou Saad Esshentrawi al Abadi, [508].

Ali Othman, [511].

Ambukol, reported advance of troops on, [66];

distance of steamers from, [110].

Ambukol to Metemma a better course, [257];

map by railway engineers, [257], [258];

station forts should be along line from, [257];

Gordon’s scheme for advance from, [257];

road, the road to follow, [261];

wells plentifully supplied on, [261];

no wells much on flank of, [261].

Ambukol to Nesgee, time to get from, [261].

Ammunition, resources of, [44];

amount expended, [72];

amount left, [73];

amount of, in Kartoum, [19]th October, [206];

and soldiers with Mahdi when he started, [222];

amount fired at Arabs, [252];

Mahdi bringing up large quantities of, [296];

amount fired, [311], [317];

lost with Hicks, [323];

still in Husseinyeh, [326];

amount with Ferratch Ullah, [331];

daily expenditure of, by Ferratch Ullah, [348];

returns of, [393];

waste of, by Arabs, [393];

and guns, amount of, in Kartoum known to Mahdi, [525].

Ancient Books, no allusion in, to any Mahdi, [414].

Animals, belief in future existence of, [49].

Anti-Slavery Society and the Mahdi, [233], [337], [379].

Apostacy of Mussulmans and Christians, [15].

Arabic, Gordon ignorant of, [198].

Arabi Pasha’s private secretary, [77];

trial of, [125], [133].

Arab school children, and their schools, [7];

Gordon’s affection for, [16].

Arabs, reported scarcity of food with, [15];

ill-treatment of Greeks and other prisoners by, [16];

Greek came in from, [18];

distinction between and Rebels, [22];

attacked by steamer Towfikia, [30];

in camp near Giraffe, [41];

foraging party of, [41];

fight between Gordon’s men and, [47];

retreating towards White Nile, [47];

desertion from, [63];

expecting an attack, [71];

small parties of men create dismay with, [89];

attack before dawn, [89];

no quarter given by, [98];

firing on steamers, [104];

have no conscience, [105];

attack on village on White Nile by, [121];

badly off for water, [125];

means of forcing to retreat, [126];

to be well defeated, [126];

amount of ammunition of, [129];

average daily number of deserters from, [134];

defeat of, [136];

presence of Gordon exasperating to, [152];

going towards Giraffe, [153];

have captured gun of Katarif, [166];

prevent desertions to Gordon, [171];

meditate coming to old Dem, [174];

perplexed, [186];

policy in not answering fire of, [187];

fighting force of, [187];

Sakkeyer, meditate raid, [192];

policy in letting people go to, [198];

have not occupied Halfeyeh, [201];

few only at Faki Mustapha, [201];

Gordon does not like killing, [203];

capture of two boats of Stewart’s expedition by, [205];

officials, hedging with the, [208];

death among, from dysentery, [221];

number of, with Mahdi when he started, [222];

and mirrors, [222];

telegraph cut at Bourré by, [222];

either eating, praying, sleeping, or sick, [223];

have divided their camp, [224];

take rifles from regulars, [224];

ferry across White Nile by, [225];

best place of attacking, [230];

none in arms between Wad-el-Medinet and Sennaar, [231];

should not be helped when wounded, [232];

belief of, [232];

leaders of, prime movers, [232];

meditate

attack on Omdurman, [244];

passing Blue Nile at Giraffe, [244];

ordered by Mahdi to congregate at Kartoum, [246];

reconnoitring party of, in ruins of Omdurman, [246];

reported removal of captured money by, [247];

at Shoboloha, [247];

positions of, [249];

amount of rounds of ammunition fired at, [252];

capture of three, by the Baggaras, [255];

force of, towards north, [258];

driven back to Giraffe, [258];

itinerary of, [261];

cannot assemble on banks from Ambukol to Metemma, [261];

have given no peace for one hundred and thirty-three days, [261];

camel transport depends on temper of, [262];

doubt holiness of Mahdi, [264];

continue to desert Mahdi, [268];

firing on, forbidden, [270];

presence of steamers among, [279];

number of, killed by Abbas, [282];

party of, at Sennaar, [282];

Stewart’s feeling as to the, [286];

have found out weak point, [301];

unconcerned as to advance of expedition, [303];

want to fight direct, [306];

lost heavily at Bourré, [306];

reconnoitring party feared, [311];

at Goba, [313];

confidence of, [313];

do not assist one another, [317];

in ditch at Omdurman, [320];

firing on lines at Bourré, [321];

coming across to Goba, [321];

declare to enter town, [322];

firing at Moggrim fort, [324];

ferry of, across White Nile, [324];

may run away, but not probable, [326];

futility of firing of, [327];

capture of man and letters by, [328];

bad firing of, [330];

at Giraffe and El foun, [334];

keep black troops on short rations, [334];

fire from Bourré, White Nile, and Omdurman, [336];

settled down in old by dem, [341];

Kartoum hemmed in by, [343];

made a pyramid of skulls from Hicks’s army, [344];

repulsed three times by expedition, [347];

distance of from city, [351];

collected at Halfeyeh, [354];

scarcity of, at Omdurman, [355];

retreat of, [356], [357];

and capture of Husseinyeh, [357];

at Tuti, [357];

fire on Ismailia, by, [358];

and Shendy, [359];

want of ammunition by, [362];

strength of on north side, [364];

and the bombardment of Palace, [366];

“Personality” of battery of, [366], [370];

and battery of Goba, [368];

fire on Palace, [369];

mishap to gun of, [370];

at Goba, [370];

another battle with, [375];

one of the, throwing dust in the air, [376];

shelling Palace, [378];

battles with, [381];

will be dispersed by troops, [382];

at Goba “silent”, [387];

innocuous, [388];

on bank of Blue Nile, [388];

short of ammunition, [391];

European directing guns of, [392];

their waste of ammunition, [393];

fire on Palace slackened, [395];

daring and recklessness of, [445];

appeal to loyalty of, [468];

disaffection among Kababish, [480].

Armageddon, [173].

Arms, amount of, in Kartoum, [19]th Oct., [206].

Army, Her Majesty’s, in the desert, [168], [169].

Arrests by Gordon, [188];

more, [192];

perplexed about, [194], [195];

more arrests, [195];

public opinion not dissatisfied with, [197].

Artillery not needed in Soudan, [83];

fire, Gordon on, [383].

Ata Aga, [455].

Atbara Valley, party moving down, [207].

Attack, time to, is the dawn, [89].

Austrian Consul, [199];

telegram from, to Gordon, [546].

Awaan, Arabi’s clerk, [140];

statement of, [193];

secretary of Arabi, [250];

in prison, [250].

Azotus, [143].

Bab Bekr el Mek, [442].

Backsheesh to troops, [343].

Baggaras, the capture of three Arabs by, [255];

Arabs, desertion of, [282].

Bahr Gazelle and Equator garrisons, [85], [235];

and Mahdi, [380];

in possession of Mahdi, [530].

Bairam, [115].

Baird, Mr., [54].

Baker, Tokar and, business, [162];

Commander, has best opera glasses, [265];

Sir S., letters received by Gordon from, [274];

news from, [283];

and Kitchener, [360];

auxiliary force under, [338];

Sir Samuel, [110].

Balaklava, price of cheese at, [224].

Band fired on by Arabs, [383].

Bara, defeat of rebels at, [465];

state of the garrison of, [471];

surrender of, [481].

Baring, [55];

and troops for Berber, [57];

offended Cuzzi, [57], [147], [150];

and telegrams from Gordon, [165];

would not send troops to Berber, [227];

amount authorised by, to Gordon, [242];

would never laugh, [306];

money promised to Gordon by, [308];

bumping up to Kartoum, [360], [361], [362];

to Egerton, [367];

at Metemma, [367];

without Firman from Towfik, [368];

subordinate to Towfik, [371];

and Gordon, [373];

and Austrian Consul’s telegram, [546].

Barère, [338].

Bashi Bazouks, of little use, [87];

Arab sufferings at hands of, [90];

for Berber, [116];

robbers, [116];

problem what to do with, [314];

outcry for rations by, [345].

Bear-baiting garden, back again in, [171].

Bedouins, the way to deal with, [87].

Believers, true, [419].

Beloochees and Sikhs, [189].

Berber, captured steamers at, [14];

betrayal of, by Cuzzi, [22];

Arabs aware of expedition to, [22];

mentioned, [25];

miserable defence of, [35];

desired surrender of, by Gordon, [36];

could have been saved by Zubair, [46];

Cuzzi, [57];

return of Saphia and Mansowrah from, [72];

fifty nuggars at, [73];

arranging attack on, [76];

plan for capture of, [83];

plan for reaching, [84];

soldiers for, on arrival of British at, [116];

occupied, [136];

arrival of Turks at Berber, [137];

and Baker, [162];

known to have fallen in March, [165];

troops advanced towards, [207];

three distinct parties moving on, [207];

route to Suakin from, [225-227];

Graham willing to send men to, [227];

to Dar Djumna from, and back on camel in one day, [247], [248];

must be captured by expeditionary force, [248], [249];

a detachment from Metemma should be sent to Berber, [257];

expedition ought to have captured, [260];

Stewart escorted past, [280];

fell through Zubair not being with Gordon, [301];

caravan with money from, [347];

reported taken, [350];

four steamers reported at, [351];

money at, taken to Mahdi, [359];

reported surrender of, [385], [387].

Berzate Bey, his death a misfortune, [253].

Biscuit, large amount stolen, [270];

and dhoora in magazine, [271];

amount of, stolen in a year, [314];

worth of stolen, [315];

given to the poor, [354].

Bizemont, M. de, [111].

Black regulars, Gordon’s affection for, [295].

Black soldiers, the equanimity of, [99].

Blanc, M. le, [111].

Blockade, a second, [166];

of Kartoum, ninth month of, [304];

greatest battle of second, [317].

Blotting paper, Journal written on, [249].

Blue Nile, Arabs at, [94];

operation on, [231];

Arabs driven off right bank of, by steamers, [301].

Blunt, Wilfrid, [133], [195].

Boatman from Berber, [247];

a liar, [255].

Boats, two abandoned and captured, [247].

Bogie, hopes the Mahdi will prove a, [197].

Bondholders of Egypt, [235].

Bordeen struck, [105], [106], [108];

drove back horsemen on Blue Nile, [121];

up Blue Nile, [130], [146], [152];

ordered to White Nile, [157];

for Halfeyeh, [170];

down the river robbing, [174];

back from Shoboloha, [176];

ordered to attack Arabs, [184];

cavalry sortie from, [190];

below Kerowé, [197];

up the White Nile, [202], [203];

for Shendy, [206];

post came in from, [272];

left for Metemma, [280];

and news of Hicks’s defeat, [348];

arrival of, [358];

protection of, [365];

sent down, [371];

struck by shells, [385], [387], [395];

to bring Journal, [394].

Boulak Basha, [268].

