Gordon Pasha in Kartoum.
Written on a small piece of thin paper 4 inches by 3.
[APPENDIX V.]
MANIFESTO OF THE MAHDI TO THE INHABITANTS OF KARTOUM.
In the year 1300.
In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
Praise be to God, the bountiful Ruler, and blessing on our Lord Mahomed and his successors, with peace.
From the servant of his Lord, Mahomed the Mahdi, son of the Seyyed Abdallah, to his beloved in God the believers in God, and in His Book (the Koran).
The changes (disturbances) of the times are not hidden from you, nor the forsaking of the Sunnas; and he who has the (true) faith and understanding will not be pleased thereat, but will leave all he needs and his native place (house and home) in defence of religion and the Sunnas; and therefore jealousy for Islam will not delay to possess in full strength (the heart of) the believer.