1882.
Communication with Darfur, Sennaar, and Fazokl was interrupted.
At Kartoum the formation of irregular regiments of Shaggyah and Dongolese was being actively pushed forward. Reinforcements were coming in from Berber, and were mostly sent on to Kordofan, where great insecurity prevailed. Large quantities of warlike stores and some guns were reported to have reached Berber from Cairo.
27th May.
Rashid Pasha appointed Governor of Kordofan.
3rd June.
On the 27th May Rashid Pasha, Chief of the Military Posts along the Abyssinian frontier, reached Kartoum, and left on the 3rd June for Kordofan, whither more than 1000 troops had already preceded him. It was supposed that he was to be appointed Hokmdar of Darfur, Kordofan, and Dongola.
Of the doings of the Mahdi, and the state of affairs in Darfur, there was no news.
9th June.