Bourré mentioned, [24];

foraging party at, [73];

accounts from, [95];

sends out men, [204];

major wounded at, dead, [218];

telegraph cut at, [222];

no sentries at, or North Fort, [222];

Arabs in front of their old fort at, [268];

Arabs lost heavily at, [306];

Arab loss at, [312];

Arabs firing on lines at, [321];

firing on, [325], [332], [339], [349], [362];

small battle at, [382];

mines at, [391];

heavy loss of Arabs at, [394].

British forces, Gordon view as to, [83];

division of, [84];

only one hundred and fifty miles from steamers, [156].

Brussels, Gordon and, [354].

Buglers, [383].

Buller, let him have full swing, [90];

fighting force probably under, [128].

Cairo, telegram to, [71];

saved us, [76];

general discharge of, débris, [204];

time as to advance of troops from, [260];

Turkish Bashi Bazouks for cowardice, [267];

braggarts, [267];

and the gentlemen who rule, [269];

Stewart told to go on to, [287];

Mahdi and information from, [296];

and money orders, [343];

reinforcements demanded from, [407];

amount of money to come from, for war, [493].

Cadi released, [272].

Calamatino, George, [402];

a traitor, [404];

called El Jaber, [406];

urges Gordon to see him, [409];

and Europeans, [409].

Cambyses, [175].

Camel transport depends on temper of Arabs, [262].

Campaign, unprofitable, [239].

Caravans, supposed to bring money from Berber, [347];

three, from north to Mahomet Achmet’s camp, [383].

Cardwell, Lord, [189].

Cassim el Mousse, [38];

asked to kill Gordon, [208];

impression of seal sent to, [361], [420];

brother of, [442].

Cavalry sent towards Giraffe, [203];

out from North Fort towards Halfeyeh, [204].

Chabeen in dry dock, [157].

Cherif, resignation of, prohibited Egypt from helping herself, [341].

Chermside, [92].

China and France come to terms, [283].

Chinese, Gordon’s opinion of the, [25];

for English expeditions, [189];

contempt of, for Sepoy, [189].

Chivalry, borrow, if you have it not, [311].

Christian, Gordon regrets being a, note, [15];

true of the religion of Islam, [30].

Cipher-books taken by Stewart, [273];

why Gordon sent down the, [275].

Circassian soldiers not wanted, [209].

Circumcision, [195].

Club bores and Gordon, [361].

Cock turkey, [385].

Coetlogon, Colonel, opinion of, as to rebels, [86].

Colours flying, to go down with, [333].

Column, strong, no use in Soudan, [89].

Colvin, Sir Auckland, held responsible for Soudan disasters, [21];

the Co. are Malet and, [42];

class, and humbugs, [224].

Composing draughts, [179], [180].

Congo, Gordon’s intention of retiring to, [112].

Conscience, acted according to, [271];

and ability, acted according to, [271].

Court of Inquiry and Stewart, Power, and Herbin, [274].

Cowardice, the troops to back for, [267].

Cows, two, come into Omdurman Fort, [265];

seven, came in, [272];

Arabs drive, in, supposed to explode mines, [302];

number captured at Omdurman, [305], [309].

Cranes, [96].

Crimea, considered mean to bob in, [376].

Cunnynghame, [60].

Cuzzi, came into lines, [8];

questioned as to Mahdi, [8];

escort sent to try to capture, [15];

left for Berber, [21];

suspected as emissary of Mahdi, [22];

presents received by, from Mahdi, [23];

Gordon regrets his gift to, [24];

his Arabic name, Mahomet Yusuf, [24];

Baring and, [57];

revenge of, [57]; 140;

sure that, is a traitor, [210];

Mahdi speaks of, [524].

Dar Djumna, Cataract, Stewart captured at, [193];

treachery of a sheikh at, [247];

from Berber to, and back on camel in one day, [247];

expeditionary force at, [247];

position of, [247].

Dar el Gharb, [433], [435].

Darfur, [235];

events in, [465];

operations in, [495].

Deaths, Gordon’s returns of, and wounded, [351].

Debbeh, eight days from Kartoum, [156];

expeditionary force reported at, [255];

distance from to Kartoum, [255];

unlikely that rumours did not reach, [260].

Débris, Cairo, [205].

Decisions to be taken in event of rapid retreat, [298].

Defeat, Gordon fears, [20].

Delusions, feeding on, for months, [312].

Dem, explanation of defeat on the, [12].

Dervishes, two came in with Mahdi’s letter, [9];

letters sent back by them, [9];

the procession of the five, [96];

bring letter from Mahdi, [270];

fanaticism of, [338];

allies, [402].

Desert, the way to cross the, en masse, [87];

bitter cold in the, [261].

Deserters and Arabs, [335].

Despatches deciphered by Mahdi, [520].

Destiny, no use fighting against, [344].

Dhoora, i.e. forage, [249];

trying to be petitioned for, [269].

Dictator needed for Soudan, [240].

Dilke, Sir Charles, held responsible for Soudan disasters, [21]; 59.

Dinner parties, Gordon and, [228].

Diplomatists, no love for, [42];

Gordon hates our, [223].

Diplomatic and military service, [234].

Djaalen, country, Stewart in, [443];

gone over to the Arabs, [445].

Doctors, Gordon against, [179], [180].

Document, only original, kept by Gordon, [309].

Don Luigi, his fidelity, [24].

Dongola, tales of troops at, [38];

no evidence of troops at, [39];

reported arrival of troops at, [46];

messengers from, [69];

letter from Mudir, [70];

telegram from Mudir of, [75];

spies started for, [76];

scheme for having open route to, [85];

and medical officers, [98];

Gordon on Wolseley’s advance from, [113];

Mudir of, as Governor-General, [124];

people of, would be hostile if evacuated, [243];

the desert of, coldest of all deserts, [261];

Nutzer Pasha and Egyptians should not be sent lower than, [262];

Mudir of, his account of Stewart’s landing, note, [281];

certainty as to Abbas reaching, [286];

little effect of our preparation at, [305];

blockade of, [428];

Stewart has no certain news of, [444];

note to Mudir of, from Gordon, [539].

Dud Benga and Slatin Bey, [453].

Duem, defeat of rebels near, [467].

Earle to extricate garrisons, [93], [98].

Earthquake, [21];

Gordon and an, [429], [440].

Edrees, [167].

Egypt, Palestine, and meditated invasion of, by Mahdi, [44];

our action in, and the garrisons, [93];

and Gladstone in 1878, [104];

General Simmons’s views on, [130];

responsible for pensions, [137];

Kassala not ceded by, [222];

and the bondholders, [235];

cannot govern Soudan, [238];

fiction that Egyptian Government governs, [306];

Government refused to help, as to Soudan, [341];

Government refused to let, help herself, [341];

Government refused to allow any other Power to help, [341];

debt on, [373];

reinforcements from, [472].

Egyptian soldier, contempt for, [60];

soldier, apology for abusing, [63];

mountain guns, usefulness of, [109];

soldiers, Gordon’s consideration for, [112];

soldiers, climate that suits, [158];

administrations, inefficiency of, [160];

soldiers not wanted in Kartoum, [205];

their pay, [205];

no troops more contemptible than, [209];

territory, no part to be ceded except by permission of Porte, [221];

from steamers should not be sent further than Dongola, [262];

Government and bugle calls, [383];

army, tactics of, [498];

annihilation of, troops, [501].

Egerton, his telegram from Lord Granville, [39];

pomp of telegram of, [41];

tone of telegram from, grates, [42];

contract arrangement of, [45];

and Government telegram, [58];

telegram from, [69];

affection for, [73];

cipher telegram of, [74];

is a statistician, [77]; 130;

telegrams of, undecipherable, [172];

last telegram from, [288].

El Duem, Stewart halted at, [443].

El-foun, ammunition captured by Arabs at, [9];

situation desparate after defeat at, [287].

El Heza, Stewart at, [442].

El Huda, [428].

Elias Pasha and Slatin, with Mahdi, [170].

El Jaber, another name of Calamatino, [406]; 433.

“El Jaoakeet w’el Jowahir”, [417].

El Obeyed, man from, [40];

the town and the Sheikh, confusion of, [59];

at Kassala, [78];

assault of, [467];

state of the garrison of, [471];

siege of, [471];

surrender of, [482].

El Sayet Eltahen, [448].

El Sheddarah, [229], [244].

Emin Bey, reported capture of, [221].

Emirs with Mahdi, [401].

Emissary, Gordon will not obey, [307].

England, Gordon will never return to,112;

made by adventurers, [192];

and terms for soldiers, [197].

English, prisoners at Assouan, [193];

troops passed Abou Hamed, [205];

two days distant from Berber, [206];

General wants camels in great haste, [262];

wants to go in one body, [262];

troops and Merowé, [438].

Equator and Bahr Gazelle garrisons, [85];

garrison of, [117];

question as to garrison of, [14], [22], [235].

Esneh, importance of, on the Nile, [44].

European directing fire of Mahdi’s gun, [302];

prisoners with Mahdi and Slatin, [202];

officers, names of those that perished with Hicks, [507].

Europeans have nothing to do with apostate in Arab camp, [6];

of Kordofan deserve their fate, [51];

information about, [403].

Evacuate, to, prestige vanishes, [86].

Evacuation of Soudan, solution of, [37];

and bolting out, distinction between, [79];

Gordon indifferent to, [113];

policy, carrying out of the, [204].

Ex-Khedive, view of governing Soudan, [52], [53], note.

Expedition will encounter no enemy,88;

to save national honour, [93];

relief No. 1, [93];

relief No. 2, [93];

waste of money and life in, [149], [151];

unremunerative, [138]; Gordon

not cause of, [139];

to Tokar, [163];

ought to have captured Berber, [260];

knew nothing of, when Abbas left, [225];

Arabs unconcerned as to advance of the, [303];

expected by this time, [311];

rumour of advance of, [312].

Expeditionary force comes for honour of England, [58];

but too late, [191];

useless to retake Kartoum, [191];

Gordon on movements of, [326];

impossible to avoid Arabs, [326];

question as to arrival of, [346];

reported near Berber, [347];

Arabs repulsed three times by, [347];

left Merowé for Berber, [349];

and Gordon’s steamer, [351];

doubtful arrival of, before fall of Kartoum, [352];

and the reported capture of Berber, [354], [365];

reported at Metemma, [355];

no news of, in Waled a Goun’s camp, [356];

at Ambukol, [358];

advancing in three parties, [359];

must soon arrive to save Kartoum, [368];

question as to arrival of, [368];

as allies of Towfik, [373];

to relieve British subjects, [378];

to give boats and steamers, &c., to Zubair, [380];

reported capture of Berber by, [386];

reported as coming by land, [387];

rumoured near, [391];

reported advance towards Berber, [392];

reported at El Damer, [393];

only 100 men of required by Gordon, [394];

must not be withdrawn if Kartoum falls, [394];

only fifty of, sufficient, [394]

Gordon’s tactics if in command of, [395];

if, does not arrive in ten days, Kartoum may fall, [395].

Expeditions to Sennaar and Equator, trouble of, [86].

Ezekiel cited as to Soudan, [11].

Faith, not a small thing to deny our, [5];

if Christian, is a myth, throw it off, [6];

mean to throw it off to save one’s life, [6].

Faithless man, should not denounce, [100].

Fakeers and money at Berber, [424].

Faki Mustapha, report that he wishes to join Government, [4];

General Gordon bids him wait events, [4];

captured soldier come in from, [15];

letter from, [38];

commotion through letter of, [42];

desires a letter, [68];

camp of, six flags at, [195], [196];

few Arabs at, [201];

looting dem of, [241];

camp of, alongside of Mahdi’s, [295]; 420.

Fakirs and booty, [535].

False Prophet, appearance of the, [456].

Fanatics and robbers, both King John and Mahdi are, [216].

Fanaticism, decline of, [18].

Fascher, an Arab steamer, [205], [206];

captured by Arabs, note 35, [250], [443].

Fashoda, troops reported at, [46];

reinforcements for, [465].

Fate, belief in, [271].

Fatmah, [447].

Fear, contagion of, [20].

Fellaheen, uncleanliness of, [17];

contemptible as soldiers, [60];

for Berber, [115];

acted in interests of, [146], [233];

Gordon makes a present of the, [204];

to be backed for cowardice, [267].

Ferratch Pasha, a Ferik, [179];

made a Miralli, [192];

and releasing of prisoners, [200];

and news to the Arabs, [208];

salary of, [244]; 249, [253];

reported safe, [325];

letter from, [331];

dares not go out, [345], [348], [349];

reports all right, [355], [356], [357];

always the gentleman, [342], [350];

vigour of, [394].

Ferratch Pasha el Zeeb, letter to, [451].

Ferratch Ullah Bey, telegram from

Gordon to, [536].

Fiction, that Egyptian Government

governs Egypt, [306];

as to Abyssinian treaty, [306].

Finance question and the Rothschilds, [224].

Firman of Towfik, [285], [309];

Gordon’s resolve in absence of, [368], [372].

Fleet, progress decided by slowest vessel, [286].

Floyer, notes from, [70];

telegram of, [92];

and telegraph department, [170], [171], [249].

Food question, [391].

Forage, i.e. Dhoora, [249].

Foraging parties sent out, [72].

Force, only enemy, would meet from Debbeh to Merowé, [257].

Forces, division of, according to Gordon’s plans, [126];

concentration of, completed, [196].

Foreign Office and cipher books, [273];

and Gordon, [376].

Forts, numbers required for, from Ambukol to Metemma, [256].

Fowler’s railway to Shendy, and Nile route, [262].

France and Egypt, [138], [139], [364].

Free will, Gordon likes, [198].

French Consul-General, cipher of with Mahdi, [275].

French and Egypt, [310].

Frenchman not with the Mahdi, [263].

Friday, unreasonable to work on, [350].

Funds in Treasury, [117].

Future, meditations as to the, [47].

Gabra wells, [87].

Gakdul to Abou Klea, time to get from, [261].

Garrisons, obstacle to abandonment of Soudan, [55];

distance to abandon, [56];

time for bringing down, [85];

expedition to relieve the, [93];

Earle sent to relieve, [93];

relief of from outside, [102];

mean to leave the, [122];

extrication of, [123];

abandonment of, [125];

and government, [151];

Gordon refuses to abandon, [113];

Gordon’s views as to relief of, [114];

what the relief of, really amounts to, [258].

Gebel Nubar, fighting in the, [178].

Genesis cited, [14], [50].

Gessi, [94], [153];

men like, wanted, [209].

Gibraltar and Malta weak, [240].

Giraffe, Arabs going towards, [153];

cavalry out towards, [203];

Arabs passing Blue Nile at, [244]; 246;

Arabs at, [249];

position of, [249];

Arabs gone back to, [258].

Gitana, Mahdi’s camp opposite, [170].

Gladstone view in 1878 of occupation of Egypt, [104];

a rival to, in shirt collars, [202].

Glory of God, question as to Gordon staying for, [245].

Goba, inclined to put Shaggyeh at, [183];

and Hogali pulled down by Shaggyeh, [201];

destroyed, [280];

Arabs coming across to, [321];

at, [322];

Arabs firing from, [345];

breastwork towards, [350].

God of Muslims our God, [19];

final revelation of, to Mahomed, [410].

Goorkas, [189].

Gordon, General, his horse captured by Arabs at El foun, [5];

regrets being a Christian, note, [15];

affection for Arab children, [16];

interview with Ulemas, [18];

decline of fanaticism, [18];

defends the Koran, [19];

compares Muslims and Christians, [19];

fears defeat, [20];

contagion of fear, [20];

answers Waled a Goun, [20];

charges against Colvin, Malet and Dilke by, [21];

charge against Times correspondent, [22];

suspects Cuzzi, [22], [24];

his opinion of the Chinese, [25];

his views on prophecy, [25];

fear of, in the Soudan, [27];

his freedom from blood-guiltiness, [27];

doubts whether or not to blow up Palace at Kartoum, [31];

no love for diplomatists, [42];

envy of Mahdi, [45];

his meditations as to the future, [47];

promises to do

his best in sending down soldiers, [51];

and means to govern Soudan, [52];

object of the mission of, [55];

and abandonment of garrisons, [56];

the mission of, a mutual affair, [56];

why, did not escape, [56];

would not have left Soudan, [57];

never asked for an expedition, [57];

charged by Baring with indiscretion, [57];

intentions

of, on arrival of expedition, [58];

grateful for people’s prayers, [58];

reasons for staying, [59];

owns to being insubordinate, [59];

and Dilke, [59];

and his superiors, [60];

apologises for abusing Egyptian soldiers, [63];

and the Victoria Cross, [64], [65];

and the Shaggyeh, [68];

affection for Egerton, [73];

preparing to clear out of place, [77];

responsible for murder of the pashas, [78];

the view of, as to British forces, [85];

will keep Equator from Zubair, [87];

extract from Herodotus by, [89];

belief of, that he would not perish, [90];

only the messengers of, bring news, [91];

and the spies, [92];

complains of no information from the Ministers in Cairo, [92];

declines imputation of expedition to relieve him, [93];

relief expedition No. 1, [93];

logic of, [93];

not the rescued lamb, [93];

admiration of, for Schiller, [96];

looks forward to the advent of Navy, [97];

love of study of mankind, [100]; on liars, [100];

on denouncing a faithless man, [100];

and Psalmist on liars, [101];

his fairness to fellow man, [102];

telegram from British agent and Nubar Pasha, [102];

telegram to Baring, [103];

on slavery, [104];

on admiration of Navy, [105];

his people not cowards, [105];

safety during battle, [106];

on troubles of life, [108];

statement as to his success or not, [110];

and the Government, [110];

sends two first journals by steamers, [111];

hopes Egyptian soldiers will be well treated, [112];

determined not to return to England, [112];

views on abandoning garrisons, [113];

and Wolseley, [113];

indifferent to evacuation, [113];

egotistical remarks, [113];

on relief of garrisons, [114];

on solution of Soudan problem, [117];

as “rescued lamb”, [118];

his mission, [118];

reasons for remaining, [122];

honour, [122];

not to be forced, [122];

sent up by Government, [124];

Government must not say, was replaced, [125];

thinks Soudan a useless country, [125];

his plans if in chief command, [125];

division of forces, [125];

ideas as to command of forces, [128];

a nuisance and bore, [130];

on Naval Powers in Mediterranean, [131];

and his spies, [134];

not the cause of expedition, [139];

and son of Saleh Pasha, [141];

stung by scorpion, [143];

sincerely wishes to be out of place, [151];

exonerates Government from responsibility as to himself, [152];

presence of, exasperating to Arabs, [152];

complaint of, against Intelligence Department, [154];

judges by the eye, [155];

and an European war, [163];

queries put by, [164];

ideas of, on coming out, [164];

telegrams to Baring, [165];

gives people written permission to go to Arabs, [171];

thinks Mahdi will negotiate, [172];

had clear orders from Government, [172];

against doctors, [179];

desires information as to number of communications sent him, [186];

Abou Gugliz begs, to be a Mussulman, [186];

a general arrest by, [187], [188];

hates Sepoys and admiration of Chinese, [189];

and India, [189];

makes more arrests, [192];

perplexed as to arrests, [194], [196];

ignorant of Arabic language and Arab customs, [198];

will take Slatin to Congo, [200];

will have nothing to do with Slatin’s coming, [202];

does not like killing Arabs, [203];

ships, according to, cannot stand land batteries, [204];

Cassim el Mousse asked to kill, [208];

put out at the loss of the two boats, [209];

does not want Egyptians, Turks, or Circassians, [209];

prepared to clear out, [210];

sure of Cuzzi being a traitor, [210];

emphatic protest against Egyptians, &c., by, [210];

letter from King John to, [214];

anxious about the Abbas, [215];

shrewd idea of how affair will end, [215];

and Graham’s dispatch, [216];

notes on Abyssinia, [216];

amusing to, to see what shifts Government have been put to, [219];

sure of no Abyssinian army in Soudan, [219];

contention of, as to Kassala, &c., [220];

has letter from Mahdi, [221];

often in a bad temper, [223];

our diplomatists hated by, [225];

calculation of, as to arrival of troops, [225];

latest time given by, for arrival of troops, [227];

and Baring concerning troops for Berber, [228];

rejoices at the thought of never seeing Great Britain again, [228];

and dinner-parties, [228];

best plan of attacking Arabs, [230];

on belief of Arabs, [232];

problem of evacuation, [236];

denies that expedition is for his relief, [236]; advice of, [236];

emphatic statement as to Sennaar, [237];

rapid retreat question, [237];

anxious to resign post of Governor-General, [238];

and subordinate position, [238];

says that Soudan is useless to us, [238];

peculiar view not considered, [239];

can see no other course but to go on, [243];

and the salary of Ferratch Pasha, [244];

the reasons why he urged relief of people, [244];

amused at the old state of affairs returning, [245];

letter to Sennaar, [246];

hopes no Egyptian soldiers, officers, or pashas will be sent again to Kartoum, [246];

opinion of expeditionary force up Nile to Berber, [248];

“secure yourself on one flank”, [249];

reiterates earnest prayer that Egyptians be not sent back, [249];

hopes to have another sister steamer to Abbas, [250];

estimation of Awaan, [250];

his management of forces and finance, [252];

thanks God for protection, [253];

contemplates position after misfortunes, [253];

“covering” force viâ Nile when rising, not falling, [255];

scheme by, for reaching Ambukol and Metemma, [257];

morale of men with, [258];

lament of, as to the Shaggyeh, [259];

recommends immediate disbandment of Shaggyeh on arrival of troops, [259];

no danger anticipated by, for force to Gebil Gelif well, [261];

and the recall of Wolseley, [263];

regrets the death of the living skeleton, [264];

and his telescope, [265];

restores grant of monopoly of commerce to family of Hussein Pasha Khalifa, [265];

felt insecurity respecting the lines, [266];

and the merchants, [269];

passed a great part of his time on roof of Palace, [269];

hates coercive measures, [270];

belief in things being ordained, [271];

would be an angel if not rabid with Government, [271];

Stewart, Power, and Herbin, left in Abbas without order from, [274];

what, wrote to Stewart concerning his going, [274];

receives private letter from Stanley, [274];

looked upon descent of Abbas as a certainty, [274];

thought relief of Kartoum most uncertain, [274];

question as to, being to blame for loss of Abbas, [275];

letter of, that accompanied sixth journal, [278];

defence for departure of Abbas, [279];

gives Stewart letter on leaving Kartoum, [280];

convinced Stewart was captured by treachery, [281];

not comfortable since Stewart left, [281];

made up of suspicion, [281];

his account of landing of Stewart, [281];

wishes for examination as to deaths of Stewart, Power, and Herbin, [282];

captures all European telegrams, [284];

defence of, at letting Stewart go, [287];

physically impossible for, to go, [287];

declined to order Stewart, [287];

and contents of newspaper, [290];

Relief Expedition, [292];

and addition to enemies, [293];

and extracts from newspapers, [294];

affection for black regulars, [295];

rights of, as Governor-General, [297];

and decisions as to rapid retreat, [298];

defect laboured under by, [299];

cost of Soudan business to, [304];

and Stewart’s Journal, [305];

argument by, as to right of sending expedition, [305];

grievances of, [306];

reasoning of people if left, [307];

emphatic declaration of, to stay in Kartoum, [307];

money promised to, by Baring, [308];

telegrams given by, from memory, [310];

dares not say that death of Stewart and Power is an evil, [310];

money in hand, [316];

advocates quick punishment, [316];

war a horrid nuisance according to, [318];

and Husseinyeh, [318];

blames telegraph clerk, [320];

calculates Arab ammunition, [323];

unfortunate with little steamers, [324];

left to last extremity, [324];

goes to Mogrim, [329];

and fellaheen, [332];

visits hospital, [333];

his indifference as to his fate, [333];

and new steamer, [333];

visits the Husseinyeh, [335];

and his officers of Husseinyeh, [336];

sketches made of, [338];

complains of a British Minister, [339];

has commanded cowardly troops more often than other men, [339];

will not retreat shabbily, [340];

why has been kept on alert, [342];

hemmed in by Arabs, [343];

personally responsible for paper money notes, [343];

and account of Hicks’s defeat, [344];

and Bashi Bazouks, [345];

urges disbandment of Bashi Bazouks, [346];

no person on whom to rely, [349];

weary of life, [350];

Nutzer Bey disobeys order of, [351];

anxiety of, for Omdurman fort, [351];

his returns of killed and wounded, [351];

and his resignation, [352];

and his actions on arrival of Expedition, [353];

and the evacuation of Soudan, [353];

receives letter from Government, [360];

receives civil word only from Kitchener, [360];

Wolseley, Wood, and Baring as club bores, [361];

and Towfik’s telegram, [362];

two Ulemas imprisoned by, [364];

anxiety for steamers, [365];

safe in Palace, [366];

and Chinese experience, [367];

and the Governor Generalship, [368];

on Firman from Towfik, [369];

able to distinguish firing, [369];

and Towfik’s arrangement of officials, [372];

wishes to leave, [372];

wants to leave house before it falls, [373];

anxious to understand telegrams, [373];

on the idea of the Government, [374];

nearly loses his eyes, [375];

and bobbing at shots, [376];

quite accustomed to Arab fire, [377];

programme of, [378];

responsible for appointment of Zubair, [379];

refusal of honours, [380];

musings of, for the future, [380];

on the retreat of Arabs, [382];

almost given up idea of saving town, [384];

distress at having wounded men, [385];

meditating attack on Arabs, [387];

receives letter from Ameer of Mahdi, [388];

answer to Ameer, [388];

called Pasha of Kartoum, [389];

would like to question Mahdi, [390];

and human glory, [390];

frets at delay, [394];

plan of, for future government of Soudan, [394];

his tactics if in command of expeditionary force, [395];

done his best for honour of country, [395];

good-bye, [395];

does not wish to see Greek, [403];

calls Calamatino a traitor, [404];

mails of, captured, [424];

proclamation from, [425];

what enabled, to win, [425];

warned by Abd el Kader Ibrahim, [430];

asked to come out and fight, [436];

sort of people with, [448];

Slatin Bey and, [519];

and the people of Sennaar, [521];

receives letter from Mahdi, [528];

telegram from, to Ferratch Ullah Bey, [536];

and Slatin, [536];

wrote his own letters, [537];

notice published by, [552];

letter from Abdullah Mahommed, [553].

Government, Gordon and the, understanding between, [56];

sale of, dhoora, [66];

Gordon owns being insubordinate to, [59];

Greek creditors and, [117];

and extrication of garrisons, [118];

and Abdel Kader Pasha, [122];

and Boer business, [122];

hostility of the, [123];

wished to be rid of Soudan business, [123];

instructions to Wolseley, [124];

action of, at Cairo, [124];

must not say Gordon was replaced, [125];

and garrisons, [134];

cannot hold Soudan, [135];

and duties in Egypt, [139];

extrication of garrisons, [146], [149];

Gordon does not question policy of, as to Soudan, [150];

should have said “Shift for yourself”, [150];

and the garrisons, [151];

indecision of, a great bore, [162];

and decision by, [164];

will not wish longer campaign, [172];

clear orders from, to Gordon, [172];

a drag on us, [191];

England not made by its, [192];

what it has to answer for, [198];

when the, will sleep in peace, [200];

treaty between Abyssinia and, [214];

can get men to do anything, [215];

policy of Her Majesty’s, asked, [218];

and treaty with King John, [220];

and the Rothschilds, [224];

and actions in the Soudan, [234];

numbers killed through policy of, [235];

and slave trade, [235];

and a rapid retreat, [237], [238];

and desertion of Kassala, [243];

and relief expedition, [254];

Arabs wish for return of the, [268];

Gordon an angel, if not rabid with, [271];

shamed into action, [287];

Stewart’s ideas as to the, [288];

Gordon and the, [289];

and treaty with King John, [291];

and Gordon relief expedition, [292];

and irresponsibility, [292];

and definite instructions, [296];

Gordon would be acting against, to leave Kartoum, [304];

Gordon and feeling towards, as to expedition, [305];

indecision of, judged, [305], [306];

Egyptian, to blame for reinforcements, [311];

refused to help Egypt as to Soudan, [341];

refused to let Egypt help herself, [341];

refused to allow any other Power to help Egypt, [341];

will not need to name a vessel after Gordon, [345];

and instructions to Expedition, [352];

and letter to Gordon, [360];

authorises Kitchener to pay Mahdi, [360];

charge of Soudan a serious business for, [363];

two courses to pursue, [363], [364];

Gordon as to idea of, [374];

and quiet of Soudan, [375];

and appointment of Zubair, [379];

blamed by English people for sending expedition, [379];

must not abandon other garrisons if Kartoum falls, [394];

does not possess hand-breadth of ground, [435].

Governor-General, Gordon anxious to resign the post of, [238];

rights of Gordon as, [297].

Graham, and his despatch, [216];

willing to send men to Berber, [227].

Grain, sale of, [167];

amount of, in Kartoum, [19]th October, [206].

Granville, Earl of, and Sir E. Baring, [228].

Great Britain, Gordon rejoices at the thought of never seeing, again, [228].

Greek Consul sent to interview a Greek, [18];

return of, [20];

departure of, in abeyance, [47];

and defeat of Hicks, [348].

Greeks, for Berber, [116];

list of, on board the Abbas, [273];

bodyguard of, on Abbas, [280].

Greek creditors and Government, [117].

Grievances, three, of Gordon, [306].

Gros Rageb with English troops, [205].

Guns, number lost, on steamers, [175];

concentration of, on Arab lines, [183].

Gugliz Bey, [154], [155].

Hadith, the, [415], [416], [417].

Hagili, village of, levelled, [221].

Hale’s rockets, the only decent ones, [302].

Halfeyeh, foraging party between, and Shoboloha, [69];

two hundred men sent from, [72];

deputation to prevent Gordon going to, [96];

question at, [99];

meditated attack on, [140];

telegraph cut with, [165];

telegraph to, repaired, [166];

connected fort of, by telegraph, [179];

prepared to evacuate, [180];

cost to evacuate, [184];

Arabs have not occupied, [201];

cavalry out from, [204];

if Arabs come to, escape hopeless, [245];

Arabs collected at, [354];

to clear Arabs from, [365];

only fifty of expeditionary force required at, [394].

Halim as Governor-General, [362].

Hamad, Dodao, sons of, [535].

Hamed Idreer, [448].

Hammond, Lord, a Tartar, [43].

Hansall, the Austrian Consul, disposed to join Arabs, [28];

and captives at Obeyed, [37], [197], [222];

has daily Journal, [284];

and his Journal, [389];

not answered by Slatin Bey, [519].

Harrison, Colonel, [293].

Hassan Agad, [155].

Hassan Bey and Cuzzi, [8].

Hassan el Araki, Sheikh, [417].

Hassaniyeh Arabs, revolt of, [463].

Hawks at the Palace, [36].

Heart, a man lived eleven days with bullet in, [17].

Hebrews cited, [50].

Hedjaz, revolt in, [299].

Herbin left Kartoum for Dongola, [3];

on board the Abbas, [273];

left of his own freewill, [274];

sent to reinforce, [252];

has daily Journal, [284];

as a martyr, [285];

agreeable and gentlemanly Frenchman, [310];

Journal of, cause of Mahdi’s advance, [389].

Herodotus, extract from, [89].

Hewitt, Admiral, treaty of, [215], [218];

King John gave a spear and shield, [219];

all twaddle, [219];

Treaty, King John and Turks to settle about, [242];

and the desertion of Kassala, [243], [290];

the falling through of, [363];

arrival of, in Abyssinia, [518].

Hicks, strength of Mahdi when he defeated, [46];

defeat, date of, [172];

defeat of, gave prestige to Mahdi, [234];

and Kartoum, [235];

anniversary of defeat of, [240];

army of, died of thirst, [241];

probable date of defeat, [250-252];

when defeat of, was known at Cairo, [311];

defeat of, not material, [344];

army of, perished from thirst, [344];

Arabs made a pyramid of skulls from army of, [244];

account of arrival of news of defeat of, [348];

and state of his army, [427];

and Slatin Bey, [453];

arrival of, at Kartoum, [486];

appointment of, to command of expedition to Kordofan, [496];

departure of from Kartoum, [502];

last despatch from, [504].

Higginbotham, C. E., [111].

History, no parallel in, as to Gordon’s treatment, [305].

Hobson’s choice, the Turk solution, [242].

Honour, better to fall with, than gain with dishonour, [6];

binding as to withdrawal of garrisons, [122].

House of Lords, [217], [233].

Hospital, number of men in, [335].

Humbugs and diplomatists, [224].

Human glory nine-tenths twaddle, [390].

Hunger, no death from, [348].

Hussein, [157]; sent to reinforce, [252].

Hussein Bey, [106].

Hussein Pasha Khalifa, [76], [170];

the giving up of Berber, [263];

father of, led Egyptians into Soudan in 1823, [265];

good friends with Mahdi, [283];

great friends with Mahdi, [303], [426].

Hussein Sadik and Gordon, [520].

Husseinyeh reconnoitring up White Nile, [202], [203];

went down river, [223], [250];

ordered up to drive Arabs back, [301];

aground, [315];

under fire, [318], [319], [320], [324], [327], [328];

death of captain of, [330];

stores taken off, [321];

struck by shell, [332];

the grounding of, a benefit, [332];

visit of Gordon to, [335];

sinking of, [356], [357].

Ibrahim Hardar, [253].

Ibrahim Ruckdi, [154], [156];

“very ill”, [167];

deputation asking to take back, [167], [168];

will return to Cairo, [168].

Ibrahim Tongi Bey, [117].

Ibycus, the cranes of, [96].

Intelligence Department, [134];

Gordon’s complaint against, [154], [163].

Imam, Mahdi the present, [399].

Immaum, [448].

India, garrison, with Chinese and blacks, [189];

Mussulmans of, against Sepoys, [189];

not an advantage to our men, [189];

and Lord Cardwell, [189].

Insurgent forces, distribution of, [466].

Islam, definition of, [30].

Ismail Pasha, [362].

Ismail Pasha Ayoub, Momtoz Pasha and, [377];

cause of recall of, [377];

a great scamp, [377];

best administrator the Soudan has had, [378];

Minister of Interior in Dufferin’s time, [378];

came to grief as Minister of Finance, [378].

Ismailia struck, [105], [106];

at Halfeyeh, [157];

sent for from Halfeyeh, [170];

below Kerowé, [197];

went down river, [223];

ordered up to drive Arabs back, [301], [302];

struck by shell, [315], [316], [318], [319], [327];

gun of, on bank of Nile, [330];

sent to reconnoitre, [356], [357];

sent down, [358];

struck by shells, [385], [387].

Issat Osman Bey, [450].

Janissaries, children of Christian parents, [335].

Jantimgan Mahomed Ali, grandfather of Khedive, [551].

January, impossible to keep troops after, [48];

must see other troops by, [49].

Jeremiah, comparison drawn by Gordon, [10];

and the arrests, [195].

Jervois, Sir W., [66].

Jesus Christ, miserable from birth to death, [51].

Journal, little hopes of saving, if town falls, [394].

Journals, the two first sent by steamers, [111].

Jura Hadra, defeat of troops near, [473].

“Just too late”, [191].

Kaaba, [422].

Kababish tribe, revolt of, [466].

Kalakla, Mahdi opposite, [208]; 440.

Kalifa Abdulla Mahommed, letter from, [553].

Kambok, water is found at, [261].

Karam Illah, [534].

Karasah, despatch of troops to, [476];

defeat of Egyptians at, [476].

Kartoum, thankful telegram of people of, to Khedive respecting Gordon, [4];

census taken of, [8];

ammunition in, [44];

and troops at Fashoda, [47];

establishment of Government at, [134];

Debbeh, eight miles from, [156];

Mahdi take, by plunging into river, [161];

inhabitants of, killed by Sheikh el Obeyed, [166];

Mahdi intends bombarding, [178];

Gordon’s instinct as to taking of, [191];

useless to retake, [191];

once taken, matters little what is said, [191];

if falls, go quietly back, [192];

happy-go-lucky government of, [198];

two hundred and nineteenth day in, [203];

protest against returning Egyptian soldiers to, [205];

statement of troops, arms, ammunition, and grain, &c., [206];

compared to siege of Troy, [224];

and Hicks’s army, [234];

Arabs ordered to congregate at, by Mahdi, [246];

road from, to Shendy, reported clear, [247];

distance from Debbéh, [255];

detachment should be sent from Metemma to, [257];

expedition ought to have reached, on November 10th, [260];

Gordon thought relief of, most uncertain, [274];

desperate when Stewart left, [286];

Gordon rather stop at, than leave, [287];

Mahdi against attack on the lines of, [292];

Gordon on evacuation of, [297];

and fall of Sennaar and Kassala, [299];

Lord Wolseley and relief of, [304];

nine months of blockade of, [304];

Gordon not to leave for Equator until he had permission, [304];

how the people of, would reason as to Gordon leaving, [307];

emphatic statement by Gordon not to leave, [307];

expeditionary force and government of, [326];

and Sheikh el Obeyed’s men, [343];

hemmed in by Arabs, [343];

state of, a year ago, [344];

Arab gun to bar entrance to, [345];

Baring bumping up to, [360];

fired on, [371];

Gordon called Pasha of, [389];

must fall in ten days, [394];

what enabled Gordon to win, [425];

defences of, [429];

food and, [429];

proclamation of state of siege at, [466];

construction of a canal south of, [471];

arrival of Stewart at, [471];

withdrawal of army to, [492];

departure of army from, [497];

letter from Mitzakis to Greek Consul in, [517];

number of soldiers coming to relieve, [518];

Gordon on abandonment of, [552];

petition from Ulema and officials of, to Khedive, [556].

Kartoumiah, [451].

Kassala must be relieved, [48];

tiradeagainst cession of, [215];

Egypt could not cede, [222];

desertion of, and Hewitt Treaty, [243];

information should have been sent to, viâ Massowah, [271];

no news from, [338];

still holding out, [392].

Katarif and Kassala, means of opening route to, [231].

Kazghil, battle of, [506].

“Keshef el Ghummah”, [416].a

Khalifas and Arabs want to fight direct, [306].

Khalif Abdallah Ben, [534].

Khedival authority, none to have charge of steamers, [209].

Khedive, bakshesh for, [444];

letter from, to Gordon, [550];

petition from officials of Kartoum, [556].

King of Belgians, [237].

King John of Abyssinia, letter from, to Gordon, [214];

despotism of, [216];

forces men to change their religion, [216];

wants the taxes of ceded country, [219];

allowed to import arms at Massowah, [232];

and Towfik, [293];

and his men, [326], [338];

reported advance of, [347];

letter from, [511];

messenger from, [517].

Kinglake, [188].

Kitchener, notes from, [70];

letter from, [73];

notes to Stewart from, [92], [94];

note of, insufficient, [172];

to Chermside, [215];

the last information was from, [270];

old newspapers from, [289];

and Gordon, [312];

Government authorises, to pay Mahdi, [360];

description of, by Baker, [360];

as Governor-General, [362], [363], [373];

letter to Gordon from, [546];

and Wolseley, [546], [549].

Kokoo, Arabs at, [249].

Koran, defence of, [19];

interesting chapters in, [37];

sent by Angel Gabriel, [410].

Kordofan, questions as to prisoners in, [36];

Europeans deserve their fate, [51];

could not produce forty thousand men, [160], [235];

two insurrections in, [391];

return of Mahdi to, cut off, [391];

affairs in, [462];

advance of Mahdi into, [467];

defeat of relief column sent to, [468];

plan of campaign of, [496].

Korosko, party moving through desert of, [207];

desert, grant of monopoly of commerce in, [265].

Kourbatch, Ismail Ayoub and inutility of, [378].

Kowa, concentration of troops at, [459];

inactivity of troops at, [460].

Latest time for arrival of troops, [226].

Leonidas, the Greek Consul, [77].

Letter from Gordon to Mahdi, [9];

to the Sheikh El Obeyed, [9];

from Abdel Kader, [11];

from Calamatino, [11];

sent out to Arabs, [13], [14];

from Waled a Goun, [20];

to Mahdi from Ulemas, [22];

from Faki Mustapha, [38];

from Arab camp, [38];

curious, found, [63];

to Abdel Kader, [66];

two letters, [71];

from Gordon, [72];

Gordon to Waled a Goun, [95];

letter from Waled a Goun by a woman, [185];

two from Arabs, [190];

from Faki Mustapha, [193];

from Slatin, [196], [198], [200];

from Greek Consul, [213];

from Slatin, [214];

from Arabs, [219];

from the Mahdi, &c., [220];

has come in, [270];

from Mahdi, [270];

Gordon has, from Stanley and Baker, [274];

accompanying sixth Journal, [278];

given by Gordon to Stewart on leaving Kartoum, [280];

Gordon declares not to obey, [307];

received with Bordeen, [358];

from Abd el Kader Ibrahim to Gordon, [399];

Gordon to Abd el Kader Ibrahim, [403];

from Abderrahhman en Najoomi and Abdallah en Noor to Gordon, [404];

from Gordon to Abderrahhman en Najoomi, [407];

from Calamatino to Gordon, [409];

from Cuzzi to Gordon, [409];

from Gordon to Cuzzi, [410];

from Ulema to Abd el Kader Ibrahim, [410];

from Faki Mustapha to Cassim el Mousse, [420];

from Mudir of Kartoum to Governor-General, [426];

from Gordon to Abd el Kader Ibrahim, [428];

from Abd el Kader Ibrahim to Gordon, [430];

from Abderrahhman Abdallah en Noor to Gordon, [432];

from Gordon to Abderrahhman, [438];

from Abderrahhman to Gordon, [440];

from Stewart to Gordon, [442];

from Herbin to Gordon, [445];

from Abou Gugliz to Gordon, [447];

from El Sayet Eltahen, and Hamed Idreer to Commandant of Omdurman Fort, [448];

from Faki Mustapha to Commandant of Omdurman Fort, [450];

from Slatin Bey to Gordon, [452], [453];

from Slatin Bey to Hansall, [455];

from Emir Ali Mahommed Abou Saad Esshentrawi al Abadi to Zubair, [508]; from Saleh Bey to Gordon, [511], [512], [514];

from Greek Consul at Adowa to Gordon, [516];

from Greek Consul Mitzakis to Greek Consul at Kartoum, [517];

from Slatin Bey to Gordon, [519];

from Mudir of Sennaar to Gordon, [520];

from Mahdi to Gordon, [522];

from Mohammed Sheikh Mohammed Kerkasawi to Achmet, [531];

from Fakir Karam Illah to Khalif Abdallah Ben, [534];

from Kitchener to Gordon, [546];

from Roth to Gordon, [547];

from Sir J. Pauncefote to Roth, [548];

from Khedive of Egypt to Gordon, [550];

from Kalifa Abdulla Mahommed to Gordon, [553].

Lies of officers, [255], [339].

Lines, greatest insecurity felt respecting the, [266];

the weakest part of, [303].

Lincoln and abolition of slavery, [389].

Livingstone’s explorations, [171].

Lloyd-Clifford row with Nubar, [283].

Loot on left bank of Nile, [116].

Lord Mayor’s Show Day, Kartoum ought to have been relieved on, [260].

Lupton, surrender of, [21];

at Shaka, [224];

and surrender to Mahdi, [536].

Maatak, defeat of rebels near, [479].

Machufats, [168].

Mahdi, progress of, [21];

arrival at Kartoum likely to prevent a massacre, [31];

a hypocrite and drinker of alcohol, [32];

puts pepper under finger-nails to make himself weep, [32];

the same recipe recommended to Cabinet Ministers, [33];

quarters on the Nile, [40];

and taking of Kartoum, [44];

meditates invasion of Egypt and Palestine, [44];

more powerful at a distance, [45];

programme of, [45];

Gordon envies, [45];

not the forces of, to be feared, [46];

strength of, at defeat of Hicks, [46];

as a slave hunter, [55];

at Rahad, [63];

proposes peace to tribes, [68];

at Schatt, [62];

will say he kicked you out, [86];

pity to give up Kartoum to, [87];

not at Schatt, [109];

dream of, [111];

at Schatt, [129];

Roman Catholic Mission with, [129];

Slatin with, [129];

would be strengthened by skeddadle, [138];

intends to come to Omdurman, [142];

all Europeans with, [143];

Frenchman imprisoned by, [144];

at Jura Hadra, [155];

expected at Omdurman, [158];

and Cuzzi, [164];

camp of, opposite Gitana, [170];

number with him, [170];

good thing to be near, [172];

not likely to attack Omdurman, [173];

people glad at approach of, [174];

one day’s march from Omdurman, [177];

number of regulars and guns with, [177];

intends bombarding Kartoum, [178];

promises Gordon letters, [186];

date of attack of, [186];

no news of arrival of, at Omdurman, [190];

no sign of, at Omdurman, [193];

reported at Isle of Abba, [195];

uncertainty as to movements of, [197];

and Kordofan respecting the arrests, [198];

lies as to being close, [199];

at Jura Hadra, [202];

said to be opposite Kalakla, [208], [209];

speculated on a rising, [213];

arrival of, at Omdurman, [213];

and Europeans four hours distant, [215];

has put Saleh Pasha in chains, [215];

treaty with, [216];

suspected spies of, [216];

forces men to change their religion, [216];

and King John fanatics and robbers, [216];

treaty with about the garrison, [220];

number of Arabs with, when he started, [222];

moved ferry higher up, [233];

prestige gained from defeat of Hicks, [234];

and Zubair, [238];

belief that, is dead, [240];

number of men with, [240];

service of, gratuitous, [245];

regulars of, robbing Arabs, [246];

undecided, [247];

position at El foun might have been dangerous, [253];

at Kokoo not Arabs, [255];

reported as unwilling to fight during a sacred month, [255];

will not fight until after Moharrem, [258];

going into a cave for two months, [263];

all Europeans with, not in cave though, [263];

Slatin good friends with, [263];

and Sheikh el Islam, [264];

three companies of regulars sent by, to bring back deserters, [264];

gave family of Hussein Pasha Khalifa monopoly of Korosko desert, [265];

will not fight during Moharrem, [268];

not in cave, [270];

letter from, [270];

cipher books in hands of, [273];

what he would find in Abbas, [275];

best horseman of desert, [282];

and Slatin Bey on best terms with, [283];

and Gordon’s seals, [285];

camp of, moved, [293];

closer to Omdurman, [294];

camp of, alongside Faki Mustapha, [295];

means to attack Omdurman, [295];

bringing up ammunition, [296];

prospect of getting to Mecca, [296];

worse than Zubair as to slave trade, [300];

number of men with, [303]; does not mean to fight direct, [306];

and Firman of Towfik, [309];

first encounter with personal troops of, [317];

camp moved inland, [334];

may retire altogether, [334];

men sent by, towards Metemma, [346];

and Gordon’s fireworks, [356];

revelation of, [363];

caravan from Dongola to, [371];

Arabs of, going north, [375];

reported short of ammunition, [384];

set detachment of, opposite palace, [384];

offended with Gordon, [388];

reasons for the advancement of, [389];

return of, to Kordofan cut off, [391];

the present Imam, [399];

the Lord of All, [402];

lieutenants and slaves of, [404];

biography of, [457];

expedition sent to bring, to Kartoum, [459];

entrance of into Kordofan, [467];

defeat of, near Bara, [469];

proclamation issued by, [483];

position of, [494];

rumoured defeat of, [506];

Saleh Bey and the, [518];

despatches deciphered by, [520];

letter from, to Gordon, [522];

details contents of captured letters, telegrams, &c., [523];

and Cuzzi, [524];

manifesto of, to inhabitants of Kartoum, [539];

sign frommMahomed as being the, [540];

genealogy of, [545].

Mahmoud Khalifa and camels for English, [262];

a traitor, [262];

at Dongola or Debbeh, [262];

extraordinary to employ, [263].

Mahomed, the chosen one, [410].

Mahomed Khowajli, [420].

Mahomed Pasha Hassan, approves of the arrests, [195].

Mahomet Achmet accepted generally by Soudan families as Mahdi, [15];

proselytes of, [194], [262];

and taking of Omdurman Fort, [349];

letter from Ulema to, [429];

the Mahdi, [403], [439], [441].

Mahomet Ali, [35];

promise to capture by a sheikh, [105];

on Blue Nile, [214];

expected with grain, [229];

at Giraffe, [363].

Mahomet Ali Pasha, [56];

prisoners killed in defeat of, [167];

“fighting Pasha”, [253];

reason of his defeat, [254].

Mahomet Bey Agad, [154].

Mahomet Edrees, [188].

Mahomet el Khair a cur, [208];

and English troops, [428], [434].

Mahomet Yusuf, Arabic name of Cuzzi, [24], [402].

Malet, Sir Edward, held responsible for Soudan disasters, [21];

the Co. are Colvin and, [42];

the “Siren”, [61];

Vivian, and Colvin and desert ride, [362].

Malta and Gibraltar weak, [240].

Mamelukes, [325].

Man, pre-eminence of, over all creatures, [50];

future happiness of, in being finite intelligences, [51];

misery of, [51];

current value of, in the world, [91];

essence of treachery, [102].

Manifesto of Mahdi, [539].

Mankind, Gordon’s love of the study of, [100].

Mansowrah, action with Arabs, [94], [95];

to stay at Shendy, [206].

Manzal Hamid, Sheikh, [535].

Marabiyeh, moral effect of victory of, [492].

Mark cited, [179].

Marrying and giving in marriage, [243].

Martyrs, men of the present compared with the, [6].

Mason, Col., [54].

Massodaglia, men like, wanted, [209].

Massowah, Turks should land at, [136];

useless, except as port of Soudan, [242];

telegram from, [291].

Matthew cited, [179].

Mecca, Mahdi’s prospects of reaching, [296].

Medgliss, [142];

finds every one sent before it guilty, [155].

Melon, the great, [266].

Merchants, Gordon pretends to send, to Waled a Goun, [269];

robbers of biscuits, [314].

Merissa, [439].

Merowé, tales of troops at, [38];

as regards route of expeditionary force, [248], [249];

to Berber, best course, [257];

Stewart felt secure at, [285];

and arrival of English troops, [438].

Meshra-el-Dai, defeat of rebels at, [484].

Messenger, Arabs fire on, [403].

Messengers, only Gordon’s, to bring news, [91];

telegrams compared with, [92].

Metemma, attack on market of, [46];

steamers await orders at, [130];

post left for, [183];

steamers bombarding, [208];

Gordon would make, base for operations of Nile valley, [257];

caravan from direction of, [346];

Gordon’s mails captured in, [424];

Stewart passed, [443].

Military Journal and Slatin Bey, [519].

Mind relieved to write one’s bile, [340].

Mine exploded by donkey, [7], [13];

exploded, [247].

Ministers, Her Majesty’s, send no information, [92];

Gordon’s position with, [110].

“Minor Tactics”, [64].

Mirrors and Arabs, [222].

Mission, object of Gordon’s, [55];

of Gordon, [118].

Mitzakis, Greek Consul, letter from, [213], [214];

and letter to Greek Consul, [291];

arrival of, in Abyssinia, [516].

Mogrim, Krupp gun at, [316];

Gordon visits, [326];

Arabs fire on, [329];

Fort, the major killed at, [344];

shell practice from, [355].

Mohamed Bey Ibrahim and Gladstone collar, [202].

Mohammed Kerkasâwi, [531].

Mohammed Bey Zain, money taken by, [515].

Moharrem, Mahdi will not fight until after, [258];

and Saphia, Mahdi will not fight during, [268].

Mohi ed Deen Ibn el Arabi Sheikh, [542].

Moncrieff, Commander, death of, [501].

Momtoz Pasha and the building of the Palace, [377].

Money in specie and paper in Kartoum, [19]th Oct., [206];

in Kartoum, [316].

Monopoly of Korosko desert given to Hussein Pasha Khalifa’s family, [165].

Monsuhania reported disabled, [157].

Moon, total eclipse of, [194].

Moosa Mahomed, Mufti of Mejlis of Kartoum, [420].

Moslems, usual formula of salutation, [413];

as to dealing with brother, [415];

safety of, in Kartoum, [430];

and messengers, [433];

and capture of Government stores, [434].

Mouse at table, [188].

Mousra Bey, [166];

in charge of Bordeen and Ismailia, [179];

made Mudir, [188].

Moussa Bey, [117].

Mudir, the old, released, [272].

Mudir of Dongola, [439].

Mudirat, no sentries at, [222].

Mushra el Koweh’, Mahdi says he is at, [529].

Muslims, toleration of, for Christian religion, [19];

self-sacrifice of, [19].

Najoomi, the son of, [403], [429].

Napoleon at Jaffa, [179], [187].

National honour, [93].

Navy, advent of, looked for, [97].

Negro soldiers, cleanliness of, [17].

Nerves, constant explosions strain, [96].

Nesgel to Om Halfa, time to get from, [261].

Newspapers like gold, [289];

Gordon on contents of, [290].

Nile, right bank of, reported quiet, [15];

steamers, frailty of, [44];

the only way of access to Soudan, [52];

plan for utilising the, [52];

no difficulty in making flying bridges across, [87];

people removing from right bank, [229];

hot months and low Nile, [236];

valley, Metemma as a base for all operations in the, [257];

route the best, [262];

is cheaper, [262].

Nordenfeldts and the Arabs, [342].

Northbrook, Lord, [77];

the farce of, asking Towfik for assistance, [306].

North Fort, no sentry on, [265];

hate the telescope, [265];

sentries off roof again, [271];

no sentries at, [272];

reports from, [314].

North side like a market, [194].

Notes, expiration of six months for which, were issued, [224].

Notice published by Gordon, [552].

November, must be relieved or fall before the end of, [245].

Nubar Pasha, telegram from, to Gordon, [102].

Nuchranza, [178].

Nuehr Bey Angara, [146].

Nuns in Kartoum, [28];

said to have married Greeks, [28];

walked from Kordofan, [221].

Nutzer Bey, made Pasha, [109], [253];

should not be sent further than Dongola, [262];

Gordon’s order disobeyed by, [351], [354], [359].

Nzasi at Kartoum, [486].

Obdallah en Noor, [432], [440].

Obeyed, two priests in, [312];

Mahdi brought ammunition from, [329].

Om Ali, Stewart at, [443].

Omar Bey, [444].

Om Ghirka, Stewart anchored opposite, [442].

Om Halfa to Gakdal, time to get from, [261].

Omdurman, forces at, [69];

Mahdi expected at, [158];

strength of men at, [173];

two hundred men sent to, [180];

levelled, [201];

meditated attack on by Arabs, [244];

and the taking of by Arabs, [294];

distance of Mahdi from, [295];

Mahdi intends to attack, [295];

fort, Arabs north of, [312];

fire and fusillade at, [315];

telegraph interrupted between, and Khartoum, [317];

over eager to fire on enemy, [317];

month and a half supply for, [322], [324];

communication by bugle, [328];

casualties at, [332];

fort, anxiety of Gordon for, [351], [355];

Arabs retiring near, [356], [362], [365], [367], [370], [371], [375], [381], [383];

attempt to relieve, [384];

number of wounded at, [384];

idea of landing at, given up, [384];

reported safe, [385], [387], [391];

fort of, Arab shelling of, [340], [342];

communication with, with flags, [345].

Oshman Ibn Aboo Bekr Digna, [435].

Osman Digna reported as writing to Berber, [14].

Ottoman Dominion, integrity of, guaranteed by the Powers, [221].

Palace, prepared to clear out of the, [210];

Gordon’s arrangement for blowing up, [287];

bullets fall on, [330];

under fire, [369], [374], [375];

illustration of roof of, [377];

built by Momtoz Pasha, [377];

shelled by Arabs, [378], [381];

band on roof of, [383];

Arab fire on, [384];

pet detachment of Mahdi opposite the, [384];

fired on, [385];

building next to, struck, [386];

fired on, [387], [388], [392], [393].

Paper money, troops prefer, [343].

Parentage of Mahdi, [545].

Pashas, treachery of, cause of a defeat, [62];

death of Stewart, nemesis of the death of two, [282].

Patriotism, [340].

Paul, St., cited, [194].

Pauncefote, Sir Julian, letter from, to Roth, [548].

Pay of soldiers, [248].

Peace route and small forces, small stations along Nile best for, [262].

Peasant, Arab, a determined warrior, [90].

Penny steamers, [387].

People, fidelity of, gauged by Gordon, [171];

reasoning of, if Gordon left, [307].

Peter or Paul, SS., Stewart, Power, and Herbin compared to, [285].

Plot, [187].

‘Plutarch’s Lives’ as a handbook for officers, [64], [163], [240].

Policy being acted, detrimental to army, [304].

Porte must give permission in ceding Egyptian territory, [221].

Post-office officials and increase of pay, [281].

Potentates, Eastern, their strength lies in their seclusion, [33].

Potion, Gordon in favour of numbing, [179].

Powder hose instead of “matches” for mines, [5], [67].

Power left Kartoum for Dongola, [3];

and Herbin, Slatin says nothing of, [217];

on board the Abbas, [273];

left of their own free will, [274];

had daily Journal, [284];

as a martyr, [285]; over-rashness of, [286];

no despatch written by Gordon concerning, [310];

a chivalrous, brave, honest gentleman, [310];

his telegrams in Times, [39].

Powers appealed to for auxiliary force, [338].

Prayers and the Arabs, [223].

Press, the province of the, [62].

Priests, two at Obeyed, [312].

Prisoners sent to the Arabs, September 10, [7].

Proclamation from Gordon to people of Kartoum, [425].

Prout, Colonel, [35].

Provisions, amount of, [328].

Psalms cited, [50], [60].

Psalmist and Gordon as to liars, [101].

Public officials and their personality, [233].

‘Queen’s Messenger,’ pleasure in reading the, [43].

Rahad, Mahdi still at, September 10, [5].

Rammer, the, [216].

Rapid “retreat”, [236];

decisions in event of, [298].

“Rapport Militaire”, [217].

Ras Aloula, on defeat of, [290].

Rashid Bey, defeat of, at Jebel Gadir, [460];

appointed Governor of Kordofan, [464].

Rations, row as to troops’, [346], [347];

robbed by officers, [367], [368], [385].

Razagat, Slatin commanded against the, [454].

Rebellion, causes of, [458];

spread of the, [462].

Reconnoitring party feared, [311].

Redemption did not take place through our merits, [245].

Red Sea, Arabs captured dhows in, [299].

Regulars, number with the Mahdi, [177].

Reinforcements for Soudan, nine people, [252].

Renan, [144], [145], [392].

Rescued lamb, Gordon not the, [93], [118].

Resign, not insubordinate to, [234].

Revelation cited, [12].

Rice issued as pay to troops, [111].

Rockets, [302].

Roman Catholic Mission, garden of, [37];

with Mahdi, [129];

house of, set fire to, [132];

King John will drive out the, [219].

Roth, letter to Gordon from, [547];

from Pauncefote to, [548].

Rothchilds causing bother about finance question, [224].

Royal Navy, Ismailia compared with, [319].

Ruckdi sent to reinforce, [252];

robbery by, discovered, [349].

Russia, kind of warfare to be used against, [90].

Sakkeyer Arabs, meditate raid on, [192].

Sakkéyés, [443].

Salaries, reduction of, [245].

Salehh Lik, [423].

Saleh Pasha, a prisoner with the Mahdi, [30-31];

his son, [141];

message from, [160];

in chains, [215], [299].

Saleh Bey, of Gabalat, men from, [213], [214], [511];

attitude of, to Government, [513];

the four tribes who besieged it, [514].

Samuel, Book of, cited, [376].

Sanderson, [89].

Sandjak Saleh Bey, [455].

Santels, Arabs fired on, [244].

Saphia, Mahdi will not fight during, [268];

and Stewart, [442];

Mansowrah, men on, [444].

Sarakhna camp, [504].

Scene in Desert, [168], [169].

Schatt, an inland town mentioned, [31];

Mahdi not at, [109].

Schiller, Gordon’s admiration for, [96].

Seid Gjoma and Slatin Bey trying to enter Omdurman, [520];

Mohamed Ebn Seid Abdullah, Slatin’s new name, [454].

Sekhedy, defeat of rebels at, [485].

Senheit, the only place King John could occupy, [219].

Sennaar, useless to send to, for dhoora, [106];

means of opening road to, [126];

despatch of force to, [137];

all right, [214];

expedition towards, [231], [236], [246];

party of Arabs at, [282];

and the relief of, [284];

and Kassala, and abandonment of, [297], [299];

evacuation and Zubair, [300];

still holding out, [392];

defeat of garrison, [461];

inhabitants of, for Gordon, [521].

Sepoys useless, [189].

Sept. 10, of losses up to, [283].

Serail and Turkey cock, [49].

Service of Mahdi gratuitous, [245].

Sevastopol and Kartoum, [390].

Seyd Mahomet Osman, his confidence in Gordon, [28];

little boy of, a hero, [88];

with English, [192];

and Abyssinian question, [214];

house of, pulled down by Arabs, [345].

Shaggyeh, the defection of, [30];

both sides despise the, [68];

family quarrels of, [78];

questions put to Gordon by, [94];

at Halfeyeh, [108];

troublesome again, [130];

trouble of the, [166];

worry of the, [185];

at North Fort, [185];

pulling down Goba and Hogali, [201];

want more dhoora, [208];

Bashi Bazouks and English chastisement, [241];

losses of the, [259];

Gordon laments the, [259];

to pay for the lost Remingtons, [266];

to be backed for cowardice, [267];

arrant braggadocios, [267];

problem what to do with, [314];

the absurdity of paying for the, [342];

desertion of, to Arabs, [347], [351];

for the Government, [442].

Shakir Effendi, [420].

Shareef Mahhmood, [428].

Sheikh el Emin Mahomed, [420];

el Islam, supposed present from Mahdi to, [187], [188];

threatened, [203];

Mahdi declares he will execute, [264];

release of, [272].

Sheikh el Obeyed, killed prisoners of Kartoum, [166];

quietude of forces of, [197];

the man and the city, [201], [246];

reported dead, [274];

dead, [291], [292], [293];

people of, dispersing, [293];

men of, and second blockade of Kartoum, [343].

Sheikh Hussein el Mahdi, [420].

Sheikh Ibrahim put in chains by Abou Gugliz, [174].

Shells, the reason they do not prove fatal, [183].

Shendy, road to, still open, [110];

steamers leave for, [111], [115];

steamers bombarding, [208];

steamers left for, [213];

reported looting of, by steamers, [246];

brought into subjection by steamers, [247];

Stewart escorted past, [280];

Arabs at, [359];

Stewart reached, [443].

Shendy-Metemma, chief strategical point of Soudan, [262].

Shepheard’s Hotel, prediction as to forces being at, [38].

Shereef Mohammed, [434], [439].

Shimei dusting David, [376].

Ships no good against land batteries, [204].

Shoboloha, endeavour by Arab chief to raise people of, [16];

no Arabs at, [358].

Shoboloha Pass and Stewart, [442].

Sikhs and Belochees, [189].

Simmons, General Sir Lintorn, [130].

Sinkat, defeat of rebels at, [499].

Sirdar, the, [163].

Skeleton, living, in hospital, dead, [264].

Slatin Bey, in Kordofan, [21];

ammunition and stores surrendered by, [23];

Arabic name of, Abdel Kadi, [24];

with Mahdi, [129];

and Elias Pasha with Mahdi, [170];

not with Faki Mustapha, [198];

not a Spartan, [200];

and his coming to stay with Gordon, [202];

men like, wanted, [209];

curious part of letter of, [217];

and paper from, [227];

reported to be in chains, [243];

good friends with Mahdi, [263];

a prisoner, [272];

surrender of, [283];

on best terms with Mahdi, [283];

in chains, [295], [298];

reported release from chains, [312];

in chains, [314], [391];

offers to join Gordon, [453];

letter from, [495], [519];

three years since, had news from family, [520].

Slave battalions, formation of, [465].

Slave circular, indignation at, [40], [54].

Slave Convention Treaty and Zubair, [380].

Slave-holding and abolition of, [135].

Slave-hunting by Mahdi and Zubair, [55].

Slave-trade cannot be helped, [137];

restoration of by Government, [235].

Slave traffic and Gordon, [425].

Slavery, Gordon on abolition of, [104];

Mahdi will end, in Soudan, [386].

Slaves made soldiers, [64];

and Lord Palmerston, [389];

trade in, to be stopped, [559].

Slippers, to strike with, a Moslem insult, [133].

Soldier, the place of a, the field, [64], [65];

their pay, [248].

Soudan, ex-Khedive’s view of governing, [52];

Nile only way of access to, [52];

garrisons only obstacle to abandonment of, [55];

artillery not needed in the, [83];

future of, cannot be hurried, [84];

heavy column no use in the, [89];

best solution of the difficulties in the, [124];

a useless country, [125];

must not be given to Egypt, [135];

for Turks, [136];

cannot be governed by men in Cairo, [139];

cost of holding, [143];

Gordon does not question Government policy as to, [150];

all soldiers in, know Gordon, [158];

no quarter given on either side in engagements, [232];

cruel to our conscripts to go up to, [233];

politically unwise, [233];

Egypt unable to govern, [235];

way out of the, not seen by Gordon, [235];

prediction as to the, [236];

useless to us, [238];

getting out of, [238];

nobler to keep, [240];

Shendy-Metemma chief strategical point of, [262];

private cost of, business to Gordon, [304];

emphatic statement of Gordon not to leave, [307];

Towfik’s Firman as to abandonment, [309];

no aid has come to, since defeat of Hicks, [348];

Gordon and the evacuation of, [353];

Towfik’s Firman as to, cancelled, [359];

legal authority over, only from Towfik, [372];

“Fiction” not held good in, [372];

and quiet of, [375];

Ismail Ayoub best administrator the, has had, [378];

“Fiction” as having nought to do with, [379];

Mahdi will be end of slavery, in 386;

and slavery, [389];

despatch of reinforcements for, [470];

organization of, [557];

boundaries of, [558].

Soudanese, and their property, note, [19];

not worth any great sacrifice, [51].

Spies, none from outsiders, [92];

of Seyd Mahomet Osman, captured and executed, [247];

liking to get more, [344], [403].

Spy, important, captured, [176].

Standard and telegrams, [308].

“Standing order”, absurd in Egypt, [160].

Stanley, letters received by Gordon from, [274].

Statement of troops, arms, ammunition, and grain in Kartoum, [206].

Steamer, trial trip of small, [178].

Steamers, Mr. Bond and, on the Nile, [54];

from Berber, [72];

Stewart’s left for Berber Sept. 11, [8];

expected at Berber, [22];

frailty of, [44];

value of, [97];

compared to Thames steamers, [107];

bad state of, [107], [108];

take two Journals, [111];

leave for Shendy, [115];

left for Berber, [121];

Gordon has nine, [60];

hopes by Gordon as to return of, [308];

fears for, [316];

Gordon unfortunate with, [324];

four at Berber, [351];

in sight, [358];

reported at Shoboloha, [382];

fire on Arabs at Omdurman, [384];

engaged, [387];

ordered to stay at Bourré, [391];

attack at Bourré, [393];

at Omdurman, [395].

Stewart, Col., left Kartoum for Dongola, [3];

his expedition passed Shendy, [34], [43];

and communication with Europe, [39];

Journal, fear as to non-publication of, [41];

mention of, [43];

capture by, with steamers, [43];

as witness of Gordon’s efforts, [56];

why Gordon did not escape with, [56];

steamers of, recapture steamers, [66];

and Hewitt’s mission, [76];

hard on men, [78];

receives note from Kitchener, [92];

charges troops with cowardice, [99];

sent up by Government, [124];

does not suspect Awaan, [133];

and Ibrahim Ruckdi, [167];

Gordon desires, to obtain information, [186];

mouse takes place of, at table, [188];

reported capture of, with Abbas, [193], [200];

and pay of Egyptian soldiers, [205];

death of, [214];

sent to reinforce, [252];

and the giving up of Berber, [263];

on board Abbas, 273;

left of his own free will, [274];

what Gordon wrote for, concerning his going, [274];

great service done by, in leaving Kartoum, [280];

escorted pass dangerous places, [280];

captured below Abou Hamed, [280];

did not chew the cud, nor suspicious, [281];

Gordon’s account of the landing of, [281];

Mudir’s account of the landing of, [281];

his death ordained, [282];

Gordon wishes for examination into death of, [282];

amount of gold and papers with, [283];

wounded near the Palace, [284];

at lowest ebb when left, [284];

took both copies of Journal, [285];

a martyr, [285];

contempt of for Soudanese, [286];

should have escaped in boats, [286];

Gordon’s defence for letting go, [287];

Gordon declined to order, [287];

on the Government, [288];

questions written by before leaving, [289];

Gordon, and money, to secure Journal of, [305];

Gordon hopes for revenge for the death of, [308];

every document but one went with, [309];

no dispatch written by Gordon concerning, [310];

brave, just, upright gentleman, [310];

wrote full details of Hicks’s army and defeat, [344];

left three months, [389];

account of voyage of, [442];

spares some Arabs, [443];

sanguine of getting through, [444];

arrival of, at Kartoum, [471];

departure of, for Egypt, [487];

reported dead by Slatin Bey, [520];

Mahdi tells of capture of, [522].

Stokes, of Suez Canal, [43].

Stomach governs the world, [14], [184].

Stores, returns of, [383], [393], [395];

Mahdi tells Gordon of, in Kartoum, [523].

Suakin, reported arrival of English at, [14];

to Berber, route from, [225-227];

and Massowah useless if Mahdi holds Soudan, [242];

besiege of, miraculous, [294];

meaning of non-firing on, [296];

useless if Mahdi holds Soudan, [296];

spread of rebellion to, [499];

reinforcements sent to, [500].

Suleiman, reply to Gordon sent by, [402].

Suleiman Pasha, removal of, [494];

Wady Goun, steamer fell into hands of, [546].

Sultan, give over the country to the, [48], [49];

Gordon’s promises as to, [433];

Haroun and Slatin Bey, [453].

Sun, partial eclipse of, [194].

Suspicion, Stewart and Gordon compared with regard to, [281].

Talataween struck, [106];

in from Shendy, [205];

for Shendy, [206];

summary of reports brought by, [207].

Telegram, December, 1883, [311];

Gordon cannot decipher, [359], [360].

Telegrams, two sets of, sent off by spy, September 10, [3];

from Floyer, [92];

humility in, from Baring, [102];

from Nubar Pasha to Gordon, [102];

from Gordon to Baring, [103];

cannot decipher, from Lord Wolseley, [273];

Gordon captured all European, [284];

received in Soudan, [345];

Mahdi details contents of the captured, [523].

Telegraph forms used for Journal, [250].

Tel-el-Kebir, [60].

Thirst, Hicks’s army perished from, [344].

Times’ correspondent, charge against, [22];

Powers’ telegrams in, [39];

confusion in, as to the Wilsons, [61];

and execution of the Pashas, [62];

extract from, note, [86];

and Gordon’s Journals, [283];

to have first offer of Doctor’s Journal, [283].

Tokar, relief of, [146];

Mahdi gained confidence by victory of, [296].

Tongi, sent to reinforce, [252];

and Co., [272].

Towfik Pasha, [117], [118];

and Gordon not friends, [123];

wish law, [125];

and the Porte, [221];

Firman of, [285], [309];

farce of Northbrook asking, for assistance, [306];

telegram from, explained, [371];

Wolseley and Baring subordinate to, [371];

and authority over Soudan, [372];

expeditionary force, allies of, [373];

and death of Hicks, [348];

cancels his Firman, [359];

telegram to Ulemas from, [359];

Gordon publishes telegram of, [362];

telegram to Ulemas from, [364];

and appointment of Governor-General, [369].

Towfikia, fell on the Arabs, [30];

above Giraffe, [35];

up Blue Nile, [38], [41];

fighting against Arabs, [47];

at Giraffe, [67];

fight with Arabs, [79];

at Giraffe, [94];

attacked Arabs on White Nile, [121];

went up White Nile, [130];

up the White Nile, [153];

at Omdurman, [157];

up White Nile, [158];

to replace Ismailia, [170];

post left by, for Metemma, [183];

left for Metemma, [188].

Trafalgar, Mussulman year begins on anniversary of, [175].

Transport arrangements, trouble in, [259].

Treachery never succeeds, [6];

question of, weighed before sending Abbas, [280], [282].

Treasury Funds in, [117];

amount in, [253].

Treaty of Paris guarantees integrity of Ottoman dominion, [221].

Treaty Powers, who are the, [293].

Troops, impossible to keep, after January, [48];

determined as ever, [98].

Troy, siege of, Kartoum compared to, [224].

Turkey and Mecca, [299].

Turkey cock of the Palace, [184].

Turks, and the evacuation of Soudan, [37];

give the country to the, [86];

hand over Soudan to, [135];

or Zubair, [135], [136], [138].

Turk solution, Hobson’s choice, [242].

Turkish Government, [418];

soldiers, uncleanliness of, [17].

Turks and Government of Soudan, [235];

expensive, [239];

Suakin and Massowah, nothing to the, [242];

and keeping of Soudan, [363];

and the taking over of the Soudan, [363].

Tuti, runaways of, wish to come back, [5];

Isle of, [337];

troops, sent to, [339];

breast works at, bother to Arabs, [350];

Arabs want to attack, [354];

Arabs at, [357].

Ulema of Kartoum, [423].

Ulemas protest to Arab chiefs, [16];

Gordon’s interview with, [18];

letter to Mahdi, [22];

visit of, to Gordon, [167];

reply to Towfik, [364].

United Service Club, [88].

Uriah the Hittite and David and Gordon, [305].

“Venuses”, Black, [42].

Victoria Cross, reasons for giving, [64];

a mistake generally, [64].

Wadji Barra, letter from, to Gordon, [388];

the cause of letter being written, [389].

Wady Abou Gir, water might be found along, [261].

Wady Halfa railway, [54];

route to, a picnic party, [104];

return of troops to, [137];

estimated time by Gordon for troops to reach, [225];

question as to Abbas reaching, [287].

Waled a Goun, force with, according to Cuzzi, [8];

captured soldier came in from, [15];

letter from, [20];

letter from Gordon to, [95];

brings a Krupp out, [63];

and black troops, [129];

meditates coming over to Dem, [161];

and Sheikh el Obeyed, [178];

family at Gitana, [208], [224], [229], [246];

pretends to send merchants to, [269];

men of, passing to Mahdi, [375].

Waled Mocashee, caught with Gordon’s letters, [29].

War, the cause of the, [418];

estimate of expenses of, [492].

Water to be found along Wadi Abou Gir, [261];

found at Kambok, [261].

Wellington, [64];

and Collingwood, Dispatches of, [175].

Wells from Ambukol to Metemma well supplied, [261].

White flag, Arabs fire on, [3];

Arab use and abuse of, [3];

respected by Arabs, [14].

White Nile, Arabs retiring towards, [47];

Arab ferry across the, [225];

operation on, [230];

end of lines the weakest part, [303];

Arab gun on left bank of, [345];

reconnaisance up, [488].

Wilfrid Lawson, Sir, [60].

Wilson of Anatolia, [43].

Wilson, Sir Charles, [61].

Wilson, R. E., [61].

Wilson, Rivers, [61].

Wolseley and Wellington, [64].

Wolseley, Lord, [113], [117];

instructions conveyed to, [124], [175];

and Gordon, [238];

the recall of, and the Times, note, [263];

cannot decipher telegram from, [273];

and relief of Kartoum, [304];

without Firman from Towfik, [368];

will settle Soudan question, [371];

and Firman, [371];

subordinate to Towfik, [371];

Mitzakis concerning, [517];

and Kitchener, [546].

Wood, [163];

to take, from isolated spots, [280].

Wood’s army to be done away with, [139].

Yakoobat, [423].

Yussuf Pasha, defeat of, [464].

Zubair Pasha, [37];

and saving of Berber, [46], [56];

reasons for non-employment of, [46];

argument for installing, [49];

refusal of, to come up, [58];

to establish, [86];

Gordon will keep Equator from, [87], [173], [238];

expense of, [239];

as Governor-General, [300];

Mahdi “ten times” worse than, as to slave trade, [300];

people would never rise against, [300];

and fall of Berber, [301];

Gordon wishes for, [308];

and Soudan, [364];

steamer named after, [333];

launched, [364];

at Kartoum as private individual, [379], [380];

to be governor of Soudan, [557].

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.